Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
TODAY’S HEADLINES:
San Diego’s Ocera raises $36M for gastrointestinal treatments (release)
Antibody-drug maker Affimed pulls in €20M (release)
GraftCath, venous catheter developer, gets $12M (VentureWire)
Ranier Tech takes in £8M for spinal-disc replacements (release)
NeuWave Medical pulls in $4.5M for microwave cancer treatment (Milwaukee J-S)
Avalon Ventures closes $150M fund for biotech, wireless and Web media (release)
Heptares Thera raises more seed funds for nervous-system disease (VentureWire)
Essex Woodlands gets $800M for new life-science fund, aims for $1B (VentureWire)
5AM Ventures names Richard Ulevitch… Continue Reading