BioLogix bags $6M for oncology drug, names new CEO
Biopharm company BioLogix raised $6 million in first-round equity and debt financing from Essex Woodlands Health Ventures and New Science Ventures. The money will be used to continue development of its top cancer-fighting compound, but a second round is already in the works.
So far the Palo Alto, Calif.-based firm has brought in $40 million. It hopes to take enough in its next fund-raising effort by early 2009 to push the drug into clinial testing, setting… Continue Reading
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 — are in Silicon Valley, Bay Area events are a priority. Then come announcements from the rest of the U.S., then Asia, then Europe. Also, smaller or partial fundings tend to… Continue Reading