With the event just 10 days away, New York Angels has grabbed a clutch of 50 tickets that will be doled out to local startups wishing to attend Xconomy’s half-day “New York’s Venture Challenge” forum on Thursday, April 25. This great event featuring some of the city’s preeminent tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists takes place … Continue reading “NY Angels Buys 50 Startup Tickets for our April 25 Venture Challenge”
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Strategies for Navigating the Life Sciences Capital Crunch
The need for innovation in healthcare has arguably never been greater. A range of factors, from aging world populations to rising standards of living in developing countries, are poised to drive long-run demand for innovative drugs, devices and medical technologies that can improve outcomes and reduce costs. Ironically, however, funding for healthcare innovation remains in … Continue reading “Strategies for Navigating the Life Sciences Capital Crunch”
Meet Ben Fidler, Xconomy’s New East Coast Biotech Editor
Today is the IRS tax filing deadline, which is a bummer for some people. But it’s a very exciting day here at Xconomy. It’s my pleasure to announce that today is the first full day on the job for Ben Fidler, our new East Coast Biotech Editor. Ben joins us after spending the last nine … Continue reading “Meet Ben Fidler, Xconomy’s New East Coast Biotech Editor”
Big Data Is BS in Healthcare. When Will It Become Real?
Tech entrepreneurs have been raving for a while now about big data changing the world, and it’s mostly bullshit. Venture capitalist Brad Feld made this point, more or less, when he was being purposely provocative at an Xconomy event last fall. As a biotech journalist, I wanted to cheer “Preach On, Brother Feld!” Doctors are … Continue reading “Big Data Is BS in Healthcare. When Will It Become Real?”
Vnomics Garners $853,589 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7189d844-03b2-4fb4-91ad-27e4e8f243bb&Preview=1 Date 4/15/2013 Company Name Vnomics Mailing Address 175 Sully’s Trail Pittsford, NY 14534 Company Description Vnomics is dedicated to helping fleet owners, executives, and managers operate the safest, most reliable, environmentally conscious, and profitable fleets in their industry. Vnomics is proud to offer a truly revolutionary technology, FleetKnowSys. FleetKnowSys is an … Continue reading “Vnomics Garners $853,589 New Round”
PrePlay Secures $4,700,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dce513e3-200c-41f3-bd25-8155b6b0a18c&Preview=1 Date 4/15/2013 Company Name PrePlay Mailing Address 500 E 77th Street New York, NY 10162 Company Description PrePlay is the world’s leading predictive game studio. We create mobile and tablet games designed and engineered to enhance the experience of watching sports, reality, talent, and award shows on TV. PrePlay users compete … Continue reading “PrePlay Secures $4,700,000 Series B Funding”
LabStyle Innovations Garners $1,675,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8594981-10ba-4b1a-bdf2-8c009077537b&Preview=1 Date 4/15/2013 Company Name LabStyle Innovations Mailing Address 350 Fifth Avenue 59th Floor New York, NY 10018 Company Description LabStyle Innovations was formed in order to exploit a new patent pending technology that seeks to bring laboratory testing capabilities to consumers in an easy, friendly and inexpensive way through the use … Continue reading “LabStyle Innovations Garners $1,675,000 New Financing”
CloudCheckr Garners $2,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9c7c082d-2b3b-4e92-8be3-a5b3389a791b&Preview=1 Date 4/15/2013 Company Name CloudCheckr Mailing Address 339 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14604 Company Description CloudCheckr Inc. possesses a diverse team of multitalented individuals. The company is headquartered and coordinated from the Rochester, NY office. The rigorous product development process occurs in Rochester. The business development office centers its operations in … Continue reading “CloudCheckr Garners $2,000,000 Series A Funding”
15 Appetizing Apps for People Who Love to Cook and Eat
Phones and food are a match cooked up in heaven. Sometimes it seems as if our mobile gadgets were specifically designed to mesh with our cooking and eating habits. After all, you don’t lug your desktop or laptop computer with you when you’re going out to a restaurant. When you want to find a great … Continue reading “15 Appetizing Apps for People Who Love to Cook and Eat”
Foursquare’s New Cash, New Focus: Why Local is So Damn Hard
Back in 2009, with the smartphone revolution just taking off, savvy app-makers started playing around with ways to use the iPhone’s GPS features, tracking where users are in real time. The sharpest among them, it turned out, wound up building little games that encouraged people to “check in” at places they visited in the real … Continue reading “Foursquare’s New Cash, New Focus: Why Local is So Damn Hard”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Bristol-Myers, Syros, On-Q-ity, Ziopharm
