Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=aa6bdc81-b4fd-4255-8a9d-dac508462542 Date 7/3/2014 Company Name Empire Genomics Mailing Address 700 Michigan Ave. Buffalo, NY 14201 USA Company Description Empire Genomics was created in 2006 from research started at the prestigious Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. The laboratory has a strong track record in the development of high throughput technologies … Continue reading “Empire Genomics Secures $1,000,000 New Funding Round”
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Adknowledge Acquires TriVu Media for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=193a985a-90e4-40de-8232-720f5b2f1465 Date 7/3/2014 Company Name TriVu Media Mailing Address 1441 Broadway New York, NY 10018 USA Company Description TriVu Media is the first and only scalable information hub for pre-bid video advertising inventory data. Founded in 2012 by media veterans, Paul Calento, Miles Dennison and Michael Sullivan, TriVu Media utilizes its innovative … Continue reading “Adknowledge Acquires TriVu Media for Undisclosed Sum”
Soraya Darabi on Ethical E-Commerce, Storytelling, and Zady.Com
Soraya Darabi already has had an amazing career as a digital media entrepreneur, and she’s only 30 years old. Darabi and friend Maxine Bédat are the co-founders of New York-based Zady.com, a socially conscious e-commerce website for what they call “slow fashion.” They are building Zady.com as a brand that sells high-end apparel, accessories, and … Continue reading “Soraya Darabi on Ethical E-Commerce, Storytelling, and Zady.Com”
Songza, With Music Streams to Fit Your Mood, Acquired by Google
With a rather understated mention on its website, music streaming platform Songza of Long Island City, NY, said yesterday it was becoming part of Google. Terms have not been disclosed, though some reports suggest the deal could have been anywhere from $15 million to more than $39 million. This is the second acquisition this week … Continue reading “Songza, With Music Streams to Fit Your Mood, Acquired by Google”
GenePeeks Lands $3,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c8718921-c221-462d-b451-2886a2950553 Date 7/2/2014 Company Name GenePeeks Mailing Address 175 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 USA Company Description At GenePeeks we know how that feels. And to be honest, we know how it feels to find holes in the safety net. We started this company to give you safeguards we didn’t have … Continue reading “GenePeeks Lands $3,000,000 New Financing Round”
ArtBinder Garners $3,170,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76f5bfc1-70ec-4de3-9b79-c22390ca33b7 Date 7/2/2014 Company Name ArtBinder Mailing Address 526 West 26th Street New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description We couldn’t find a simple piece of software with the perfect feature set to meet our needs as art professionals, so we built one instead. Today, ArtBinder is the leading digital platform for … Continue reading “ArtBinder Garners $3,170,000 Series A Round”
Trendrating Receives $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=721e8b55-0692-4501-a5ab-ebd6a21f23f4 Date 7/2/2014 Company Name Trendrating Mailing Address 222 Broadway New York, NY 10038 USA Company Description Trendrating filters out price swings and false moves and captures the true underlying trends. It keeps the noise out and analyzes the real medium term direction of price. Website http://www.trendrating.net Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Trendrating Receives $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round”
Twitter Buys TapCommerce, Increases Its Strength in Mobile Adtech
[Updated 7/1/2014, 4:30pm. See below.] Twitter has snapped up a mobile ad retargeting startup from New York as it beefs up its digital advertising technology muscle. On Monday, news broke that the social media network acquired TapCommerce. Re/code reported the deal to be around $100 million; however, no official price has been given. This is … Continue reading “Twitter Buys TapCommerce, Increases Its Strength in Mobile Adtech”
Climbing the Mountain: Or, Life as a Black Founder in Tech
Please give me a minute to talk about diversity in tech, even though I know whenever anyone talks about diversity in the tech industry, there are two types of responses I typically hear: The first is tokenism or the defensive argument. People will usually point to one example of the “diverse” person they hired, funded, … Continue reading “Climbing the Mountain: Or, Life as a Black Founder in Tech”
Moven Secures $8,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9651b0e-b3b2-4f0c-8a9c-0f08c19ab938 Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Moven Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description At Moven, our aim is to be the service you choose to live better with your money… making the way you spend, save, and live smarter. Movenbank is not your typical bank. We work with banking … Continue reading “Moven Secures $8,000,000 Series A Round”
