91.   Enoch Huang, also a senior research scientist in computational biology, left a job at another Cambridge biotech company.

92.   Even the most solid biotech companies, such as Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Biogen Inc., have seen large swings in their stock prices.

93.   Even though biotech companies sacrifice some potential payoff when they partner with a bigger player, they dramatically reduce the danger of going broke before anything proves a winner.

94.   Executives at several biotech companies said they have had no problems with Acqua Wellington and indeed are grateful for such flexible financing.

95.   Established Massachusetts biotech companies like Genzyme Corp., Biogen Inc. and Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. are also expanding in the area.

96.   Even if Bush bans federal funding, the research can still be done at privately funded biotech companies in the United States.

97.   For biotech companies, patents are capital.

98.   For a biotech company, the successful drugs have to pay the costs of the unsuccessful ones.

99.   For biotech companies, the advantage is fast cash, as the funds often arrive within a few days of the transaction.

100.   For biotech companies, the purpose is not to find a mate or a meal but to get a stake in a potentially large market.