The Boston-area biotechnology cluster got a shot in the arm this week when a drug giant announced a major expansion. East Coast startups raised millions, or folded, or regrouped after significant setbacks. Venture firms still showed an appetite for health care in the first quarter, and East Coast VCs grabbed top spots in the rankings. … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Bristol-Myers, Syros, On-Q-ity, Ziopharm”
Sticky Lands $3,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c3d1f3c6-d091-4e69-b0a1-c90f309331d2&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2013 Company Name Sticky Mailing Address 330 Madison Avenue 6th Floor New York, NY 10017 Company Description Sticky is the only media technology company that provides a platform to ensure that your display ads get seen. Our disruptive technology provides brand advertisers with objective data to improve their digital performance, … Continue reading “Sticky Lands $3,000,000 New Financing”
Songza Media Obtains $3,817,923 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=785413a9-f39c-4d29-8629-afba5b1a1a2a&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2013 Company Name Songza Media Mailing Address 526 46th Ave 2nd Floor Long Island City, NY 11101 Company Description The company provides music streaming services. Website http://www.songza.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,817,923 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “Songza Media Obtains $3,817,923 New Financing Round”
Stop Managing Your Career and Start a Company
First, a full confession. I have not read Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In.” I do have her book on my Kobo e-reader. I will read it this weekend. My fellow tech CEO friends highly recommend it. I know I am going to love it too. But my unintentional avoidance of “Lean In” (my “leaning out”?) goes … Continue reading “Stop Managing Your Career and Start a Company”
TechStars NYC alum Frederick Cook to Speak at NY Venture Challenge
Moveline co-founder and CEO Frederick Cook will give a glimpse of his startup’s evolution on April 25 at the “New York’s Venture Challenge” half-day forum organized by Xconomy. Moveline’s platform puts people who need to relocate in touch with moving companies they can hire and lets users create a video inventory of their stuff prior … Continue reading “TechStars NYC alum Frederick Cook to Speak at NY Venture Challenge”
Venture Deals Neared $7B in First Quarter, Up From 2012
We recently looked at which venture capitalists were raising money last quarter. Now we’ve got some insight into how they spent it. Research firm CB Insights says it tracked $6.9 billion in VC investments nationwide in the first quarter of this year, spread across 841 deals. Those totals represented a steady pace compared with the … Continue reading “Venture Deals Neared $7B in First Quarter, Up From 2012”
Foursquare Garners $41,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cd7889aa-1f3c-41f4-a8d7-1205a94f178b&Preview=1 Date 4/11/2013 Company Name Foursquare Mailing Address 568 Broadway 10th Floor New York, NY 10012 Company Description We’re all about helping you find new ways to explore the city. We’ll help you meet up with your friends and let you earn points and unlock badges for discovering new places, doing new … Continue reading “Foursquare Garners $41,000,000 New Financing”
CompStak Lands $4,450,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b1635d4a-d2a7-4301-a74b-5ba17a370500&Preview=1 Date 4/11/2013 Company Name CompStak Mailing Address 36 Cooper Square, 4th FL, New York, NY 10003 Company Description CompStak uses a crowd-sourced model to gather real estate information that is hard to come by, difficult to compile, or otherwise unavailable. CompStak’s wedge into the market is a platform for the exchange … Continue reading “CompStak Lands $4,450,000 Series A Financing Round”
AudienceScience Lands $9,228,075 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f15eccc-3949-40e6-b89f-5b9b2719f1d0&Preview=1 Date 4/11/2013 Company Name AudienceScience Mailing Address 420 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10170 Company Description AudienceScience offers the most powerful and flexible targeting platform for digital media worldwide, and has been connecting advertisers with engaged audiences on the Web since 2000. Our leading audience targeting platform collects and measures people’s … Continue reading “AudienceScience Lands $9,228,075 New Round”
PowerClip Charges up NY Tech Meetup with an Idea for Emergencies
Last night’s New York Tech Meetup offered a plethora of novel technology, including a demo by a group of bright 11th graders working on an electronic wrist band to help the blind with eating. The crowd got a surge, though, from PowerClip, a device used in emergencies to turn car batteries into sources of power … Continue reading “PowerClip Charges up NY Tech Meetup with an Idea for Emergencies”
