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Orexigen Therapeutics shortens timeline with fast enrollment in Light study

Friday, July 13, 2012 08:52 AM

Orexigen Therapeutics, a La Jolla, Calif.-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, now expects to complete enrollment of patients required for the interim analysis of the Light study in the first quarter of 2013, potentially reducing original projections by half.

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23andMe acquires CureTogether

Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:22 AM

Personal genetics company 23andMe has completed its first acquisition with the purchase of CureTogether, launched in 2008 to help people who live in daily chronic pain.

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Genova Diagnostics acquires Metametrix

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 09:17 AM

Genova Diagnostics, a global specialty clinical laboratory based in Asheville, N.C., has decided to acquire Metametrix, a clinical laboratory in Duluth, Ga.

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Pappas Ventures names Pat Gage to scientific advisory board

Monday, July 9, 2012 04:56 PM

Pappas Ventures, a life sciences investor based in Durham, N.C., has appointed L. Patrick Gage, PhD, to the company's scientific advisory board.

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Genkyotex raises $26M in Series C round extension

Monday, July 9, 2012 04:01 PM

Genkyotex, a Swiss developer of NOX inhibitors to treat oxygen-radical mediated diseases, has closed a $26 million extension to its Series C financing. Investors in the Series C round, including Eclosion, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Vesalius Biocapital Partners, MP Healthcare Venture, all participated in the financing extension.

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Luminex to acquire GenturaDx

Monday, July 9, 2012 03:34 PM

Luminex, a developer of proprietary instruments and assays, has signed an agreement to acquire GenturaDx, a Hayward, Calif.-based molecular diagnostics company focused on making nucleic acid testing both affordable and practical for any laboratory.

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CRT and ADC Therapeutics partner on antibody drug conjugates

Friday, July 6, 2012 03:02 PM

Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the commercial arm of Cancer Research U.K., and Switzerland-based ADC Therapeutics have signed agreements to develop cancer treatments called antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) using CRT antibodies and peptides and ADCT's “warhead” and linker chemistries.

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Amgen completes acquisition of KAI Pharmaceuticals

Friday, July 6, 2012 02:13 PM

Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen has completed the acquisition of KAI Pharmaceuticals, a privately held company based in South San Francisco.

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Mytrus appoints Anthony Costello as CEO

Friday, July 6, 2012 01:33 PM

Mytrus, a San Francisco-based clinical technology and services company for medical and pharmaceutical research, has appointed Anthony J. Costello as CEO. He

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Prosonix, Imperial College London collaborate on engineered combo respiratory meds

Thursday, July 5, 2012 02:43 PM

Prosonix, a speciality pharmaceutical company of Oxford, U.K., has signed a collaborative research agreement with Imperial College London to accelerate the development of engineered multi-component particles (MCPs) as respiratory medicines.

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