Google Acquires Songza Media for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d28da873-c5da-4894-89d8-2ea2c6e0a7c1 Date 7/1/2014 Company Name Songza Media Mailing Address 526 46th Ave 2nd Floor Long Island City, NY 11101 USA Company Description The company provides music streaming services. Website http://www.songza.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
CE Week Takeaway: Device Makers Want to “Connect All the Things”
This year’s CE Week is a wrap, and the consumer electronics world is still in a tizzy to connect with every part of our lives. It was to be expected, this rise of devices beyond smartphones that share data wirelessly and learn about their users. But it finally seems manufacturers are embracing the notion that … Continue reading “CE Week Takeaway: Device Makers Want to “Connect All the Things””
May 10,000 Cloud Startups Bloom
The cloud services market has fueled a boom of immensely successful startups, most of which have raised millions in venture funding. Take analytics platform company Birst, which started off in the high end financial sector, raised $64 million in venture capital, and is now growing fast as a regular Silicon Valley-style pre-IPO company. Technology Business … Continue reading “May 10,000 Cloud Startups Bloom”
Saying Nothing With Style: The 2014 BioPharma Edition of BS Bingo
Several years ago, I wrote an article venting my frustrations with having to sift through the fog and jargon of poorly written analyses of the biotech/pharmaceutical industry. I recounted that, “years ago, a thoughtful co-worker passed along to me a copy of a game called ‘BS Bingo’ that was designed to keep you awake during … Continue reading “Saying Nothing With Style: The 2014 BioPharma Edition of BS Bingo”
OptMed Lands $75,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=676674d3-6c07-47eb-b8dc-daf0995e74a8 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name OptMed Mailing Address 601 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 USA Company Description Our lead biosurgical product in development—Devakor, a topical skin adhesive—is a replacement for surgical sutures. OptMed’s therapeutics in development are based on proprietary new indications for a widely used drug to provide targeted relaxation … Continue reading “OptMed Lands $75,000 New Funding”
TapAd Secures $7,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ce7830a-1620-4d3d-b04a-933ec8bcc751 Date 6/30/2014 Company Name TapAd Mailing Address 60 Madison Ave. 3rd Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description The company’s groundbreaking technologies address the new and ever-evolving reality of media consumption on smartphones, tablets and home computers. Through Tapad, advertisers are now able to get a unified view of consumers … Continue reading “TapAd Secures $7,000,000 Series B Round”
Make Meaning Secures $4,747,513 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=608b9e46-f534-4457-ac6c-b9cf9f8bd3eb Date 6/30/2014 Company Name Make Meaning Mailing Address 329 Columbus Avenue New York, NY 10023 USA Company Description Make Meaning is a new and fast growing retail concept in the interactive crafting entertainment industry. Make Meaning launched its prototype store in late 2010 in New York City. It opened its second … Continue reading “Make Meaning Secures $4,747,513 New Funding Round”
Twitter Acquires TapCommerce for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9238d709-3f4b-42ba-8336-f741de5066fa Date 6/30/2014 Company Name TapCommerce Mailing Address 51 East 12th Street 4th Floor New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description TapCommerce is the leader in mobile retargeting. We’re trusted by the most successful mobile brands to deliver customers, revenue, and return on investment across mobile platforms. Website http://www.tapcommerce.com Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Twitter Acquires TapCommerce for Undisclosed Sum”
IAC Acquires HowAboutWe for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64f05121-f0f1-48d8-ae3a-27267cefd3ff Date 6/28/2014 Company Name HowAboutWe Mailing Address 20 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Company Description The company operates an online dating service. Website http://www.howaboutwe.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed by the parties.
Langer, Led Zeppelin, and Hookups: Three Days Behind the BIO Scenes
Don’t let the blind men groping the elephant fool you. No one can get their arms around the massive, 15,000-attendee BIO conference, the industry’s annual flagship convention, and tell you what the real zeitgeist is. It’s all selection bias: If, say, you’ve been keenly following cancer immunotherapy the past couple years, you probably went to … Continue reading “Langer, Led Zeppelin, and Hookups: Three Days Behind the BIO Scenes”
Innovation Hub: Is America Becoming the Next Japan?
