One year ago, the biotechnology sector was in the middle of a record run. The successful development of coronavirus vaccines and drugs had helped slow the pandemic and propelled investment into new companies going public at a historic rate. Biotech stock indexes traded at all-time highs.
But that momentum quickly vanished. Clinical and regulatory setbacks, as well as the prospect of drug price reform in the U.S., weighed on companies large and small, driving down stock prices and opening a gulf between the industry’s performance and the broader market’s.
