Archive

Newly Formed Durata Therapeutics Acquires Pfizer’s Vicuron Subsidiary
December 21, 2009


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Submits Supplemental New Drug Application to the FDA for Once-Daily XiDay™
December 17, 2009


Auxilium Announces Top Line Phase IIb XIAFLEX™ Peyronie's Results
December 16, 2009


Roche Licenses First-in-Class Treatments for Chronic Pain to Afferent Pharmaceuticals; Afferent Secures $23 Million in Series A Financing
December 16, 2009


Transcept Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance for Second U.S. Patent Application Covering Intermezzo®
December 14, 2009


WuXi PharmaTech Selects Labcyte POD™ 810 Platform for High-Throughput Screening
December 07, 2009


Affymax Announces Close of Common Stock Offering and Exercise of Underwriters' Overallotment Option
November 24, 2009


WorldHeart Signs Agreements for Next-Generation Minimally Invasive Blood Pump
November 17, 2009


NeuroStar TMS Therapy® Receives Prestigious Popular Science Award
November 12, 2009


3M Licenses Vaccine Adjuvants to VaxInnate
November 9, 2009


Concert Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial of CTP-518, Protease Inhibitor for Treatment of HIV
November 9, 2009


Transcept Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application on Intermezzo®
November 4, 2009


Affymax and Takeda Announce Preliminary Phase 2 Data Demonstrated That Hematide™ Increased Hemoglobin in Dialysis Patients
October 30, 2009


Epocrates Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation
October 29, 2009


FDA Clears Interlace Medical’s MyoSure™ Hysteroscopic Tissue Removal System for The Treatment of Submucosal Fibroids
October 28th, 2009


Ligand to Acquire Metabasis for Cash and Contingent Value Rights
October 27, 2009


NxStage® Reports Significant Interim FREEDOM Study Results
October 27, 2009


Synageva Biopharma Announces Completion of $45 Million Financing with New $12 Million Investment, Addition of New Leaf Venture Partners to Investor Group, and Expansion of Senior Leadership Team
October 20, 2009


Prometheus Awarded Patent Related to Genetic Testing for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
October 20, 2009


WorldHeart Receives IRB Approval at First Center in the Levacor™ VAD BTT Clinical Trial Center On-Site Training Completed
October 15, 2009


Prometheus Launches ProOncDx Cancer Diagnostics
October 15, 2009


Relypsa Initiates Phase 2b Clinical Trial of RLY5016 for the Prevention of Hyperkalemia in Heart Failure Patients
October 7, 2009


Direct Flow Medical Presents Twelve Month Clinical Results with their Percutaneous Aortic Valve System at TCT
October 5, 2009


Boston Business Journal Names NxStage® Medical Third Fastest Growing Company in Massachusetts
October 1, 2009


Cyberonics Announces Epilepsy Technology Collaborations
October 1, 2009


Labcyte Signs Bioscreen Instruments as Exclusive Distributor in India
September 23, 2009


Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. Commences Enrollment of ITCA 650 Phase 2 Study in Type 2 Diabetes
September 17, 2009


U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Arthritis Advisory Committee Votes Unanimously 12-0 to Recommend Approval of XIAFLEX™ for Dupuytren's Contracture
September 16, 2009


Concert Pharmaceuticals Presents Clinical Results Demonstrating Reduced Drug-Drug Interactions with a Deuterium-Modified Compound
September 14, 2009


NxStage® Announces Streamline® Blood Tubing Set Supply Agreement Between Medisystems® and Reliant Renal Care
September 14, 2009


Affymax Provides Phase 3 Program Update for Investigational Drug, Hematide™, to Treat Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure
September 9, 2009


Prometheus Announces Co-Pay Assistance Savings Program For LOTRONEX® (Alosteron Hcl) Tablets
September 9, 2009


ISTA Pharmaceuticals' Bepreve™ Receives FDA Approval for the Treatment of Ocular Itching Due to Allergies
September 8, 2009


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Preliminary Results of T-Pred Studies
September 8, 2009


XIAFLEX™ CORD I Study Published in New England Journal of Medicine
September 2, 2009


Abbott to Acquire Visiogen, Expanding Vision Care Portfolio
September 2, 2009


New Leaf Venture Partners Leads $30 Million Financing in Neuronetics
September 2, 2009


Tioga Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Announce Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Asimadoline in Japan
September 1, 2009


Aureon Laboratories Announces Appointment of New CEO
August 25, 2009


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Preliminary Phase 3 Clinical Results to Support sNDA Filing for Once-Daily Xibrom™ 0.09%
August 25, 2009


WorldHeart Receives US Clinical Study Approval for the Levacor™ VAD
August 20, 2009


Labcyte Awarded Second Japanese Patent
August 18, 2009


XDx Completes $14.4 Million Series G Financing XDx Poised to Achieve Break-Even in 2010
August 5, 2009


Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Secures $30 Million Revolving Credit Line With Silicon Valley Bank
August 5, 2009


Dr. Nathaniel Brown Joins Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development
August 5, 2009


Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P. and Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sign Exclusive Agreement to Commercialize Intermezzo® in the United States
August 2, 2009


