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Plans for IPOs and venture funding dominated the New England deals news this week.
—A new seed fund, backed by venture firm New Enterprise Associates and hosted by Harvard, came out of the woodwork last week. The Experiment Fund will invest up... Read more »
At first glance, a report released last week by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association seems to portend rich times for life sciences startups. Biotech companies raised $4.7 billion in 2011—more than any other sector except for software and enough... Read more »
Cambridge, MA-based Radius Health, which is on a quest to enter the multibillion-dollar market for osteoporosis treatments, said today it has filed to go public. The company hopes to raise $86 million in the proposed offering. The IPO will be underwritten... Read more »
Applied Proteomics hasn’t exactly been operating in stealth mode since it was founded five years ago. Co-founders David Agus, a cancer specialist at USC, and Danny Hillis, the MIT-trained computer scientist, gave TedMed talks about the startup’s technology, which provides... Read more »
If you’ve turned on your TV anytime in the last, oh, decade or so, you’ve no doubt been bombarded by ads imploring you to “ask your doctor” about Drug X. And you’re well familiar with the routine: You get treated to... Read more »
…or really just one great one: Xconomy needs your help. We’re busy cranking out terrific tech and life sciences journalism and putting on stellar events across the six cities in our network, and we’re looking for a kick-ass marketing coordinator to... Read more »
—San Diego’s Amylin Pharmaceuticals says Bydureon, its new once-a-week drug for treating Type 2 diabetes can hit the market as early as next month, after the FDA cleared Bydureon. The FDA rejected the Amylin’s drug twice before. An estimated 26 million... Read more »
Founder and CTO, Heartland Robotics
General Partner, Alloy Ventures
Chair, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
CEO, Appature
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