BIOTECH WIZARDS TRY TO PULL PROFITS OUT OF THE LAB

Timing and unprecedented funding propelled several Birmingham-based biotechnology companies to the forefront of national development trends in 2004, strengthening a sector often relegated to the halls of academia. The following are only a few of the local companies overcoming a tepid investment climate to develop technologies poised to change the face of health care.

Birmingham Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/health_care/biotechnology/2004/12/27/birmingham_story11.html)