Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007
Featured companies: Acceleron Pharma, Bledsoe Brace Systems, Eurobiobiz, Genoptix, Harmony Information Systems, ImmuneWorks, Pasteuria Bioscience, Renal CarePartners, Quantum Genomics, Synergy Software, Vitreo Retinal Technology
UPDATED: Expanded items on Genoptix and Acceleron Pharma.
Diagnostics biotech Genoptix prices IPO above range, raises up to $98M — Genoptix became one of the… Continue Reading
IPO roundup: Bioheart, Merrion Pharma in limbo; Reliant vs. Reliant road shows; upcoming offerings
Bioheart’s IPO-related chest pains continue — The week of Oct. 22 has come and gone, and there’s no sign of the scheduled — and already battered — IPO of Bioheart, the Florida company that hopes to treat damaged hearts with patients’ own muscle stem cells…. Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007
Featured companies: AngioScore, Forsight Labs, Genoptix, Metastatix, Optherion, QLT
UPDATED: See below.
Artery opener AngioScore pulls in $30M — AngioScore, a Fremont, Calif., maker of balloon catheters used to open up clogged arteries, raised $30 million in a fifth funding round. Investors included Telegraph Hill Partners, Psilos Group Management,… Continue Reading
Genoptix files $86M IPO for diagnostic services
Genoptix, a Carlsbad, Calif., provider of diagnostic services to cancer and blood-disease specialists, filed to raise as much as $86.25 million in an intial offering. The company specializes in genetic and other testing of blood and bone-marrow samples in order to diagnose various cancers and… Continue Reading