ImaRx: A blood-clot attacker with sinking IPO hopes

ImaRx: A blood-clot attacker with sinking IPO hopes

ImaRx, a Tuscon, Ariz., biotech developing new ways to dissolve blood clots in the lungs, lowered its IPO sights and now expects to raise no more than $17.3 million in the offering. (Its latest SEC filing is here.) Late last month, the company had hoped… Continue Reading

Ultrasound clot-buster Ekos raises $10M in debt

Ekos, a Bothell, Wash., maker of ultrasound-enhanced drug-delivery systems, raised $10 million in debt capital from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The financing will support the sales and marketing of drug-delivery catheters that feature an ultrasound system designed to help drugs break up blood clots more… Continue Reading