The numbers rarely agree, but a third set of venture investment data for the third quarter also shows a nationwide decline in life sciences funding, a trend that’s also apparent in venture data for the San Diego area. The latest venture survey, from Dow Jones VentureSource, shows VCs putting $8.37 billion into 765 deals in … Continue reading “Q3 Venture Investing Waxed in Software, Internet, IT—Waned in Life Sciences”
Biotech Funding in New York: We Have Some Catching Up to Do
According to figures released this morning by Dow Jones VentureSource, 21 NYC-area biotech startups have been funded so far this year, down from 28 by the end of the third quarter of 2010. The dollar amounts have dropped, too: VCs have invested just $200 million in New York biotechs so far this year, compared to … Continue reading “Biotech Funding in New York: We Have Some Catching Up to Do”
Video: What is Cloud Computing, Anyway? These Kids Get Pretty Close
The Seattle area is an undeniable leader in the rapidly growing cloud-computing sector, from tech mega-companies like Microsoft and Amazon, to local branches like the expanding EMC Isilon division, and active investors. We know it’s big. We know it’s important. We know it will change the way things are done. But if you’re not an … Continue reading “Video: What is Cloud Computing, Anyway? These Kids Get Pretty Close”
MedVentive Lands $12,900,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f4e44a37-9a5a-49d4-abac-7bf2dd507b18&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name MedVentive Mailing Address 400 Fifth Avenue Waltham, MA 02451 Company Description MedVentive provides leading-edge technology solutions that enable physician groups, integrated delivery systems, health plans and self-insured employers to effect meaningful and measurable change in the quality and cost of the care they deliver to patients. Website … Continue reading “MedVentive Lands $12,900,000 New Financing”
Hadapt Receives $8,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f720169c-794a-46a0-b081-b5fdec464752&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name Hadapt Mailing Address Undisclosed New Haven , CT 06510 Company Description Hadapt offers an adaptive analytical platform for performing complex analytics on structured and unstructured data, all in one cloud-optimized system. Website http://www.hadapt.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Hadapt Receives $8,000,000 New Funding Round”
OPKO Health Acquires Claros Diagnostics for $49,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0881fc34-4788-4605-ab35-f60bd60a615c&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name Claros Diagnostics Mailing Address 4 Constitution Way Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description Claros has developed a novel handheld immunoassay system incorporating a lab-on-a-chip configuration which produces high performance quantitative laboratory blood test results with the ease-of-use of rapid qualitative diagnostic test strips. The Claros device will enable … Continue reading “OPKO Health Acquires Claros Diagnostics for $49,000,000”
Angie’s List Lands $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8fd984b8-da05-4f4c-9def-ee391befb3fd&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name Angie’s List Mailing Address 1030 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Company Description Angie’s List is a growing collection of homeowners’ real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie’s List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform … Continue reading “Angie’s List Lands $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
Angie’s List Lands $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8fd984b8-da05-4f4c-9def-ee391befb3fd&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name Angie’s List Mailing Address 1030 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Company Description Angie’s List is a growing collection of homeowners’ real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie’s List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform … Continue reading “Angie’s List Lands $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
Angie’s List Lands $30,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8fd984b8-da05-4f4c-9def-ee391befb3fd&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name Angie’s List Mailing Address 1030 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Company Description Angie’s List is a growing collection of homeowners’ real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie’s List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform … Continue reading “Angie’s List Lands $30,000,000 New Funding Round”
Pose Receives $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0cc72185-a659-42bd-9b56-e3a94da6fd78&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name Pose Mailing Address 227 Broadway St Santa Monica, CA 90401 Company Description Use Pose to showcase your latest style finds, follow friends & trendsetters as they shop in real-time, & track the latest releases from top brands & retailers. Wherever you are, Pose helps you discover inspiring … Continue reading “Pose Receives $3,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
