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With $20M, UCSD Spinout Jecure To Press New Attack On NASH

Xconomy

For these reasons, fatty liver disease is often called a “silent disease,” says Ariel Feldstein, a gastroenterologist at the University of California San Diego. 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.

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Inhibrix Pulls In $40M to Press Ahead With Cancer Drug Clinical Trials

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Both were at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation before founding Inhibrx with Lappe, its CEO, who previously was the founder and managing partner of a fund that invests. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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$200M Invested For a Global Network of Indoor Farms? That’s Plenty

Xconomy

Agtech startup Plenty has reeled in $200 million in financing as the company presses forward on its plans to build a global network of indoor vertical farms. Softbank Vision Fund of Japan led the Series B funding round for South San Francisco, CA-based Plenty.

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Mitek Systems Rejects ASG’s $380M Takeover Bid

Xconomy

31 offer —rejected Monday—was made by ASG Technologies Group, a Florida-based software company that last year sold a controlling stake to Evergreen Coast Capital, Elliott’s Menlo Park, CA, affiliate, which focuses on technology investing. ASG pointed out in a press release announcing the offer that the.

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With Cornershop, Walmart Expands On-Demand Delivery to Latin America

Xconomy

“We are focused on making life easier for customers and associates by building strong local businesses, powered by Walmart,” Judith McKenna, president and CEO of Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) International, said in a press release.

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Interview with Vince Bianco, Newsforce

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San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. How are you backed?

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Ginkgo Builds Out Robot Labs as Microbe Design Business Grows: Photos

Xconomy

Today Ginkgo announced another partnership, with San Diego-based Genomatica. Ginkgo’s foundries bring tremendous capability in organism engineering and complement our strengths in whole-process design, computation, and manufacturing scale-up,” Genomatica CEO Christophe Schilling said in a press release.

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