2Q Financial Markets Review: A never-ending story
With victory declared in the human genome project, maintaining momentum in the biotech sector will depend on whether it can continue to provide investors with a tangible anchor - something providing a sense of coherence and upcoming excitement for the group.
Development of products based on knowledge of the genome clearly will not happen overnight. Nevertheless, Streetwatchers are predicting that the post-genomics story has enough legs to move the sector well past the summer months. The belief is that news of the gene map will spawn a wave of new investment to fund companies looking to add value to the data. Also, many predict that the personal component of the map . "everybody. s got a genome" . will bring a flock of retail investors into the sector...