Cambridge, MA-based Sedo, which provides an online marketplace for Web domain names, said today that it brokered UK-based Media Corp.’s sale of the “gambling.com” domain for $2.5 million to an unnamed British firm. It’s the largest sum paid for a domain this year, according to the broker. Sedo (which Xconomy’s Wade Roush profiled back in … Continue reading “Gambling.com Domain Fetches $2.5M, Broker Says”
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Dassault Buys Enginuity
Product lifecycle management software maker Dassault Systemes, whose U.S. headquarters are in Lowell, MA, said today that it has acquired Milford, CT-based Enginuity PLM, a maker of formula-based product development software. The acquisition expands Dassault’s reach to customers in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, personal care, fragrance, and food and beverage spaces. Financial terms of the deal … Continue reading “Dassault Buys Enginuity”
FDA Panel Meets Today on Vertex HepC Drug
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:[[ticker:VRTX]]) faces a test today for its experimental drug for hepatitis C virus, telaprevir, as the FDA Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee meets today in Silver Springs, MD, to review the firm’s application for approval of the treatment. NASDAQ has halted trading of the Cambridge, MA-based firm’s common stock today, according to Vertex. Yesterday … Continue reading “FDA Panel Meets Today on Vertex HepC Drug”
“My Parents Won’t Let Me Marry You Because You’re an Entrepreneur:” Cultural Challenges to Growing Entrepreneurship
During my recent trip to Korea, an American expat told me about his friend, a successful young Korean entrepreneur who employed a half-dozen people in an education business. He fell deeply in love with a Korean woman and wanted to get married, but her parents refused to approve of the marriage until he got a … Continue reading ““My Parents Won’t Let Me Marry You Because You’re an Entrepreneur:” Cultural Challenges to Growing Entrepreneurship”
Startup Funding In March Doubles to $260M; Internet Edges Out Healthcare
Spring has sprung for the state’s tech and life sciences startups. After raising a slim $130.9 million in February, things really warmed up last month. Thirty-nine startups pulled in a whopping $260 million in equity-based funding, with a few sectors in particular taking sizeable chunks of cash, according to data from CB Insights’ FundingFlash, a … Continue reading “Startup Funding In March Doubles to $260M; Internet Edges Out Healthcare”
Gaia Metrics Lands $100,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f65a0e9-0fe7-48d4-8ec7-a80920ef73fc&Preview=1 Date 4/28/2011 Company Name Gaia Metrics Mailing Address 48 Grove St. Somerville, MA 02144 Company Description Gaia Metrics helps companies and investors discover, qualify and truly understand the financial risk attached to environmental and social factors in their operations and supply chains. Website http://www.gaia-metrics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $100,000 … Continue reading “Gaia Metrics Lands $100,000 New Financing”
Gen9 Garners $300,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f732ff62-2736-45e6-ab31-c0fec7fca969&Preview=1 Date 4/28/2011 Company Name Gen9 Mailing Address 500 Technology Sq. Cambridge, MA 01239 Company Description The company is developing synthetic biology technologies. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $300,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing – amended. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
Invoke Solutions Lands $3,758,288 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fb9ba155-9812-4d32-8075-e40af7269463&Preview=1 Date 4/28/2011 Company Name Invoke Solutions Mailing Address 375 Totten Pond Road Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description Invoke Solutions has developed a revolutionary mass interaction technology that radically improves the way organizations understand and respond to their key constituencies. The Invoke software platform is driving transformation from traditional researching methods to … Continue reading “Invoke Solutions Lands $3,758,288 New Funding Round”
