Flavor-enhancing molecules provide a fast track to market and to an IPO, at least for Senomyx, the first 'flavor' biotech out of the block. Will others follow? Cormac Sheridan investigates.
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Sheridan, C. A taste of the future. Nat Biotechnol 22, 1203–1205 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1004-1203
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