Limited Love For Life Sciences

Oh, how times have changed. Back in the very late 1990s, as the Nasdaq bubble was filling up ahead of the final pop, life sciences IPOs basked in a frenzy of investor attention. Many lousy (or at least seriously under-developed) companies debuted to eye-popping valuations and saw strong follow-on interest in the market. 

Nowadays, it is a decidedly different market. Whether in spite of Illumina's (Nasdaq:ILMN) ongoing commercial success, or perhaps because of it, investor enthusiasm for new science mousetraps is decidedly more muted. Two recent IPOs, Pacific Biosciences (Nasdaq:PACB) and Complete Genomics (Nasdaq:GNOM), have debuted to something less than rampant applause, while Rules-Based Medicine has recently decided to postpone its public offering.

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