2012 in Review: Tesaro

We're rapidly approaching the end of 2012 and, while initial public offerings for tech companies usually grab the headlines, the health care space also had a number of exciting IPOs this year. Not all of them were winners, but Tesaro is up more than 16% year to date (as of the writing of this article). In the following video, health care analysts Max Macaluso and Brenton Flynn discuss Tesaro's business and drug pipeline.

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