Biosciences

Regado Biosciences secures $51M Series E financing

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:13 AM

Regado Biosciences, a Basking Ridge, N.J.-based private biopharmaceutical company developing antithrombotic aptamers with active control agents, has secured a landmark $51 million Series E financing. 

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Gilead Sciences to acquire YM Biosciences

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:17 AM

Gilead Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company based in Foster City, Calif., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire YM BioSciences, a drug development company based in Canada, for $2.95 per share in cash. 

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Selecta, Sanofi to develop antigen-specific immunotherapies for life-threatening allergies

Friday, November 30, 2012 10:55 AM

Selecta Biosciences, a Watertown, Mass.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of synthetic vaccines and immunotherapies, has entered into a strategic global collaboration with global healthcare company Sanofi to discover highly targeted, antigen-specific immunotherapies for life-threatening allergies.

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IntelliCell BioSciences inks research agreement with Rutgers’ N.J. Center for Biomaterials

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:16 AM

IntelliCell BioSciences, a regenerative medicine company developing novel technologies that address the regenerative, curative and preventative conditions of disease states with high unmet clinical needs, has entered a sponsored research agreement with the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey.

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Ambit completes $25M financing for AML drug

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 10:36 AM

Ambit Biosciences, a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, has closed the first $25 million tranche of a new $50 million preferred stock financing to support continued advancement of its lead drug candidate, quizartinib, for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

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Aclaris raises $21M in Series A Financing

Thursday, October 25, 2012 07:30 AM

Aclaris Therapeutics, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatological therapeutics, has secured $21 million in Series A financing.

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Amarantus, RBCC target NuroPro Parkinson's diagnostic for joint venture

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:03 AM

Amarantus BioSciences, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based biotech focused on brain-related disorders including Parkinson's disease and traumatic brain injury (TBI), and Rainbow Coral (RBCC), a biotech subsidiary Rainbow BioSciences, have selected NuroPro, Amarantus' Parkinson's disease blood test in development, as the target product candidate for the proposed joint venture.

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AMRI forms strategic contract with Knopp Biosciences

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 03:18 PM

AMRI, a global contract research and manufacturing organization, has entered into a new strategic agreement with Knopp Biosciences, a Pittsburgh-based drug discovery and development company focused on breakthrough treatments for unmet needs in neurological disorders.  

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Codexis appoints David O’Toole as CFO

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 11:08 AM

Codexis, a Redwood City, Calif.-based developer of cost-advantaged processes for the production of biofuels, bio-based chemicals and pharmaceuticals, has appointed David O’Toole as senior vice president and CFO.

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Elan announces spin-off of discovery science with Neotope Biosciences

Monday, August 13, 2012 11:50 AM

The board of directors of Elan, an Irish neuroscience-focused biotech, has approved the spin-off of discovery science with the separation of Neotope Biosciences from Elan.

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