Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Drug-screening tool maker IonGate Bio raises €4.6M (release)
Protein-drug maker Molecular Partners gets $5M up front in Centocor deal (PDF release)
ProtaGen takes in €1M for protein biochips (PDF release)
China’s Sundia MediTech, a contract research organization raises second round (release)
Vital-signs implant maker Transoma Medical sets IPO… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Friday, Oct. 12, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Friday, Oct. 12, 2007

Featured companies: CeraPedics, Lab21, Incisive Surgical, Orasi Medical, Transoma Medcal, ZyGem

(UPDATED: Expanded items on Transoma, Lab21 and Orasi.)

Medical-device maker Transoma files for $75M IPO — St. Paul, Minn.-based Transoma Medical, a developer of implantable wireless diagnostic sensors, filed to raise $75 million in an initial offering. The… Continue Reading