Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007

Featured companies: Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Aviir, deltaDot, Origen Therapeutics

Heart-diagnostic maker Aviir raises $11.3M — Palo Alto, Calif.-based Aviir, a biotech developing cardiovascular diagnostics based on Stanford research, raised $11.3 million of an expected $25 million second funding round, PE Hub reports. The news is presumably from one… Continue Reading

Acrobot jumps into $5M for computer-assisted surgery

Funding roundup: Announcements that got away

Funding roundup: Announcements that got away

Although I try to stay on top of events in the life sciences, announcements do sometimes manage to slip through the cracks. Some days, in fact, I end up triaging. Because the roots of this site — not to mention many of its readers —… Continue Reading