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How to Profit from the Fall of Big Pharma

Jul 11th, 2008 | By Rob Fannon | Category: Featured, Financial News

Big Pharma is in trouble. Generic competition, patent expirations and slowing sales are all eating into profits.

So how can you turn a profit in this turbulent sector? By investing in contract research organisations, or CROs, says biotech expert Rob Fannon. When the big pharmaceutical companies outsource research to CROs they get paid whether or not the new drugs ever make it to market.

There’s another way to profit too – contract sales organizations, or CSOs. They’re another way for Big Pharma to outsource, but instead of doing research they sell.