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Biotech markets could be ‘very promising’ in 2019

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Even though biotech markets are “down big this year,” Managing Director Mitchell Ng of Thessalus Capital says that there are “specific industries within the healthcare sector that are very promising,” such as gene editing companies. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous speaks to him about the future for biotech in 2019.

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