Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Arbor Surgical raises $20M for heart devices (release)
Small Bone Innovations acquires ankle-replacement maker Link America (release)
Active Implants adds $3M for hip and knee implants (VentureWire)
Clarian Health Partners launches VC unit with $25M (release)
Iroko Pharma acquires non-U.S. rights to Merck heart drug (release)
Remmele Engineering acquires… Continue Reading
Medical Carbon Research recapitalizes with $32M, renames itself
Medical Carbon Research Institute, a Austin, Tex., developer of mechanical heart valves, raised $32 million in debt, revenue interest and royalty conversion in a recapitalization that the company said eliminated most of its debt. MCRI also renamed itself after its leading product candidate, and will… Continue Reading