Six top biotech VCs take a look at the lat­est trends, and of­fer their thoughts on 2018

This year has been a rel­a­tive gush­er of VC dol­lars flow­ing in­to biotech com­pa­nies, with gi­ant “mega-deals” pro­pelling the in­dus­try’s record-set­ting year. Top VCs in the field say they’re cau­tious­ly op­ti­mistic that the trend will con­tin­ue next year.

The in­dus­try has cruised past its pre­vi­ous VC fund­ing record of $7.3 bil­lion, which was set back in 2015. This year saw biotechs raise $9.3 bil­lion in 471 deals, ac­cord­ing to Pitch­Book, mak­ing it the best year out of the last sev­en when it comes to vol­ume.

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