For much of its history, the U.S. has been a place of innovation, where new ideas and products could flourish. But that era may be coming to an abrupt end, warns Clayton Christensen, who coined the term “disruptive innovation” and teaches at Harvard Business School. Christensen, author of “The Capitalist’s Dilemma,” believes that American business … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Is America Becoming the Next Japan?”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Vertex, Cubist, Editas, Polaris, & More
There was a lot of activity back East the past seven days, most of it in Boston and Cambridge, biotech’s ground zero. Vertex released excellent Phase 3 data, and Cubist got a green light from the FDA. Gene editing startup Editas Medicine found a new CEO, while the more advanced gene therapy firm Dimension Therapeutics … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Vertex, Cubist, Editas, Polaris, & More”
Calm Down: Aereo’s Supreme Court Loss Isn’t Chaos for Cloud Tech
After the U.S. Supreme Court smacked down online TV service Aereo for violating copyright law, worries instantly sprung up that the justices were putting a huge array of Internet and cloud-computing services at risk of similar treatment. That torch was carried highest by Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote for the court’s three-person minority that the Aereo … Continue reading “Calm Down: Aereo’s Supreme Court Loss Isn’t Chaos for Cloud Tech”
Five Annoying Tech Problems for the Next Hot Startup to Solve
Why is it that we can put a man on the Moon, but we can’t figure out how to screen jet passengers without making everyone take their shoes off? Well, the truth is, we can’t even put a man on the Moon—not anymore. It’s not a technical impossibility, but reconstituting the technologies that helped a … Continue reading “Five Annoying Tech Problems for the Next Hot Startup to Solve”
Chequed.com Lands $450,030 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d34e43e1-6531-4db7-882e-24e6c47d319e Date 6/27/2014 Company Name Chequed.com Mailing Address 24 Hamilton Street Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 USA Company Description Chequed is an emerging leader in the rapidly growing market for Predictive Employee Selection technology. Chequed’s revolutionary Performance Engine delivers rapid, accurate predictions of a new hire’s performance. Website http://www.chequed.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Chequed.com Lands $450,030 New Financing Round”
CrowdTwist Garners $9,000,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ca22ad08-504e-4ead-a1e3-407c356e55d6 Date 6/27/2014 Company Name CrowdTwist Mailing Address 110 East 23rd St. 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Company Description We provide a new Fan Club model, allowing fans to earn points for the stuff they do online anyway, on your site and others. Then they can redeem those points for … Continue reading “CrowdTwist Garners $9,000,000 Series B Round”
Knoa Software Receives $5,062,889 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a9cb400d-075c-45f3-8273-67dbe1c6e10c Date 6/27/2014 Company Name Knoa Software Mailing Address 5 Union Square West New York, NY 10003 USA Company Description Knoa® Software delivers on-premise and cloud-based solutions that monitor, measure and manage how end-users are utilizing enterprise applications to optimize end-user experience, enhance user performance, and deliver return on investment. Uniquely, Knoa … Continue reading “Knoa Software Receives $5,062,889 New Financing Round”
TeachBoost Lands $1,500,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fd9ed2f0-d0a7-47cf-8a8b-969a61d944de Date 6/27/2014 Company Name TeachBoost Mailing Address 147 Prince Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Company Description TeachBoost’s online platform gives K-12 administrators tools to manage classroom observations and teacher performance evaluations. It also provides a free resource library and the ability to create private groups. Website http://www.teachboost.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “TeachBoost Lands $1,500,000 Seed Financing Round”
Could Fallout from Aereo Ruling Have “Chilling Effect On Startups”?
Aereo’s legal war ended in the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court, but other startups should be wary. In spite of CEO Chet Kanojia’s audacity, on Wednesday the New York-based company that thought it could trump television broadcasters lost its closely watched case. Since its introduction to the public in 2012, doubts swirled whether Aereo’s … Continue reading “Could Fallout from Aereo Ruling Have “Chilling Effect On Startups”?”
