Life sciences briefing: Monday, Dec. 3, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Monday, Dec. 3, 2007

Featured companies: CoMentis, ForHealth Technologies, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, QuantomiX, Progenitor Cell Therapy, River Diagnostics, Topaz Pharmaceuticals

UPDATED: Expanded items on CoMentis, Topaz and ForHealth.

CoMentis gets $12M for eye, Alzheimer’s treatments — South San Francisco’s CoMentis, a biotech pursuing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and macular degeneration, raised $12 million in… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Friday, Sept. 21, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Friday, Sept. 21, 2007

Featured companies: CG Therapeutics, Complete Genomics, ConforMIS, Flexible Medical Systems, LeMaitre Vascular, MAP Pharmaceuticals, ParaPro, Vascular Architects, Zars Pharma

(UPDATED on 10/1/07: See below.)

[NOTE: Posting has been slow recently for personal reasons. I'll be doing my best to catch up today.]

Complete Genomics raises funding for high-speed sequencing —… Continue Reading