The Ultimate “Lean In”: Starting Your Own Company
Sheryl Sandberg brings a much-needed voice to the table on female leadership. She speaks from the vantage point of a strong executive who has made her way to the top. Her concept of leaning in and not leaving before you leave is important, but all this comes from an employee’s view. About four years ago, … Continue reading “The Ultimate “Lean In”: Starting Your Own Company”
Lighting the Way to Better Understanding of the Brain
We are enamored by our brains. Arguably the most complex system in the universe that is made up of over 80 billion neurons, the brain is a complex organ that can be a source of marvel and devastation, from human consciousness to neurodegenerative disease. The triumph of overcoming brain disease and injury is captivating: Neuroscientist … Continue reading “Lighting the Way to Better Understanding of the Brain”
Anterios Receives $4,744,055 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b7ef9ac-4e8a-4ae6-b7a5-1407e335d291&Preview=1 Date 4/10/2013 Company Name Anterios Mailing Address 41 West 57th Street 6th Floor New York, NY 10019 Company Description Anterios Inc. uses nanotechnology to provide a delivery system to administer drugs and cosmetics. Anterios Inc. was formerly known as Encapsion Inc. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in … Continue reading “Anterios Receives $4,744,055 New Funding”
TripAdvisor Picks Up Jetsetter from Gilt
A little bit of property changing hands in the online travel sector: Newton, MA-based TripAdvisor is buying travel-deals site Jetsetter from Gilt, a New York e-commerce startup. No terms were given for the deal, but BetaBeat reported last fall that Gilt had been shopping Jetsetter for $30 million-$50 million. The sale to TripAdvisor was also … Continue reading “TripAdvisor Picks Up Jetsetter from Gilt”
Montreal’s Busbud Spending the Spring in NY to Work on Bus Travel App
Making his way south from Montreal, Busbud CEO Louis-Philippe Maurice arrived in New York in March along with a handful of other Canadian digital media startups, as part of the Canadian Technology Accelerator program called CTA@NYC. “The idea is to accelerate business development and to expand the reach of your business into the United States,” … Continue reading “Montreal’s Busbud Spending the Spring in NY to Work on Bus Travel App”
Ziopharm Goes Lean to Stretch Funds for New Synthetic Biology Focus
New York-based Ziopharm Oncology (NASDAQ: ZIOP), which once seemed on the runway toward its first product approval for a relatively conventional cancer drug, is now buying itself time to sell Wall Street on a new mission to pioneer a cutting-edge technology. Ziopharm, which has an office in the Boston area, slashed its workforce by about … Continue reading “Ziopharm Goes Lean to Stretch Funds for New Synthetic Biology Focus”
AIQ Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=016089a4-c7cd-4d0b-9ddf-50ae801a41e8&Preview=1 Date 4/9/2013 Company Name AIQ Mailing Address 119 West 23rd St New York, NY 10011 Company Description AdviceIQ gives you a trusted database to find the right financial advisor for your needs. You can search for advisors in your area that have specific expertise in the areas you care about. To … Continue reading “AIQ Receives $5,000,000 Series A Financing”
Barkbox Secures $5,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=904f8176-ae3d-4d8b-9cd0-75d0cd10ae45&Preview=1 Date 4/9/2013 Company Name Barkbox Mailing Address 50 Eldridge Street Floor 5 New York, NY 10002 Company Description BarkBox is building a new generation pet brand for people who are passionate about their dogs. Website http://www.barkbox.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “Barkbox Secures $5,000,000 New Round”
Coinsetter Garners $500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=65bac590-b2be-4886-bb07-a985e23c4493&Preview=1 Date 4/9/2013 Company Name Coinsetter Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description Coinsetter is a funded NYC-based levered forex trading platform for bitcoin. We allow you to leverage your trades and short the market with our professional, transparent and secure platform. Website http://www.coinsetter.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Coinsetter Garners $500,000 New Financing Round”
Plated Receives $1,300,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a6c95b2-74de-45bd-a6bb-e574eacbb1fb&Preview=1 Date 4/9/2013 Company Name Plated Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description Plated features a variety of new chef-designed meals each week. Choose the meals you want and order online. No need to grocery shop or recipe hunt (we do it for you). Website http://www.plated.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction … Continue reading “Plated Receives $1,300,000 New Funding”
The Publishing Industrial Complex is Dead. Long Live the Publishers!
