Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Arbor Surgical draws another $5.5M for heart-valve replacements (VBLS exclusive)
AstraZeneca spinout Albireo raises $27M for GI drugs (release)
Knee-implant maker MAKO Surgical slashes IPO price range (release)
eScreen takes in $8M for automated drug screening (peHUB)
GlucoLight gets undisclosed funding for glucose monitoring (release)
Oddo et al. order $4M for odor-sniffer Odotech (release)
Baird Capital Partners acquires med-device manufacturer Ellman Int’l (peHUB)
Cancer biotech BiPar names Hoyoung Huh as CEO (release)

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