Bioroundup: Stem-cell science and money, genetic tests go political, clinical-trial data woes, and more

Bioroundup: Stem-cell science and money, genetic tests go political, clinical-trial data woes, and more

(NOTE: Apologies — especially to RSS readers — if you’ve seen this post before, but an apparent server error ate it late yesterday and I was only able to recover it this morning. Enjoy, or ignore, as seems most fit.)

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Stem-cell science, money and death
Gene… Continue Reading

LIfe sciences briefing: Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2007

LIfe sciences briefing: Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2007

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Pervasis Thera pulls in $9.8M for regenerative medicine (release)
Embrella Cardio receives $2.3M for stroke-prevention heart-surgery devices (release)
Vivendy Thera raises CHF 17M for rare-disease drug (Private Equity Europe)
Novacta Bio gets £3.5M grant for anti-infective drugs (release)
Metavante acquires health-plan admin software co. Bensoft (release)
Pharma-marketing analyst ImpactRx… Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Friday, Nov. 30, 2007

Life sciences briefing: Friday, Nov. 30, 2007

Featured companies: Fate Therapeutics, Medgenics, Satoris

UPDATED: Expanded items on Fate Therapeutics and Medgenics. The Satoris item is now a standalone post here.

Fate Therapeutics launches regenerative-medicine quest with $12M — In one of the splashiest launches in recent memory, Seattle’s Fate Therapeutics launched a new regenerative-medicine quest and… Continue Reading

Is Big Pharma tiptoeing into embryonic stem cells?

Is Big Pharma tiptoeing into embryonic stem cells?

(Note: This item has been copied over to the Life Sciences page from its original location on the VentureBeat main page. To view it in its original context, with comments, click here.)
For what appears to be the first time, a major drug company has plunked… Continue Reading

Is Big Pharma tiptoeing into embryonic stem cells?

Is Big Pharma tiptoeing into embryonic stem cells?

For what appears to be the first time, a major drug company has plunked down a significant equity investment in embryonic stem cells.

Earlier today, VentureWire reported (sub required) that Novocell, an early-stage San Diego biotech that aims to treat diabetes with the embryonic cells, is… Continue Reading