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Article: Protest 'Fizzles,' Deal Making Sizzles In BIO's Quiet Corners.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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National Editor
SAN FRANCISCO - The fewer-than-expected demonstrators who showed up at the BIO 2004 International Convention may have gained the media coverage they came for, panel sessions proved intriguing, and the exhibit hall was full of life, but the real activity likely went on behind the scenes.
For the past several years, the Biotechnology Industry Organization has included in the program a "biodevelopment" piece that involves setting up closed meetings between companies to help germinate deals.
"If you're not headed there, you may miss it," said Carl Feldbaum, BIO's president, of the cordoned-off area in the exhibit hall. But a ...