OpenExchange Communications Obtains $1,425,489 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c4e90688-86a2-48df-97cf-23291ab6e965&Preview=1 Date 4/28/2011 Company Name OpenExchange Communications Mailing Address Two Oliver Street Boston, MA 02109 Company Description The financial services industry is the most meeting intensive in the world. It deserves a 21st century meeting platform. We believe that our system of online profiles, meeting pages, calendars and directories, and their integration … Continue reading “OpenExchange Communications Obtains $1,425,489 New Round”
BetterLesson Receives $1,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d2924aca-5ed1-41f1-a8a8-5c66a35c4056&Preview=1 Date 4/28/2011 Company Name BetterLesson Mailing Address 1 Camp Street Cambridge, MA 02140 Company Description BetterLesson was founded by a group of teachers from Atlanta and Boston public schools to connect educators and help them create, organize, and share their curricula. We are focused on aggregating and scaling the most innovative … Continue reading “BetterLesson Receives $1,000,000 New Round”
BioBehavioral Diagnostics Lands $300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0dade363-272f-4c52-8c35-d859569103a3&Preview=1 Date 4/28/2011 Company Name BioBehavioral Diagnostics Mailing Address 239 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 Company Description BioBehavioral Diagnostics Company (BioBDx) is a privately held company whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and market proprietary diagnostic systems for the quantitative assessment of behavioral disorders, including the measurement of medication response and the … Continue reading “BioBehavioral Diagnostics Lands $300,000 New Funding”
WiTricity Scores Deal with Toyota
Watertown, MA-based WiTricity, a developer of a wireless charging system for electric cars and plug-in hybrids, has formed a technology partnership with Japan-based Toyota Motor Corporation. The deal includes a Toyota investment in WiTricity, reported to be in the single-digit millions of dollars, according to Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe. Earlier this month, Delphi … Continue reading “WiTricity Scores Deal with Toyota”
AppNeta Nabs $6.2M
AppNeta, a provider of cloud-based network management technology, announced today that it has raised $6.2 million in new funding, led by Bain Capital Ventures, Egan-Managed Capital, JMI Equity (which is based in San Diego and Baltimore, MD), and Business Development Bank of Canada. The Wellesley Hills, MA-based company, whose technology and staff comes from Apparent Networks, … Continue reading “AppNeta Nabs $6.2M”
TA, Summit Put $350M Into Bigpoint
Germany-based Bigpoint, an online gaming company with a developer team in San Francisco, said that it secured $350 million in a recapitalization financing from TA Associates and Summit Partners, growth equity firms with offices in Boston and Silicon Valley. The deal gives TA and Summit a controlling share of Bigpoint together, with previous shareholder Comcast … Continue reading “TA, Summit Put $350M Into Bigpoint”
Genzyme and Anika Patent Dispute Continues
Cambridge, MA-based biotech Genzyme, now a unit of Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE:[[ticker:SNY]]), has amended its patent infringement lawsuit against its competitor Anika Therapeutics (NASDAQ:[[ticker:ANIK]]) related to Anika’s osteoarthritis treatment, Monovisc. Genzyme also filed a new complaint in U.S. District Court in Boston that includes a newly issued patent, according to Anika. Genzyme, the world’s largest maker of … Continue reading “Genzyme and Anika Patent Dispute Continues”
KEW, Led by Millennium Co-Founder, Seeks to Bring Big-Time Cancer Care to Community Clinics
A new cancer care startup called KEW Group has been quietly operating in the Boston area and entered advanced talks to raise a sizable amount from venture investors. With an ensemble cast of founders from Harvard and elsewhere, KEW plans to provide community oncology clinics with information technology-supported services to make evidence-based medicine, such as … Continue reading “KEW, Led by Millennium Co-Founder, Seeks to Bring Big-Time Cancer Care to Community Clinics”
eBay Acquires Where, Bluebird Calls In $30M, Humedica Gets $20M, & More Boston-Area Deals News
