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Biotech firms cutting back as capital grows scarce

Cambria Pharmaceuticals eliminated some programs to focus on its most promising potential drugs and cut six of its 14 jobs. Cambria Pharmaceuticals eliminated some programs to focus on its most promising potential drugs and cut six of its 14 jobs. (Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe)
By Todd Wallack
Globe Staff / December 1, 2008

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The pain on Wall Street has spread to the hub of the Boston-area biotech industry, Kendall Square in Cambridge. Small and mid-size biotechnology firms are slashing jobs, cutting salaries, and shrinking their offices as it becomes increasingly difficult to raise capital. (Full article: 818 words)

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