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10 November 2017Americas

LSIPR 50 2017: James Topper—Venturing into biotech

Bringing back big returns on investments is the main goal of venture capitalism. But for James Topper, managing general partner of Frazier Healthcare Partners, there is more that drove him to venturing into life sciences: he finds it rewarding to work with biotech companies as they release drugs that benefit patients.

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