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Bio Roundup: Goodbye Belviq, LogicBio on Hold, Revolution’s IPO & More

Xconomy

Post-marketing studies aim to identify side effects not observed in the first three phases of testing. This week, results of such a study led to the market withdrawal of weight-loss pill lorcaserin (Belviq). When the FDA approved the drug in 2012, the agency was concerned about heart risks.

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Biolinq Adds $4.75M to Advance Glucose Monitoring Biosensor Patch

Xconomy

million from new investors, including the New York-based Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, following the results of a clinical study of its experimental biomarker monitoring device. Founders Jared Tagney and Joshua Windmiller, who met while in grad school at UC San Diego, started the company in 2012 as Electrozyme.

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Eisai Pulls Weight Loss Drug From Market After FDA Flags Cancer Risks

Xconomy

Eisai is withdrawing weight-loss drug lorcaserin after a post-marketing study found a higher incidence of cancer in patients who took the medicine. Lorcaserin was approved in 2012 as a weight management therapy for use in addition to a reduced-calorie diet and exercise. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) I blog on entrepreneurship & VC precisely because entrepreneurs and other VCs are my customers.

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Report: Biotech VCs Perpetuate Boardroom Gender Gap

Xconomy

That’s according to British recruitment firm Liftstream and its new study of biotech companies that went public in the recent boom years. In the mega-class of 177 biotechs that went public from 2012 through 2015, women held 11 percent of the board seats, according to their 2016 regulatory filings.

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An Entrepreneur Platform To Put You Above the Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. Engage your customers through blog comments, product reviews, and personal customer service. Building your home base with personal and product traction.

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Meritful Wants To Help Students Showcase Their Wit Online

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Students and teachers could rarely be friends on Facebook and no student would want their Physics or Math teacher telling them to study thoroughly for their term paper, but things change and so do we. They add yet another study. Ann Arbor SPARK Accelerated. Students Professional Network. Online Evaluation For Placement.

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