BIO 2014: Innovations in 3-D Tissue for Disease and Drug Discovery
Editor’s Note: Sharon Presnell discussed the use of bioprinting and 3D tissue to improve predictability in preclinical drug discovery this week at the BIO 2014 convention in San Diego. —BVB The human race consists of a large population of genetically diverse organisms. This inherent diversity is compounded daily by the individualistic way we go about … Continue reading “BIO 2014: Innovations in 3-D Tissue for Disease and Drug Discovery”
Truveris Lands $12,750,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5fe818bf-0f2e-482d-99c1-01cdba7cd835 Date 6/26/2014 Company Name Truveris Mailing Address 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 USA Company Description Truveris is a health information technology company that provides management tools to sponsors of prescription benefit plans and payers of claims under these plans. Website http://www.truveris.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $12,750,000 … Continue reading “Truveris Lands $12,750,000 New Funding”
Advion BioSciences Receives $1,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a4d17ca7-6820-4d95-863d-6798ec9f66ae Date 6/26/2014 Company Name Advion BioSciences Mailing Address 10 Brown Road Ithaca, NY 14850 USA Company Description Advion BioSciences, Inc. was founded in 1993 based on the novel techniques developed within the Cornell University laboratory of Dr. Jack Henion, a leading researcher in the field of LC/MS. The company’s vision was … Continue reading “Advion BioSciences Receives $1,500,000 New Financing”
QuarterSpot Secures $21,252,600 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9d6a19d2-a5c1-47fb-8f11-be1f9e2de07c Date 6/26/2014 Company Name QuarterSpot Mailing Address 82 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 USA Company Description QuarterSpot is an online lending platform that offers credit-starved small businesses working capital on attractive rates and terms. We accelerate access to capital using advanced technologies that enable instant underwriting and approval, same-day closings … Continue reading “QuarterSpot Secures $21,252,600 New Round”
IgnitionOne Garners $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=70fbf1f7-b9fc-4d73-ad1a-d791c63b3b5d Date 6/26/2014 Company Name IgnitionOne Mailing Address 32 Avenue of the Americas 25th Floor New York, NY 10013 USA Company Description IgnitionOne is a global leader in cloud-based digital marketing solutions providing world-class proprietary technology and expert services to improve digital marketing performance. Website http://www.ignitionone.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “IgnitionOne Garners $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
King of BIO: The Chairwoman of Biotech’s Top Trade Org Talks Policy
Rachel King is CEO of GlycoMimetics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GLYC]]), a Gaithersburg, MD-based drug developer, and the current chairwoman of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. As a heavily regulated industry, biopharma’s interactions with politicians and policy makers are crucial, and BIO has grown in recent years to become a Washington, DC power broker. Look no further for proof … Continue reading “King of BIO: The Chairwoman of Biotech’s Top Trade Org Talks Policy”
Supreme Court: High-Tech Aereo Is Really Just a Cable Knockoff
The stakes for online TV streaming startup Aereo were always really high. In the eyes of the law, it was either going to be an innovative way to send consumers the shows they deserved or a clever workaround that really just made money from someone else’s work. On Wednesday, Aereo lost that battle in convincing … Continue reading “Supreme Court: High-Tech Aereo Is Really Just a Cable Knockoff”
MVPs in Health: Minimum Viable Product or Mightily Vexing Problem?
One thing the tech software industry is great at is failing fast. This concept of “failing fast” means, at least in part, rapidly bringing a “minimum viable product” to market, even if it’s a little rocky and feature-light, and then fixing it as it gets adopted by iterating with new releases. We see this all … Continue reading “MVPs in Health: Minimum Viable Product or Mightily Vexing Problem?”
BIO 2014: Two Cities, One Economy, and a Unique Innovation Ecosystem
Editor’s note: Mary Walshok will discuss how Mexican policy is using public-private partnerships to spur biotech innovation and investment in a breakout session Thursday at the BIO 2014 convention in San Diego. —BVB One of the under-appreciated features of the San Diego innovation ecosystem is the increasing significance of its proximity to one of North … Continue reading “BIO 2014: Two Cities, One Economy, and a Unique Innovation Ecosystem”
Don’t Want Google in Your House? Some Home-Tech Startups to Watch
Google’s thirst for connected-home products means that entrepreneurs in the growing sector have another deep-pocketed competitor to outfox. But they’ve also got a new sales pitch: We’re not Google. “We certainly have not been shy,” says Jason Hanna, CEO of home heating-automation startup Embue. “It’s definitely something that we talk about.” Questions about the advertising … Continue reading “Don’t Want Google in Your House? Some Home-Tech Startups to Watch”
