Decloaking 5AM’s stealthy ImmunoNewco — more details
(UPDATED: See below.)
A few weeks ago, we broke the news that 5AM Ventures is nurturing a stealthy startup called — for now — ImmunoNewco. The trail led back to the Danish biotech Borean Pharma, which is developing protein-based drugs against autoimmune conditions, and which may be… Continue Reading
Life sciences briefing: Friday, Aug. 24, 2007
(UPDATED at 11am PT on Sunday, 8/26/07: See below.)
Featured companies: Clinical Data, Epidauros Biotechnologie, Precision Therapeutics, UMD, Zars Pharma
UMD to close $8M for menstrual pain and osteoporosis — Cincinnati’s UMD, a developer of vaginal drug-delivery technologies, expects to close up to $8 million in a fifth funding… Continue Reading
The FDA’s big personalized-medicine push
(UPDATED: See below.)
Personalized medicine — the idea that doctors will one day tailor your medical care based on your genetic profile — has been a long time coming, as I’ve previously written. As it turns out, that’s no fault of the Food and Drug Administration, which… Continue Reading