CouponCabin.com Secures $54,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=491f78ac-b7aa-44a0-9ea4-43ddc75768ef&Preview=1 Date 10/21/2011 Company Name CouponCabin.com Mailing Address 119th Street Whiting, IN 46394 Company Description CouponCabin is a leading online destination for coupons including online coupon codes, printables, grocery coupons and more. Shoppers have saved nearly $300 million since 2003 and with the largest selection of coupons guaranteed to work, CouponCabin.com is … Continue reading “CouponCabin.com Secures $54,000,000 New Funding Round”
UW Spinoff Impel NeuroPharma Nabs Two Big Pharma Deals, $500K in Angel Financing
Seattle-based Impel NeuroPharma has gotten a big vote of confidence for its technology that aims to deliver certain drugs more efficiently to the brain. The company, a University of Washington spinout, said today it has secured funding from two of the world’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies, plus another $500,000 in a Series B angel financing. … Continue reading “UW Spinoff Impel NeuroPharma Nabs Two Big Pharma Deals, $500K in Angel Financing”
Analyst: Seattle Genetics on Pace to Smash Wall Street Forecast with Lymphoma Drug Rollout
Seattle Genetics only had 30 full business days in the last quarter to sell its first drug, and at least one analyst says the company nailed the early days of its commercial rollout. The Bothell, WA-based biotech company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SGEN]]) won FDA approval to start selling brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) as a new treatment for Hodgkin’s … Continue reading “Analyst: Seattle Genetics on Pace to Smash Wall Street Forecast with Lymphoma Drug Rollout”
Illumina Takes Page From Apple Playbook, in Blending Hardware and Software for the Genome
Illumina has long been about hardware, hardware, hardware. The San Diego-based company became the market leader in DNA sequencing instruments by focusing on the hardware and the consumable chemicals to run the machines. Its scientific customers were basically on their own when it came to finding software to analyze all the DNA data Illumina machines … Continue reading “Illumina Takes Page From Apple Playbook, in Blending Hardware and Software for the Genome”
Venture Industry Calls for Rules Changes to Reopen IPO Market
There was a time when most growing companies went to the public stock markets for the capital they needed to keep hiring and growing—but that time ended a decade ago. At no point since 2001 has the number of initial public offerings per year reached even the minimum levels set in the 1990s. (The pre-1999 … Continue reading “Venture Industry Calls for Rules Changes to Reopen IPO Market”
BuyWithMe Slashes Staff, Reportedly Looking for a Buyer
According to published reports by BetaBeat, TechCrunch and others, New York group-buying deals site BuyWithMe has laid off about 100 people today—about half of its staff—and is seeking a buyer. BuyWithMe, which started in Boston and has offices there, is backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Matrix Partners. BuyWithMe’s CEO Jim Crowley issued the following … Continue reading “BuyWithMe Slashes Staff, Reportedly Looking for a Buyer”
Roche Acquires Anadys, Wests Create $100M Fund, Johnson & Johnson Makes Room for 20 Startups, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Between the formation of the new $100 million West Health Investment Fund and the new wet-lab space Johnson & Johnson is hosting for as many as 20 startups, you’d have to say it’s been a good week for life sciences innovation in San Diego. Get briefed here or get left behind. —San Diego’s Gary and … Continue reading “Roche Acquires Anadys, Wests Create $100M Fund, Johnson & Johnson Makes Room for 20 Startups, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
How the iPhone Got Tail Fins—Part 2 of 2
Read part 1 of this post for background. By the early 1920s General Motors realized that Ford, which was now selling the Model T for $290, had an unbeatable monopoly on low-cost automobile manufacturing. Other manufacturers had experimented with selling cars based on an image and brand. (The most notable was an ad by the … Continue reading “How the iPhone Got Tail Fins—Part 2 of 2”
Catabasis Begins Human Trials of Omega-3-Inspired Diabetes Treatment
After Jill Milne and Michael Jirousek left their positions at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals in 2008, they decided to pursue a titillating but still largely unproven idea: that fighting inflammation might help control Type 2 diabetes. On October 5, their startup, Cambridge, MA-based Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, began to test that theory in humans for the first time, with … Continue reading “Catabasis Begins Human Trials of Omega-3-Inspired Diabetes Treatment”
Cisco Scoops Up BNI Video for $99M, Moves Deeper Into TV
The West Coast roll-up of Boston-area tech companies continues. On the heels of Oracle’s acquisition of Endeca this week, networking and communications giant Cisco Systems said today it plans to acquire Boxborough, MA-based BNI Video for $99 million in cash and retention-based incentives. Cisco is one of the startup’s investors. The deal is expected to … Continue reading “Cisco Scoops Up BNI Video for $99M, Moves Deeper Into TV”
Life Sciences 2031: What about 2011?
