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Platform Portability
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High-conviction biotech & life science longs simple enough for a napkin.
Data updated 4 months ago
Engagement Rate
0.00%
Science category average
Quality Score
Engagement vs Science
0.00%category median
Score Breakdown
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vs 48 newsletters in Science
2K places you in the top 50% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
1.0
median: 0.9
Publishing Consistency
58/100
median: 63/100
Subscribers
2K
median: 2K
Back of the Napkin Bios hasn't published recently
Last post was 4 months ago. Growth, revenue and CPM projections assume ongoing activity, so they're hidden until posting resumes.
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