When Fred Wilson wrote about Simplified Content Marketing, he got hundreds of comments, many of them saying essentially that this was nothing new. They are wrong. There’s something really dramatically new going on, but the shift is so massive, so tectonic, that it’s a little hard to even see while being in the middle of … Continue reading “The Publishing Industrial Complex is Dead. Long Live the Publishers!”
Blueprint Health Demo Day Reveals Ideas for Hospital Efficiency
Graduating its third group of startups, the Blueprint Health accelerator in New York is increasingly making its presence known beyond the city. Late last week, 11 companies pitched their technology at a demo day that included platforms for improving efficiency at hospitals and giving medical device companies more ways to connect with physicians. Mat Farkash, … Continue reading “Blueprint Health Demo Day Reveals Ideas for Hospital Efficiency”
The Brain Map Shouldn’t Get $100M a Year. It Should Get Much More
The human brain, as Francis Collins recently said, “is the most complicated organ in the universe.” We only have vague ideas today of how it works at the level of genes, and neural circuits. Deeper understanding could help us unravel some of today’s great mysteries, from autism to Alzheimer’s to epilepsy. The sequencing of the … Continue reading “The Brain Map Shouldn’t Get $100M a Year. It Should Get Much More”
Eye on the Living Room: How Dropcam Makes Surveillance Feel Safe
Ten years ago this month, I edited a cover story for MIT’s Technology Review magazine called “Surveillance Nation.” Written by veteran science journalist Charles Mann and network security guru Dan Farmer, the story looked at the state of digital video circa 2003 and envisaged a near future where every home, business, and street would be … Continue reading “Eye on the Living Room: How Dropcam Makes Surveillance Feel Safe”
East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Optimer, Bind, Pfizer, and More
The life sciences clusters around New York and Boston may sometimes act like rivals, but they also have plenty of reasons to work together. This week was marked by deals and cross-fertilizations between big pharmaceutical companies in the wider New York metropolitan area and small biotechnology companies in Cambridge, MA. As for the East Coast-West … Continue reading “East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: Optimer, Bind, Pfizer, and More”
TriggerMail Garners $118,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4af32386-5cdc-4452-b11c-0cdb43b75f2f&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name TriggerMail Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description TriggerMail integrates with one line of Javascript on your site. We detect most Ecommerce user behavior out of the box without any custom code. We provide email recipes like Cart Abandonment and Winback right out of the … Continue reading “TriggerMail Garners $118,000 Seed Financing”
Validation Board Receives $118,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c61aedb3-e108-4b01-9325-3eb97f18a931&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name Validation Board Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description Made for startups, the platform allows users to test their company idea and implement Lean Startup practices into their everyday processes. Website http://www.validationboard.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $118,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Validation Board Receives $118,000 Seed Financing Round”
Sketchfab Garners $118,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=22ea39a6-f7e4-43db-8967-4f82f9276a2d&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name Sketchfab Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description Sketchfab is a web service to publish interactive 3D content online in real-time without plugin. The world we live in is in 3D, but the web is still in 2D, and we want to change that. We … Continue reading “Sketchfab Garners $118,000 Seed Round”
Jukely Secures $118,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=934bab19-8586-4af8-909a-87bec86e64da&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name Jukely Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description Discover live music you’ll love with friends and purchase tickets in just two taps. Website http://www.jukely.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $118,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the proceeds to accelerate its initial … Continue reading “Jukely Secures $118,000 Seed Funding Round”
weeSpring Garners $118,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=acc4c578-af7e-4b0a-812f-899778a3bd57&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name weeSpring Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description A meeting hub, social networking site for those with newborns. The platform allows friends, family and others to trade advice and information on babies and parenting. Website http://www.weespring.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $118,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “weeSpring Garners $118,000 Seed Financing”