Last week’s Xconomy New York Life Sciences 2031 symposium produced lots of articulate speculation about the distant future of biotechnology and its related industries. But for those of us who work or invest in life sciences, the discussion did little to answer the pressing question: what can and should we do now to meet the … Continue reading “Life Sciences 2031: What about 2011?”
The Social Network for Cars: Test of the Nation’s First Wireless Collision Avoidance System
A Boston-area security tech company and the University of Michigan are involved in one of the most ambitious—and potentially controversial—transportation projects of our time. It could have major impact on federal legislation, and almost everyone you know. Picture this: You’re driving in your car, approaching an intersection. Maybe you’re speeding a little, going 40 mph … Continue reading “The Social Network for Cars: Test of the Nation’s First Wireless Collision Avoidance System”
Illumina Leads $8M Investment in GenoLogics to Help Manage DNA Data Overload
San Diego-based Illumina, the world’s leading maker of gene sequencing instruments, is getting more serious about software as its customers continue to drown in a sea of cheap DNA data. Victoria, BC-based GenoLogics is announcing today it has raised $8 million in what it called a “strategic financing” led by Illumina (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ILMN]]), the world’s … Continue reading “Illumina Leads $8M Investment in GenoLogics to Help Manage DNA Data Overload”
Xconomist of the Week: Joe Chung Says Redstar Ventures Is Creating Companies for “the TechCrunch Crowd’s Mothers”
“There’s sort of an infinite number of good ways to start a company,” says Xconomist Joe Chung. “One of the fundamental rules in startups is that there really aren’t any rules.” But the serial entrepreneur has some pretty specific plans for how his new creation will pop out startups. That would be Cambridge, MA-based Redstar … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Joe Chung Says Redstar Ventures Is Creating Companies for “the TechCrunch Crowd’s Mothers””
Amgen Cuts 70 Washington Jobs, Hutch Spins Off Blaze Bioscience, Henney Enters the Hall, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News
Chronically bad unemployment is the biggest story in the U.S. today, and we had some more bad news about jobs being lost this week in Seattle biotech. But there were a few other good things to report, including a story about a new company being born. —Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]), the Thousand Oaks, CA-based biotech giant, … Continue reading “Amgen Cuts 70 Washington Jobs, Hutch Spins Off Blaze Bioscience, Henney Enters the Hall, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News”
Yale Gets Serious About Entrepreneurship
At a university best known for turning out captains of industry and Wall Street hedge fund magnates, Yale is now focusing more attention on nurturing its entrepreneurs. At last week’s inaugural Yale Entrepreneurs Conference, organizers put out a call to alumni to join the efforts of the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and others to foster entrepreneurship … Continue reading “Yale Gets Serious About Entrepreneurship”
LED Company EcoSense, Flush With $13M From Bain Capital Ventures, Eyes Expansion
Things are looking brighter for New York’s EcoSense Lighting, which on Tuesday said it raised $13 million in a Series B round led by Bain Capital Ventures in Boston. Jeffrey Glass, managing director of Bain, says his firm was attracted to the experience of EcoSense’s management in the LED lighting sector. EcoSense, founded in 2009 … Continue reading “LED Company EcoSense, Flush With $13M From Bain Capital Ventures, Eyes Expansion”
Cisco Systems Acquires BNI Video for $99,000,000
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ac9fb759-3ebc-429a-a1e1-a149e9e9b82b&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name BNI Video Mailing Address 1300 Massachusetts Ave. Boxborough, MA 01719 Company Description BNI is dedicated to developing the tools and services that video service providers (VSPs) in the cable, telecommunications and wireless industries need to compete in an increasingly on-demand world. Website http://www.bninet.tv Transaction Type M&A Transaction … Continue reading “Cisco Systems Acquires BNI Video for $99,000,000”
Integrated Photovoltaics Secures $3,053,050 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=909b3272-5a35-431d-a93b-43c3b83ddc26&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name Integrated Photovoltaics Mailing Address 51 Daggett Dr. San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description The company is developing photovoltaic-based technologies. Website http://www.integratedpv.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,053,050 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing-amended. M&A Terms Venture Investor Undisclosed
Zoove Receives $5,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=664c24c2-2be9-4873-994b-45a150bae670&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name Zoove Mailing Address 2300 Geng Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Zoove is a technology company that gives brands and media properties the power to deliver information to consumers using a variety of mobile data technologies, such as e-mail, SMS, WAP and MMS without the hassle … Continue reading “Zoove Receives $5,000,000 Series D Round”
