Crowdfunding Is Knocking On Biotech’s Door. Will We Let It In?

In the summer of 2013, the medical device startup Scanadu made headlines around the world when Scout, its handheld medical diagnostic tool for consumers, raked in an astounding $1.6 million on the popular crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. That’s all well and good for a medical device, but most biotech veterans remain skeptical that crowdfunding can make a meaningful financial contribution to new biopharmaceutical development. I’ve worked in biopharma for 17 years, and I believe it can.

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