AthenaHealth hosed by IPO process?

AthenaHealth hosed by IPO process?

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AthenaHealth, a company that sells software to doctors to manage their billing and other office tasks, is just the latest company to appear cheated by the IPO process: It’s bankers helped it price the stock at $18, but by the end of the first day… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007

Featured companies: Allergan, Athenahealth, Atria Genetics, Celera, Esprit Pharmaceuticals, Vida Diagnostics

(NOTE: This item was posted on Friday, 9/21/07. I’ve backdated its timestamp to preserve the chronological order of the briefings.)

Celera buys Atria Genetics for $33M — Rockville, Md.-based Celera, the onetime genomics pioneer still working to… Continue Reading

Athenahealth files for $86M IPO

Athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass., maker of health IT systems for billing and management of electronic health records, filed to raise as much as $86.25 million in an initial offering. The company’s SEC filing is here.

Athenahealth’s systems work as Web-based services, a strategy designed to take… Continue Reading