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	<title>Comments on: Talecris, a ludicrously large IPO, and the beginning of the end for private equity?</title>
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		<title>By: VentureBeat &#187; Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] since they offer lower risk even at the cost of slower growth. Perhaps there&#8217;s hope for Talecris Biotherapeutics after [...]</description>
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		<title>By: VentureBeat &#187; Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007</title>
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		<dc:creator>VentureBeat &#187; Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] since they offer lower risk even at the cost of slower growth. Perhaps there&#8217;s hope for Talecris Biotherapeutics after [...]</description>
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		<title>By: VentureBeat &#187; Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007</title>
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		<dc:creator>VentureBeat &#187; Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] The latest IPO terms represent a significant step up from Nanotech&#8217;s initial plan to raise $100 million in the offering, which we wrote about here (seventh item). Either way, it&#8217;s still a fairly princely sum, particularly given that only two U.S. pharma/biotechs &#8212; the specialty pharmas Jazz Pharmaceuticals (covered here) and Eurand &#8212; have managed to pull in more than $100 million with IPOs this year. Of course, none of these companies holds a candle to Talecris Biotherapeutics, which apparently still thinks it can raise $1 billion in an initial offering. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The latest IPO terms represent a significant step up from Nanotech&#8217;s initial plan to raise $100 million in the offering, which we wrote about here (seventh item). Either way, it&#8217;s still a fairly princely sum, particularly given that only two U.S. pharma/biotechs &#8212; the specialty pharmas Jazz Pharmaceuticals (covered here) and Eurand &#8212; have managed to pull in more than $100 million with IPOs this year. Of course, none of these companies holds a candle to Talecris Biotherapeutics, which apparently still thinks it can raise $1 billion in an initial offering. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: VentureBeat &#187; California&#8217;s stem-cell management disarray</title>
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		<dc:creator>VentureBeat &#187; California&#8217;s stem-cell management disarray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] these looks at recent baby steps toward &#8220;personalized medicine,&#8221; a take on the ridiculously large IPO envisioned by Talecris Biotherapeutics, and two items on startups that aim to pioneer the dawning [...]</description>
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		<title>By: VentureBeat &#187; AlphaMed Pharma raising $50M for recombinant alpha-1 antitrypsin</title>
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		<dc:creator>VentureBeat &#187; AlphaMed Pharma raising $50M for recombinant alpha-1 antitrypsin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] cells. Current forms of the drug, such as one sold by Talecris Biotherapeutics (see our coverage here), are derived from donated blood. Patients who lack the enzyme are prone to emphysema and other [...]</description>
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