EBay’s $135 million acquisition of the mobile startup Where took the spotlight this week, but we also saw headlines of financings for New England-area firms in the IT, cleantech, and life sciences spaces. —Cambridge, MA-based Bluebird Bio pulled in $30 million in Series C financing from new investor ARCH Venture Partners and existing backers Third … Continue reading “eBay Acquires Where, Bluebird Calls In $30M, Humedica Gets $20M, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Social vs. Manufacturing: Differences in American and Scandinavian Startup Culture
Are Americans more social and Scandinavians more interested in making things? These questions came to my mind when we recently compiled our annual list of Sweden’s 33 most innovative startups at Ny Teknik, a Swedish weekly magazine covering business, technology and science news. The companies in the finished list, as well as those (several hundred) … Continue reading “Social vs. Manufacturing: Differences in American and Scandinavian Startup Culture”
The 5min Story in 5 Minutes, As Told By Spark Capital’s Alex Finkelstein
Got five minutes? Here’s an eye-opening example of how markets are analyzed, how VC deals are won, how startups are built—and a little bit about what might have been. New York-based 5min Media, a video syndication company, started in 2007 as a portal for how-to videos, and became a top video-content aggregator before getting bought … Continue reading “The 5min Story in 5 Minutes, As Told By Spark Capital’s Alex Finkelstein”
IdeaPaint Lands $4,999,999 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e80e4b9f-705f-4d05-b7dd-29d68ad44bf4&Preview=1 Date 4/27/2011 Company Name IdeaPaint Mailing Address 290 Eliot St. Ashland, MA 01721 Company Description IdeaPaint is a patent-pending single-coat roller-applied paint that transforms any smooth surface into a high performance dry-erase writing surface. IdeaPaint is perfect for the conference room, creative spaces, classrooms, home offices, kids rooms, playrooms… or any … Continue reading “IdeaPaint Lands $4,999,999 New Financing Round”
AppNeta Lands $6,200,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64c3e623-f6dd-49b3-984c-3c85b1538806&Preview=1 Date 4/27/2011 Company Name AppNeta Mailing Address 110 Cedar St. Wellesley, MA 02481 Company Description AppNeta delivers instant-value network performance management solutions required to drive exceptional application performance across all data center, cloud, remote office and mobile environments. Website http://www.appneta.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “AppNeta Lands $6,200,000 New Funding”
Visible Measures Lands $7,700,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d77a1553-e4b0-4944-bcd4-ddc82b1ee552&Preview=1 Date 4/27/2011 Company Name Visible Measures Mailing Address 25 Kingston St 5th Fl Boston, MA 02111 Company Description Visible Measures Corp. (VMC) is helping to revolutionize the way publishers, advertisers, and audiences engage with Internet delivered video. Our Video Experience Measurement (VXM) suite of products provides objective 3rd party audience measurement … Continue reading “Visible Measures Lands $7,700,000 New Round”
WiTricity Receives New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=850a4096-37a6-4c5a-8148-8cdb9e288d5b&Preview=1 Date 4/27/2011 Company Name WiTricity Mailing Address 44 Westlund Rd. Belmont, MA 02478 Company Description The company is developing technology to transmit energy wirelessly. Website http://www.witricitynet.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed, however the company has formed a technology partnership … Continue reading “WiTricity Receives New Funding Round”
Next Step Nabs $1.5M
Boston-based cleantech startup Next Step Living has brought in $1.5 million of an equity offering that could total $2.8 million, according to an SEC filing. The company, which helps consumers audit their home for energy inefficiencies and retrofit them to prevent heated or cooled air from escaping, raised $2.6 million in Series B funding last … Continue reading “Next Step Nabs $1.5M”
Dyax, FivePrime Cut Antibody Deal
Cambridge, MA-based Dyax (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DYAX]]) and South San Francisco-based FivePrime Therapeutics said today they have agreed to collaborate on an effort to discover new antibody drugs. Dyax will use its phage display technology to help FivePrime identify the best antibody candidates aimed at multiple biological targets. Dyax will get undisclosed technology license fees, and support … Continue reading “Dyax, FivePrime Cut Antibody Deal”
