Stem Cell Engineering Company Raises $25 Million
Novocell, a stem cell engineering company based in San Diego, has raised $25 million in a Series C round. Led by Johnson & Johnson Development […]
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PreMD Inks Licensing Deal with AstraZeneca
PreMD, a Toronto-based company that makes heart-disease and cancer screening tests, has signed a licensing agreement with big pharma for what’s being touted as the […]
Venture-Backed Startup to Develop Device Coatings
Emergent Technologies, an Austin, TX, venture firm that forms life sciences companies to commercialize university-based technologies, has launched a nanotechnology startup to develop plasma coatings […]
Bioterrorism Firm Partners on New Wound Treatment
A Scottsdale, AZ, firm whose technology is currently being studied for combating bioterrorism has entered its first co-development partnership, to explore alternative applications. ImmuneRegen BioSciences, […]
NIH Program Connects Small Firms with Vital Resources
The National Institutes of Health has launched an online resource for small companies looking to get their technologies in front of potential partners and investors. […]
Report Says Marketing to Docs Is Money Well Spent
Physician conferences are the most effective marketing channel for medical device firms, according to a recently released report from Cutting Edge Information, a healthcare research […]
Pittsburgh Firm Gets $100K to Develop Cardio Test
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG), an organization that invests in startup life sciences companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania, is putting $100,000 behind a new cardiovascular diagnostic […]
Emerging Construction Boom in Minnesota
A growing number of medical technology companies are flocking to Minnesota, causing a construction boom in the area — and some unique challenges for those […]
Changes at Oncologix Reflect Med Tech Focus
Oncologix Tech, a former long-distance phone company that in January sold off its primary assets to focus exclusively on its medical device subsidiary, has taken […]
Paracor Raises $44 Million in Series D Round
Paracor Medical, a private company from Sunnyvale, CA, that’s developing a ventricular support device, has raised $44.35 million in a Series D financing. The money […]