Investor Eye: Sofinnova Partners Are Redefining And Disobeying The Venture Investment Commandments
Executive Summary
Sofinnova Partners has played an important role in defining the medtech investment space for the past 50 years, helping bring to market a plethora of life-saving technologies, even when they appear, initially, to be risky.
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