Life-science briefing: Friday, April 11, 2008
TODAY’S HEADLINES:
Stent maker IDev Tech raises $25M (VentureWire)
Xytis gets $15M for brain-injury drugs (VentureWire)
Diagnostic maker Iris Biotech plans to go public, launch breast-cancer test (Edgar)
RiverVest Venture Partners raises $75M life-science fund (release)
Concentric Medical names Maria Sainz CEO (release)
[Note: I’m a little sad to announce that this will be my last life-science briefing at VentureBeat, although with luck, it won’t be the end of my time here. Starting Monday, I’ll be blogging regularly on the drug industry and… Continue Reading
Yahoo acquires assets of IndexTools, web analytics software for online marketing
Yahoo said it has acquired most of the assets of IndexTools, a private New York company that provides web analytics software for online marketing, for an undisclosed amount.
The acquisition includes IndexTools’ web analytics business and technology as well as its Tensa R&D Kft. subsidiary, Yahoo said in a statement.
According to the statement:
The addition of the IndexTools’ assets is intended to expand Yahoo!’s powerful set of services designed to maximize its clients’ online marketing efforts.
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