Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2016

government has ambitious plans for a long-term health study with one million Americans, and one of the world’s most powerful tech companies has a big part to play, including the storage of all the data on its “cloud” servers. The first year of the grant for the Data and Research Support Center is worth $13.6

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The new VelosBio cash is earmarked for completing the work needed to proceed into human studies. These drugs are meant to provide a targeted strike to tumors, sparing healthy tissue. The specific cancers that VelosBio. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2019

More than 250 miles above the Earth’s surface aboard the International Space Station, a first-in-kind study of neurodegenerative disease is expected to reveal never-before-seen cell interactions.

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Xconomy

MARCH 2, 2020

With one investigational cancer drug in Phase 1 testing and a second one approaching the clinic, ORIC Pharmaceuticals is looking to tap the public markets for funds to finance that research. The company’s lead drug, ORIC-101, is under evaluation in Phase 1b studies in combination with enzalutamide (Xtandi) in prostate cancer and.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

A 10-person team of researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has been awarded an eight-year, $19.2 Allen Frontiers Group to fund brain health research. million grant to investigate mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease and aging-related cognitive decline and uncover new therapies.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The company, headquartered in Cranbury, NJ, disclosed this morning that it has raised a $74 million Series B round from Topspin Biotech Fund, Euclidian Capital, InterWest Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, and Osage University Partners. PMV raised a $30 million Series A in 2014. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2017

A recent study by EdSurge , an edtech information firm, shows venture funding for U.S. Those stats track with the overall trend in VC funding nationally: the industry saw a “correction” or “normalization” downward after hitting a peak in 2015. education tech companies totaled $1.03

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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). But the post-marketing study revealed a higher incidence of.

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Xconomy

APRIL 22, 2019

The race to bring CAR-T cell therapy to multiple myeloma, a persistent and deadly cancer of the bone marrow, continued on Monday with a fresh round of funding for Poseida Therapeutics. Poseida plans to begin administering its experimental treatment P-BCMA-101 to patients in a Phase 2 study later this year.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

[ Note: The headline has been corrected to better describe the company’s type of funding. Fortis Therapeutics, a new San Diego biotech, has raised $18 million in initial funding to develop drugs for hard-to-treat prostate and bone marrow cancers. 9/27/16, 2:09 p.m.

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Xconomy

APRIL 11, 2017

A $40 million transfusion led by Frazier Healthcare Partners and Denmark’s Novo A/S is bringing fresh life to a Michigan biotech working to advance a new experimental drug for treating a type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2019

The cash tops off a Series B round of funding announced last year. The Boston company, which counts diabetes drug giants Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY ) and Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO ) among its investors and partners, says the capital will support Phase 3 studies of its device this year, and if all goes well, an application for FDA approval.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also.

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Xconomy

JUNE 21, 2018

Eidos will use the cash to fund studies of AG10 , a drug in mid-stage testing for transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis, a progressive and fatal condition caused by the. The San Francisco company priced its IPO late Tuesday, selling 6.25 million shares at $17 each, which was on the high end of its projected $15 to $17 range.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Up until this point, studies of an experimental drug from Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals had focused on patients with the most severe form of a rare, potentially deadly genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy. million in funding in fiscal 2015 from corporate supporters, some but not all of whom are drug makers.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Before you fly off, or drive, or simply unplug, check out our preview of what could be next year’s top clinical studies; the tumult in big pharma’s on again-off again relationship with consumer healthcare; big names on the move in the nation’s capital; and a flurry of year-end deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Knewton, Grockit and others are creating new ways for students to study for these tests in a more cost effective way.

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Xconomy

APRIL 18, 2018

The biotech, 10xBio, announced earlier this month that the FDA had approved its application to begin clinical trials in Phase 1b/2a studies testing the unnamed injectable drug. The studies are intended to establish the safety and tissue responses of the injectable drug, said Dobak, who is the chairman.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. They’re tasked with doing … marketing. You get a lot of traffic — not always results.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Intercept (NASDAQ: ICPT ) reported interim data from a Phase 3 study showing its drug, obeticholic acid (OCA), reduced liver scarring in NASH patients. This week, one company, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, solidified its lead. But how much will being first to the finish line mean when all is said and done?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

But this gets all the space on prominent blogs because it’s what bloggers like to cover.&# It’s self selecting. People like Fred Wilson who say let all the small companies fund and bloom, create more jobs, etc. A recent study said seed stage valuations have been quite static recently. Minutes 8 – 10. o ShopKick.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Feldstein has been studying the liver for nearly 20 years, and his research now forms the basis of a newly launched company called Jecure Therapeutics. Backed by $20 million in Series A funding from Versant Ventures, San Diego-based Jecure aims to develop a new class of drugs to treat an advanced form of fatty liver disease called.

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Xconomy

JUNE 13, 2019

The other, for autism, could start a Phase 1 study in 2020. The new Series B round will give San Francisco-based BlackThorn—a startup spun out of the Scripps Research Institute in 2013—the backing to run human tests of two experimental treatments. Those plans. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I still plan to publish on this blog occasionally, as well as more frequently on my blogs at Forbes , Huffington Post , and others. Studies show that anyone can be an entrepreneur, but many won’t be happy as entrepreneurs. Finding funding for startups is a tough process. I learn something new every day in blogging.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Studies in mice have. Plante is a technology industry veteran in San Diego who has served as the CEO of Bel-Tronics, and as the founding CEO of SmartDrive Systems and Pathway Genomics. The klotho gene was identified in 1997, and encodes a protein that is produced primarily in the kidney.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

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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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Young entrepreneurs can call upon their alumni networks for advice, recruitment of key employees and even funding. Resources – Many campuses offer entrepreneurial students a variety of free resources, such as: incubators, accelerators, mentor programs, venture competitions (with meaningful prize money) and even seed funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. Hopefully it’s not as a way of avoiding fund raising or finding quick pockets of money. ” Photo credit Food52.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Proceeds will be used to advance Metacrine’s lead drug candidate, MET409, into first-in-human studies during the first half of 2018. Initial studies should be completed by the end of the year, the San Diego-based company said.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. They’re tasked with doing … marketing. You get a lot of traffic – not always results.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 17, 2016

San Diego’s Avelas Biosciences , founded in 2009 to advance a fluorescing biologic agent intended to help surgeons differentiate cancerous tissue from healthy tissue, has completed a $20 million Series C round of venture funding. The Phase 1b study also determined a preferred dose for the next stage in the study.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. And if it’s not I’m generally not that interested in funding it. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Sometimes I make a blog entry. Some days I respond to questions asked by folks like yourself, the press, or an entity doing a case study, i.e. Citrix, RIM, USC. You've been blogging for a while, what are five good posts that I should check out? My company and I are a perfect case study for the Tech Council affiliation.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2017

Ciara Kennedy, who succeeded Mike Grey as Amplyx CEO late last year, said in an interview with Xconomy that the company plans to report results of its Phase 1 study at IDWeek, the annual infectious diseases conference that is set for early October in San Diego.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

. —Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY ) of Cambridge, MA, said that it would shelve its drug revusiran after 18 patients died in a Phase 3 study to treat the rare disease transthyretin amyloidosis. The funding could be as much as $100 million, and the first grants will be announced in 2017. —The U.S. —The U.S.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

After launching a study to identify how tech hubs work, the leader of a nonprofit consortium created to boost Southern California’s startup ecosystem says he is focusing on three initiatives to supercharge the seven-county SoCal region as a hotbed for innovation.

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