FaithStreet Lands $118,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=67937ee3-1638-4452-9481-b8da54d1fc6c&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name FaithStreet Mailing Address 107 N 3rd St Brooklyn, NY 11211 Company Description FaithStreet is a digital outreach platform for churches. Before FaithStreet, churches struggled to reach people looking for a new church online. Now, FaithStreet gives churches a beautiful web presence, where people will find and connect … Continue reading “FaithStreet Lands $118,000 Seed Funding Round”
Dash Labs Secures $118,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a91aeac3-63ad-4bc1-a0d9-d1ecf06949e5&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name Dash Labs Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description Dash built an app that utilizes an Onboard Diagnostic Reader, or OBD II, which plugs into vehicles then feeds vehicle performance information to your phone in real time. Website http://www.dash.by Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $118,000 … Continue reading “Dash Labs Secures $118,000 Seed Financing Round”
Klooff Garners $118,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=44a28929-a6ff-4d77-a6ca-df683a3cc540&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name Klooff Mailing Address 244 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 Company Description The company has built a free iPhone app lets users create profiles for their pets and share pictures with its community and on Facebook and Twitter. A no-brainer for people that really love their pets. … Continue reading “Klooff Garners $118,000 Seed Financing Round”
Placemeter Obtains $118,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce0f9b23-9bd6-466c-9e32-f13bfc5233f5&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2013 Company Name Placemeter Mailing Address 349 5th Avenue New York, NY 10016 Company Description At the crossroads of Big Data and Internet of Things, Placemeter is a platform that senses and unlocks massive amounts of data about activity in physical places. We are smart, inexpensive sensors and proprietary sensing … Continue reading “Placemeter Obtains $118,000 Seed Funding”
New Accelerator Crowdfundx Kicks Off in NY with Plans to Go Global
Players from the crowdfunding and innovation community came together Thursday at the General Assembly campus in New York to announce a new accelerator called Crowdfundx (stylized as CROWDFUNDx). Folks from Startup Weekend, Social Media Week, the Startup America Partnership, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, and Crowdfunder will serve as the backbone for Crowdfundx. The … Continue reading “New Accelerator Crowdfundx Kicks Off in NY with Plans to Go Global”
Now is the Time to Push for a Robot-Assisted Surgery Revolution
As recently reported in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Bloomberg News, there is a controversy brewing over robotic surgery and whether it is superior to alternative surgical approaches. Robotic training practices have also been questioned and it has been debated whether surgeons are receiving enough supervised cases before flying solo. What … Continue reading “Now is the Time to Push for a Robot-Assisted Surgery Revolution”
WorldOne Getting $35M to Expand Sermo Physician Network
A pretty big deal in healthcare IT this morning: WorldOne, a health data and intelligence company based in New York, says it has secured a $35 million funding commitment from Deerfield Management, also in New York. The main focus is to expand Sermo, the Cambridge, MA-based online community for physicians, which WorldOne acquired last July. … Continue reading “WorldOne Getting $35M to Expand Sermo Physician Network”
Agenda Up for NY Venture Challenge April 25: Building Big Cos to Last
It is high time that New York responded to doubters who question how long its latest tech boom will last. So we are giving the city’s innovation and venture community the chance to speak their minds on April 25 about growing local companies that endure. The formal program for New York’s Venture Challenge, to be … Continue reading “Agenda Up for NY Venture Challenge April 25: Building Big Cos to Last”
Bind Therapeutics Reels Pfizer into Nanomedicine Partnership
Cambridge, MA-based Bind Therapeutics changed its name earlier this week to ditch the word “biosciences,” because it wants to the show the world it’s not just all about science—it’s morphing into a science-based drug company. Now it has another deal with a very big drugmaker that could help it achieve that goal. Bind is announcing … Continue reading “Bind Therapeutics Reels Pfizer into Nanomedicine Partnership”
Sequencing Seattle: An Idea for the Future of the Northwest
Let me make a modest proposal: Seattle should commit to sequencing and interpreting the genomes of every willing member of its population and should do it within the next five years. This program would elevate Seattle to the forefront of personalized genomic medicine, leverage many advantages unique to our area, and create a vibrant and … Continue reading “Sequencing Seattle: An Idea for the Future of the Northwest”