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VisionCare closes financing, makes board changes

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:51 PM

VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, a developer of advanced visual prosthetic devices, will close a Series E financing with Agate Medical Investments leading the expansion round.  Agate's managing general partner, Chanan Schneider, will join the VisionCare team as a board observer.

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UCB inks strategic partnerships with Parexel, PRA

Monday, November 28, 2011 08:00 AM

The sponsor-CRO strategic partnerships just keep coming. 

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Sentinel Captial acquires WellSpring Pharmaceutical

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 10:31 AM

Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired WellSpring Pharmaceutical. Sentinel completed the transaction alongside Ancor Capital Partners.

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CoreRx selects Xcelodose to enhance product development

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 12:34 PM

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CenterWatch, Plutus Capital launch Clinical Trials Quarterly

Monday, October 24, 2011 10:37 AM

CenterWatch and Plutus Capital Partners have launched Clinical Trials Quarterly, a co-branded newsletter for the contract research organization (CRO) industry that expands CenterWatch’s reach to financial clients in Asia and Europe.

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Venture capital investments in life sciences fall in third quarter

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 01:07 PM

Venture capitalists invested $6.95 billion in 876 deals in the third quarter of 2011, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters.

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Synexus names Pilgrim chairman

Monday, October 17, 2011 01:01 PM

Alan Pilgrim has taken over as chairman of Synexus from Trevor Jones, who continues on the board as a director and becomes president of the Synexus’ Scientific advisory board.

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Capstone Therapeutics cuts 14 jobs

Friday, October 14, 2011 01:36 PM

Capstone Therapeutics plans to preserve cash during ongoing discussions with potential partners regarding AZX100 in dermal scarring. The company will reduce staff from its current 18 full-time employees to a core of four individuals covering required regulatory and financial functions at substantially reduced compensation.

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Carlyle Partners, Hellman & Friedman to acquire PPD for $3.9 billion, take the CRO private

Monday, October 10, 2011 08:02 AM

It’s official: Large equity investors Carlyle Partners and Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners are buying publicly traded PPD, taking the CRO private.

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Report: U.S. medical innovation at risk without funding

Thursday, October 6, 2011 12:03 PM

U.S. venture capitalists are decreasing their investments in biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, reducing their concentration in prevalent disease areas and shifting investment away from the United States towards Europe and Asia, according to a report by the National Venture Capital Association'sMedIC Coalition.

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