FDA Says Vertex Drug a Wee Bit More Effective Than Advertised; Stock Climbs
The FDA often finds a few flies in the ointment when it digs through new drug applications, but in the case of Cambridge, MA-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VRTX]]), its new hepatitis C drug looks a bit better under close scrutiny. Shares of Vertex climbed more than 10 percent after FDA briefing documents on the new … Continue reading “FDA Says Vertex Drug a Wee Bit More Effective Than Advertised; Stock Climbs”
Proteostasis Adds Targets, Drugs From Harvard
Proteostasis Therapeutics, the Cambridge, MA-based company seeking to keep proteins in balance to fight neurodegenerative diseases, said today it has obtained two exclusive technology licenses from Harvard University. The licenses pertain to the ubiquitin-proteosome pathway, and include biological targets and small-molecule drug candidates. Proteostasis, founded by Healthcare Ventures in Boston with technology from The Scripps … Continue reading “Proteostasis Adds Targets, Drugs From Harvard”
Joi Ito Will Put MIT Media Lab Back on World Stage, Says Maes-Watch for Hiring Binge
The overnight consensus from the twittersphere is that Joichi Ito—a globetrotting Internet entrepreneur, investor, activist, and blogger with few academic credentials—was a daring and unconventional choice to lead the 26-year-old MIT Media Lab. And that, says search committee leader Pattie Maes, is exactly the effect the lab wanted to achieve. The Media Lab “has always … Continue reading “Joi Ito Will Put MIT Media Lab Back on World Stage, Says Maes-Watch for Hiring Binge”
Zapoint Charting Out “Skills Maps” of 300 Big Companies
Zapoint, a Cambridge, MA-based maker of career management software, is taking an unusual approach to getting the attention of HR departments. The company announced last month that it is compiling the data generated by social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to put together what it calls “skills maps” of the workforces at roughly 300 … Continue reading “Zapoint Charting Out “Skills Maps” of 300 Big Companies”
Nano Terra Lands $2,300,069 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b359bc54-0969-451f-80b6-47884a93091c&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2011 Company Name Nano Terra Mailing Address 50 Soldiers Field Pl. Brighton, MA 02135 Company Description Nano-Terra is a nano- and micro-technology development company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. We commercialize our technology platform and the know-how of our people in strategic partnerships with large national and international companies that … Continue reading “Nano Terra Lands $2,300,069 New Round”
Joi Ito Named to Take Over MIT Media Lab
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology news office has confirmed a New York Times scoop today revealing that ubiquitous technology entrepreneur Joichi “Joi” Ito has been named the next director of the MIT Media Lab—an institution famed for giving its industry sponsors, and the outside world, a perpetual window into the future of computing and communications. … Continue reading “Joi Ito Named to Take Over MIT Media Lab”
Future of the Web and Search: An Evening with Microsoft Online Services Division President Qi Lu
No one doubts that we have only scratched the surface of what is possible with the Web. The day is coming fast where the Web will become almost a virtual mind reader. Your intent, interests, and needs will be instantly perceived and the information you really want will be delivered-whether you asked for it directly … Continue reading “Future of the Web and Search: An Evening with Microsoft Online Services Division President Qi Lu”
The m-Qube Mafia: Mobile Execs Lead Efforts at BuyWithMe, Clovr Media, Paydiant, and More
Silicon Valley has the PayPal mafia. Seattle has the Qpass mafia. Boston, for its part, has many interesting and influential tech company/family trees—DEC, PTC, and iRobot come to mind—but one of the more underrated ones is the m-Qube mafia. For those who don’t know, m-Qube is the Boston-area mobile marketing and applications company that started … Continue reading “The m-Qube Mafia: Mobile Execs Lead Efforts at BuyWithMe, Clovr Media, Paydiant, and More”
