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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report 2015

Europe is still mired in the economic doldrums, as the EU struggles to find a solution to its festering debt crisis, and growth across the continent is measured in fractions of a percentage point.But if there’s a bright spot in this dark fiscal landscape, it’s pulsing from Europe’s biotech sector. The best example of the resiliency of the biotech/pharma industry across the pond can be found in Europe’s traditional economic engine, Germany—and in the heart of Germany’s capital region, Berlin.

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