GoBalto Lands $5,000,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4600a50b-0c62-4691-8241-4ab51eea25a7&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name GoBalto Mailing Address 230 California St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description goBalto was founded in 2008 by award winning industry veterans who believe study startup can be improved. How? By delivering web-based solutions that are simple, easy-to-use and accessible. Behind the scenes, we assembled a stellar … Continue reading “GoBalto Lands $5,000,000 Series A Round”
RentJuice Receives $80,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fbdf4542-f656-438b-9388-94168ded48c3&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name RentJuice Mailing Address 130 Battery St, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description Our online platform that connects prospective renters, brokers and property managers to each other in real-time. Website http://www.RentJuice.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $80,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were … Continue reading “RentJuice Receives $80,000 New Financing”
BlueStacks Obtains $6,400,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=748114e5-c1ec-4185-b204-c0fa585ac020&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name BlueStacks Mailing Address 2105 S. Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 Company Description BlueStacks enables Android applications to run on Windows machines. The application can appear either as an icon on the Windows desktop, or within a full Android environment. Website http://www.BlueStacks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “BlueStacks Obtains $6,400,000 Series B Funding Round”
UltraSolar Technology Lands $4,349,998 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31b3ec14-a7ae-4984-9b7e-c15548998258&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name UltraSolar Technology Mailing Address 3018 Scotts Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054 Company Description Ultrasolar uses a proven proprietary technology which utilizes the wasted solar energy to increase the power output of any solar cell/module. Website http://www.ultrasolartech.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,349,998 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “UltraSolar Technology Lands $4,349,998 New Funding”
Visual.ly Secures $2,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f1ecc9c7-f728-4c4d-a939-6b459966bad5&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name Visual.ly Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Infographics and data visualizations are shifting the way people find and experience stories, creating a new way of seeing the world of data. They help communicate complex ideas in a clear, compact and beautiful way, taking deep … Continue reading “Visual.ly Secures $2,000,000 Seed Funding”
Dermira Secures $42,000,000 Series A Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1baad9a3-c462-4c32-bdf9-8e5be1d39650&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name Dermira Mailing Address 2055 Woodside Road Redwood City, CA 94061 Company Description Dermira is a development-stage, private biotech company focused on developing and commercializing innovative new therapies in dermatology. Dermira was founded by an experienced management team and owns and licenses a robust pipeline of innovative topical … Continue reading “Dermira Secures $42,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
MicroPhage Receives $6,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=14390214-d27b-46a7-a4d7-73cb1084cd02&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name MicroPhage Mailing Address 2400 Trade Centre Avenue Longmont, CO 80503 Company Description MicroPhage’s mission is to be a worldwide leader in rapid bacterial diagnostics, in both bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility / resistance testing, through its bacteriophage-based amplification platform for immunoassay diagnostics. The company will develop, manufacture, … Continue reading “MicroPhage Receives $6,000,000 New Financing Round”
MicroPhage Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=14390214-d27b-46a7-a4d7-73cb1084cd02&Preview=1 Date 10/20/2011 Company Name MicroPhage Mailing Address 2400 Trade Centre Avenue Longmont, CO 80503 Company Description MicroPhage’s mission is to be a worldwide leader in rapid bacterial diagnostics, in both bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility / resistance testing, through its bacteriophage-based amplification platform for immunoassay diagnostics. The company will develop, manufacture, … Continue reading “MicroPhage Obtains $6,000,000 New Financing”
H@cking Medicine
Hacking isn’t just about the Internet and computers. It’s about improving healthcare, too. That’s the purpose of the Hacking Medicine conference, produced by the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, which aims “to bring together the most excited and innovative thinkers in the Boston area and come out at the end with actionable projects and passionate teams.” Move fast. “We’re capping … Continue reading “H@cking Medicine”
Xconomy Xchange: The Genetics Institute Impact
