TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hughes,Sally Smith
TI  - Genentech: the beginnings of biotech 
T2  - Synthesis
SN  - 9780226045511 (Pbk)
AV  - HD9999.B444 H85 2011
U1  - 338.7 H874G 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Genentech, Inc
KW  - History
KW  - Biotechnology industries
KW  - United States
KW  - Biotechnology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Inventing recombinant DNA technology ; Scientists on converging paths ;The collaboration ; Patenting and politics ; Steps toward commercialization -- 2. Creating Genentech ; Bob Swanson ; Founding Genentech ; Legal and political obstacles ; A full business plan -- 3. Proving the technology ; A portentous experiment ; Switching targets ; Negotiating research agreements -- Making somatostatin ; Wider issues -- 4. Human insulin: Genentech makes its mark ; Seeking corporate contracts; Procuring a facility and staff ; Genentech's human insulin project ; The Eli Lilly contract ; Publicity and expansion -- 5. Human growth hormone: shaping a commercial future ; Competing for human growth hormone ; Moving toward corporate integration ; Scaling up insulin and growth hormone ; Corporate expansion ; An emerging culture -- 6. Wall Street debut ; Biomania ; Exit strategies ; Interferon: the new wonder drug? ; Run-up to an initial public offering ; Legal impediments ; The IPO
ER  -