“Ready or Not,” Greentown Labs Startups to Move In This Week, With $75K for Retooling Boston Space
It’s moving week for the companies launching Greentown Labs, the new cleantech incubator in the seaport area dubbed Boston’s “Innovation District” by Mayor Tom Menino. The space at 337 Summer Street still looks more or less like a construction site, but the companies helping to get the incubator off the ground will be moving in … Continue reading ““Ready or Not,” Greentown Labs Startups to Move In This Week, With $75K for Retooling Boston Space”
Vertex, Merck Step Up to the Public Stage With Hepatitis C Drugs This Week
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is heading down the home stretch in its bid to transform treatment of hepatitis C, and this week the public will get an up-close look at the risks and benefits of its drug that could change the standard of care for millions of people. Cambridge, MA-based Vertex (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VRTX]]) will have its big … Continue reading “Vertex, Merck Step Up to the Public Stage With Hepatitis C Drugs This Week”
VCs Turn Up The Heat on FDA to Get Faster, More Predictable
The FDA felt the heat in the 1990s when AIDS activists marched in the streets, shouting about how bureaucratic foot-dragging meant that patients died while waiting for approvals of experimental drugs. The FDA listened. It started clearing more new drugs for sale, and completing safety and effectiveness reviews faster than before. Now it’s venture capitalists, … Continue reading “VCs Turn Up The Heat on FDA to Get Faster, More Predictable”
XLerant Lands $1,502,505 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3ccc0ab7-2bd1-47d4-a96e-5c6b96df62e2&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2011 Company Name XLerant Mailing Address 700 Canal Street Stamford, CT 06902 Company Description BudgetPak is the only budgeting tool that actually assists line managers in creating valid cost center budgets the first time around, saving countless hours of budget validation and rework. BudgetPak helps control budget inflation by making … Continue reading “XLerant Lands $1,502,505 New Funding”
Next Step Living Secures $1,475,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bdcdf2bd-2069-4852-899d-d7a26e327490&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2011 Company Name Next Step Living Mailing Address Undisclosed Boston, MA 02140 Company Description Next Step Living is a residential energy efficiency company, providing home energy diagnostics and improvements to the greater New England area. We are a socially-conscious, environmentally focused, results-driven organization dedicated to helping our customers lower their … Continue reading “Next Step Living Secures $1,475,000 New Round”
Mersana Nabs $6M Debt Deal
[[Corrected 4/22/11 at 2:15 pm]]Mersana Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based drug maker, has brought in $6 million of a targeted $10 million debt offering, from seven investors, according to an SEC filing. Last year, the company inked a deal that could be worth $334 million with Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, for developing a new polymer-based drug … Continue reading “Mersana Nabs $6M Debt Deal”
Join Me for an Evening with Microsoft’s Qi Lu on the Future of the Web, May 11
Meet Dr. Qi Lu (see photo, right). I have met him before, but it was at a backyard barbecue, and I didn’t want to grill the man about the future of search and the Web in that setting. But this is different. Lu, the president of Microsoft’s online services division (his first name is pronounced … Continue reading “Join Me for an Evening with Microsoft’s Qi Lu on the Future of the Web, May 11”
Could a Game Be the Answer to Your E-mail Woes?
E-mail is the great savior and scourge of our time. We couldn’t get much done without it. Yet as regular readers know, I have an ongoing feud with my inbox. I’ve declared e-mail bankruptcy (twice), I’ve adopted tools like Taskforce that help turn e-mails into to-do list items, and I’ve tried filtering options like Gmail’s … Continue reading “Could a Game Be the Answer to Your E-mail Woes?”
