Two dozen biotechs have announced layoffs in the last two months, while others are closing down nonessential programs in a desperate bid to survive.

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It might be dangerous to pin a company's hopes on a decidedly nonessential product.

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Air Partner suggests, when a country starts to heat up, the quiet removal of nonessential personnel to hotels with good communications at a safe haven just over the border.

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