Genetics Institute is one of those names from the original biotech boom of the early 1980s that faded from the headlines a long time ago. But 15 years after GI was acquired by Wyeth (now part of Pfizer), this pioneering Boston biotech company is still causing ripples in the Boston biotech community-having recruited, inspired, and … Continue reading “Xconomy Xchange: The Genetics Institute Impact”
Xconomy Forum: 6X6: Six Cities, Six Big Tech Ideas
For the second straight year, one potentially disruptive company will be on hand from each of Xconomy’s cities—Boston, New York, Detroit, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle—to provide these feature presentations in highly interactive sessions. We are also cooking up a few bonus appearances and special talks. This will be a compelling event for anyone … Continue reading “Xconomy Forum: 6X6: Six Cities, Six Big Tech Ideas”
Inrix, Zulily Battle for Top Spot in WA’s Q3 Venture Dollars
Microsoft traffic-data spinout Inrix and flash-sales startup Zulily led the field of Washington state-based companies raising venture capital in the third quarter, which yielded $192.5 million across 27 deals, according to the latest MoneyTree Report from the National Venture Capital Association and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Inrix‘s $37 million expansion round made news in late July. CEO Bryan … Continue reading “Inrix, Zulily Battle for Top Spot in WA’s Q3 Venture Dollars”
ViaSat Launches Satellite in One Giant Leap for High-Capacity Internet
[Updated 10/20/11 12:45 pm, with ViaSat announcing successful launch.] Carlsbad, CA-based ViaSat (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VSAT]]) says today that yesterday’s launch of its ViaSat-1 satellite was successful, and the spacecraft is now moving into position for its final geosynchronous orbit. The satellite, designed to be the highest data capacity satellite ever built, blasted off from from the … Continue reading “ViaSat Launches Satellite in One Giant Leap for High-Capacity Internet”
Mobile Madness Northwest
Join Xconomy for Mobile Madness Northwest, a lively afternoon conference and networking reception, presented in partnership with the Washington Technology Industry Association. In a series of interactive talks and chats, you’ll hear stories from some of the top companies, entrepreneurs, and investors working to shape the future of mobile innovation in the region, as well … Continue reading “Mobile Madness Northwest”
Wests Create New $100M Investment Fund Focused on Cutting Healthcare Costs
San Diego philanthropists Gary and Mary West lifted the curtain today on a $100 million fund they have established solely to invest in “cutting-edge” medical technologies and services that offer “the potential to substantially reduce” healthcare costs. The new West Health Investment Fund says it is targeting its investments in “early stage opportunities” with a … Continue reading “Wests Create New $100M Investment Fund Focused on Cutting Healthcare Costs”
EMC Isilon Adding 200 Jobs at Seattle Hub, Already Outgrowing New Offices
Big-data company EMC plans to add 200 jobs at its Seattle-based Isilon branch through 2012, filling out spacious new offices in the city’s Pioneer Square neighborhood—and leading to another hunt for office space in the not-too-distant future. Add those 200 new jobs to the 430 Isilon workers already in Seattle, and some additional people from … Continue reading “EMC Isilon Adding 200 Jobs at Seattle Hub, Already Outgrowing New Offices”
How to Build a Biotech Company 101
A Comprehensive one-day program for entrepreneurs. From the event description: “You have a great target or a novel technology or perhaps both. Now you want to build a company around it? What’s next? This hands on practical workshop takes you step-by-step through the journey of how to build a biotech company as well as how … Continue reading “How to Build a Biotech Company 101”
New Paradigms to Fund & Manage Drug Development
New Paradigms is guided by key individuals from biotech, pharma and the investment community to advance R&D through alternative sources of funding, non-traditional partnering strategies and innovative approaches to drug approval for the successful commercialization of new therapies. The conference is backed by an exceptionally distinguished speaking faculty with diverse experience and expertise. Co-located at … Continue reading “New Paradigms to Fund & Manage Drug Development”
The VeriSign of Privacy? TRUSTe Scales Up and Tackles Mobile, Cloud, and Ads
It’s taken me a long time to figure out TRUSTe. I’ve been to their offices, which are in a swanky building on Second Street in San Francisco’s Financial District, about three times in the last 10 months. But my last story about the company was back in September 2010, when it introduced some new privacy … Continue reading “The VeriSign of Privacy? TRUSTe Scales Up and Tackles Mobile, Cloud, and Ads”
Amgen Confirms 380 Layoffs in R&D; Cuts Coming to Seattle, SF, Boston
Word came out of Amgen last week that it was looking to overhaul its R&D operations, and today the biotech giant confirmed the overhaul is translating into job cuts for 380 people across the company. Thousand Oaks, CA-based Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]) notified 380 employees internally today that their jobs are being eliminated as part of … Continue reading “Amgen Confirms 380 Layoffs in R&D; Cuts Coming to Seattle, SF, Boston”