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Fighting company spin

Nature Biotechnology volume 21, page 357 (2003)Cite this article

We all want to believe the best about companies when we invest and become part owners, but corporate governance scandals from recent years warn us to be wary. Companies deploy PR as potent as political spin because the stakes are at least as high. This is especially true for newer biotechnology companies who must put the best possible light on everything as they struggle to survive for the long term.

Investors can easily arm themselves in this risky arena. Here are a few indicators that can signal whether your company uses or abuses the most important press releases: the ones that appear at quarterly or annual earnings time.

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Tom Jacobs of Motley Fool () provides his angle on biotechnology investments. Read on and become “Foolishly” informed*. He can be contacted about biotechnology and investing at . Jacobs cannot give individual investment advice but welcomes any. He owns shares of Harvard Biosciences.

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Jacobs, T. Fighting company spin. Nat Biotechnol 21, 357 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0403-357

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