Planting Seeds for Massachusetts’ Future
Massachusetts has a long, honorable history of proactively investing in its own long-term economic success. A great example occurred 150 years ago this month, when the Massachusetts legislature funded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), creating one of the nation’s first land grant colleges. In 1861, Governor John Andrews and the legislature likely did not … Continue reading “Planting Seeds for Massachusetts’ Future”
Ariad Extends Licenses, Amgen Osteoporosis Drug Meets Trial Goals, Corindus Partners with Philips, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
Big name biotechs in New England made news this week with revenue reports, clinical results, and news on licensing agreements. —Cambridge, MA-based Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAD: [[ticker:ARIA]]) said it extended licenses to its cell-signaling regulation technology to three groups, each of which will use it for different purposes: Houston, TX Bellicum Pharmaceuticals (experimental cancer vaccine and cell therapies), … Continue reading “Ariad Extends Licenses, Amgen Osteoporosis Drug Meets Trial Goals, Corindus Partners with Philips, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Mersana Obtains $6,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d7d8fcc7-3f54-4bc6-b941-2afd611fe6d7&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2011 Company Name Mersana Mailing Address 840 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02139 Company Description Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly Nanopharma Corp.) is focused on developing novel oncology agents based on Fleximer, a stealth material that enhances the pharmacokinetics and safety of drugs. Website http://www.mersana.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Mersana Obtains $6,000,000 New Funding”
Philips, Corindus Collaborate
Royal Philips Electronics and Natick, MA-based Corindus announced today that they will collaborate to use Corindus’ minimally invasive, robotics-based treatment for blocked arteries in Philips’ cardiology products. Philips has acquired a minority stake in Corindus as a result of the deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed. “As part of our strategy, Philips is committed … Continue reading “Philips, Corindus Collaborate”
Biogen Shares Jump on Good News on Revenue, Oral MS Drug
Biogen Idec’s (NASDAQ:[[ticker:BIIB]]) stock price is soaring this morning after the Weston, MA-based biotech company reported a bump in first quarter revenue and new details about a successful late-stage clinical trials for its oral multiple sclerosis drug. Shares of Biogen were up more than 22 percent to $105.83 as of 10:23 am Eastern time. The … Continue reading “Biogen Shares Jump on Good News on Revenue, Oral MS Drug”
It’s So Easy, a Fourth Grader Can Do It: Wiggio 2.0 Collaboration Software Aims to Take on SharePoint, Basecamp, Dropbox, & More
Boston entrepreneur Dana Lampert says he tests every new feature for his collaboration software, Wiggio, in a fourth-grade classroom. “If they can’t do it, we don’t put it out,” he says. “We’re kind of the anti-SharePoint [Microsoft], the anti-Wave [Google]. We don’t want to just add bells and whistles. We really focus on user experience.” … Continue reading “It’s So Easy, a Fourth Grader Can Do It: Wiggio 2.0 Collaboration Software Aims to Take on SharePoint, Basecamp, Dropbox, & More”
XSITE 2011: The Entrepreneurship Era
Great entrepreneurs have repeatedly transformed the landscape of America, driving growth, improving lives, and employing millions. But now, as the nation picks itself up from the Great Recession, comes increased attention to and appreciation for entrepreneurship—the art of taking company-building risks in pursuit of changing the world. From the Oval Office to state and local … Continue reading “XSITE 2011: The Entrepreneurship Era”
Amgen Passes Key Trial With “Son of Dmab” For Osteoporosis
The financial crowd who follows Amgen may be talking all about dividends or techniques to boost the stock through share buybacks, but the medical and scientific world will be chirping today about an interesting new finding the company has made for treating osteoporosis. Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]), the Thousand Oaks, CA, biotech giant with R&D operations … Continue reading “Amgen Passes Key Trial With “Son of Dmab” For Osteoporosis”
Brooks Automation Sells Manufacturing Unit
Brooks Automation (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BRKS]]), a Chelmsford, MA-based maker of automation technology for the semiconductor market, said today that it has sold its Portland, OR-based contract manufacturing unit to Canadian firm Celestica, for $80 million in cash. The company said the transaction will enable it to better focus on developing technology for controlled temperature and pressure … Continue reading “Brooks Automation Sells Manufacturing Unit”