One Month Garners $770,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=53209ba3-7a25-4089-81f3-1c7a242d02ad Date 6/25/2014 Company Name One Month Mailing Address 38 Greene St. 5th Floor New York, NY 10013 USA Company Description One Month’s goal is simple – empower people to change their lives by learning real-world skills, in a short amount of time. The One Month team is comprised of education thought-leaders … Continue reading “One Month Garners $770,000 Seed Funding Round”
SmashFly Technologies Garners $9,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5f68d703-4300-4e85-a4d3-ae53d53b018f Date 6/25/2014 Company Name SmashFly Technologies Mailing Address 616 Corporate Way Valley Cottage, NY 10989 USA Company Description Today’s top-performing organizations know that great recruiting is about quality, not quantity. Yet, most companies are stuck in the transactional recruiting processes of days gone by, succumbing to limitations of disconnected systems and … Continue reading “SmashFly Technologies Garners $9,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
White Ops Garners $7,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0136033e-3cba-48fe-882c-b4d4efb0a40a Date 6/25/2014 Company Name White Ops Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10601 USA Company Description White Ops is an elite team of scientists and engineers with significant experience in cyber defense and security, across a spectrum of enterprises from national defense projects to digital bank robbery. Website http://www.whiteops.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “White Ops Garners $7,000,000 New Funding Round”
Schoology Garners $15,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=28bcfc18-bde8-4531-acec-c657f8b8be70 Date 6/25/2014 Company Name Schoology Mailing Address 115 W 30th St. 10th Floor New York, NY 10001 USA Company Description Schoology is a free web-based learning management system (LMS) built on a social network. Schoology leverages the familiarity of popular social media tools to improve communication and collaboration. Website http://www.schoology.com Transaction … Continue reading “Schoology Garners $15,000,000 New Funding Round”
BIO 2014: Training Bio-Entrepreneurs to Use Coffee, Yoga, and Data
Editor’s note: Court Turner was a speaker in the bootcamp for biotechnology entrepreneurship at this week’s BIO 2014 Convention in San Diego. —BVB As a venture partner at San Diego’s Avalon Ventures, I divide my work day into three distinct activities: Coffee (at the best coffee shop in San Diego); Yoga (at a studio near … Continue reading “BIO 2014: Training Bio-Entrepreneurs to Use Coffee, Yoga, and Data”
Distractify Receives $7,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3aa081d-fd18-4993-8201-d795bea44406 Date 6/24/2014 Company Name Distractify Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10017 USA Company Description DFY is a human-driven media company delivering the stories people care about in the ways people demand. Our work is driven by discovering and channeling those narratives. Website http://www.distractify.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,000,000 … Continue reading “Distractify Receives $7,000,000 Series A Funding”
Keep Calm and Test the Hypothesis
[Editor’s Note: On June 2 we published a video from startup strategy guru Steve Blank on The Real Meaning of “Minimum Viable Product.” A proper MVP, Blank argued in that video, is a prototype with the smallest possible feature set that still shows potential customers how your idea can help them. Once you have an MVP, … Continue reading “Keep Calm and Test the Hypothesis”
Connected Devices and the Internet of Things Knocking at Your Door
If someone builds a better doorknob, will the world beat a path to their door? Well, at least the competition will drop by for a look. That was the case at last week’s Digital Experience gadget show in New York. It was one of several events that Pepcom puts on each year where consumer electronics … Continue reading “Connected Devices and the Internet of Things Knocking at Your Door”
Innovation Beers: 8 Great Tasting, Low ABV Brews
Summer is (gleefully for me) upon us. As the heat rises, innovators need fuel of all types—but perhaps most especially the beer type. At least that’s the way I see it. But not all beers fit the mold, so to speak, for what I have in mind: to be innovation beers, they need to be … Continue reading “Innovation Beers: 8 Great Tasting, Low ABV Brews”
BIO 2014: Why San Diego is a Hub for RNA R&D and Drug Development
Editor’s note: Arcturus CEO Joe Payne is set to give a company presentation Wednesday at the BIO 2014 convention in San Diego. —BVB Medicinal chemistry has come a long way since the first opiates were “prescribed” in 3500 B.C. Since then, we have seen advancements of science usher in over 1,100 FDA-approved drugs—with a substantial … Continue reading “BIO 2014: Why San Diego is a Hub for RNA R&D and Drug Development”
BIO 2014: Antisense and Disruptive Technologies for Drug Discovery
Editor’s note: The BIO 2014 convention begins today in San Diego. Stanley Crooke is among the speakers at a breakout session Wednesday titled Blazing New Trails in Disruptive Innovation: Stem Cells, RNA and Epigenetics-Based Therapeutics. —BVB For the past 25 years I, with my colleagues at Isis Pharmaceuticals, have persevered in the creation and validation … Continue reading “BIO 2014: Antisense and Disruptive Technologies for Drug Discovery”