U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Arthritis Advisory Committee Confirms Date to Review XIAFLEX™ for the Treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture
July 31, 2009


Affymax Announces Data Monitoring Committee Review of Phase 3 Hematide Program
July 20, 2009


Presidio Pharmaceuticals Inc. Raises $27 Million in Additional Financing
July 9, 2009


Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. selects PPI-461 as a Clinical Candidate in their Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Program
July 7, 2009


Prometheus Launches MyCeliacID™, The First Do It Yourself, Saliva-Based Genetic Test Dedicated To Celiac Disease
June 29, 2009


U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Arthritis Advisory Committee Sets Tentative Date to Review XIAFLEX™ for the Treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture
June 18, 2009


Transcept Pharmaceuticals Announces Expected FDA Extension of Regulatory Review Period for Intermezzo®
June 11, 2009


Metabasis Therapeutics Announces That Its Collaborator Merck & Co., Inc. Has Selected a Lead AMPK Activator for Late Preclinical Development and Has Agreed to Make a One-Time Payment for All Remaining Financial Obligations
June 10, 2009


Metabasis Therapeutics Receives a Development Event Payment from Roche and Notification That Roche Plans to Advance MB11362 into Development for the Treatment of Hepatitis C
June 5, 2009


Concert Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline Form Alliance to Develop Novel Deuterium Modified Drugs
June 2, 2009


Prometheus Announces New Findings Regarding Patients at Risk for Celiac Disease at DDW
June 2, 2009


NxStage Extends Supply Agreement with B. Braun Medical Inc. to Include Streamline(R) Technology
June 1, 2009


Affymax® Reports Phase 2 Clinical Trial Data Supporting Hemoglobin Increases with Once-Per-Month Hematide™ Regardless of Patient Baseline Renal Function
May 26, 2009


Transcept Pharmaceuticals Presents Data from Studies of Two Product Candidates at Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association
May 21, 2009


NxStage Announces Strategic Business Alliance with Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical
May 18, 2009


VaxInnate Corporation Closes $30 Million Round of Financing; Wellcome Trust Leads Round
May 6, 2009


XIAFLEX™ for the Treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture Receives Priority Review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
April 28, 2009


Prometheus and Rosetta Genomics Announce License and Collaboration Agreement
April 13, 2009


Prometheus Highlights Record Performance in 2008
March 24, 2009


NxStage Announces Credit Facility Amendment
March 16, 2009


Prometheus Receives New York State Approval for Prometheus® IBS Diagnostic, First Blood Test for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
March 16, 2009


Auxilium Submits Biologics License Application for XIAFLEX™ for the Treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
March 02, 2009


IlluminOss Medical Receives ISO 13485 Certification
February 20, 2009


IlluminOss Announces First Human Case Utilizing Its Innovative Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System Technology
February 19, 2009


Affymax Announces $42 Million Private Placement
February 17, 2009


Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Completes Enrollment in Phase IIb Clinical Trial of XIAFLEX™ in Peyronie's Disease
February 2, 2009


Novacea Stockholders Approve Merger With Transcept
January 27, 2009


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results for Phase IIb Study of Ecabet Sodium
January 22, 2009


WorldHeart Submits IDE Application for a Pivotal Bridge-to-Transplant Study of the Levacor™ VAD
January 8, 2009


Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Pfizer Enter Agreement to Develop and Commercialize XIAFLEX™ in Europe
December 17, 2008


Transcept Announces FDA Acceptance for Review of New Drug Application for Intermezzo®
December 16, 2008


Epocrates Offers International Market Research Panel
November 20, 2008


Affymax Announces Another Favorable Data Monitoring Committee Review of Phase 3 Hematide Program
November 20, 2008


Epocrates Survey Identifies Trends in Online Resource Use Among Physicians
November 18, 2008


Affymax Completes Enrollment in Phase 3 Program for Hematide in Chronic Renal Failure with Completion of Enrollment in EMERALD 2, the Final of Four Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Hematide™
November 17, 2008


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Ranked Number Twelve in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Program for Fastest Growing Companies in North America
November 13, 2008


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Files New Drug Application with U.S. FDA for Bepreve™
November 13, 2008


Fifty Thousand Physicians Choose Epocrates iPhone App
November 6, 2008


Affymax Announces New Data Presented on the Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Hematide™ to Treat Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure Patients with Monthly Dosing
November 6, 2008


Affymax Completes Enrollment in PEARL 2, the Second of Four Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Hematide to Treat Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure Patients
November 3, 2008


Transcept Submits NDA for Intermezzo® for Treatment of Middle-of-the-Night Awakenings
October 1, 2008


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Receives $65 Million Funding Commitment
September 26, 2008


Concert Pharmaceuticals Presents Preclinical Results Supporting Co-Administration of CTP-347 and Tamoxifen
September 25, 2008


One Million Epocrates MobileCME Courses Completed
September 25, 2008


Oriel Therapeutics Appoints Richard Fuller as Chief Executive Officer
September 23, 2008


Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Initiation of XIAFLEX™ Phase IIb Study for Peyronie's Disease
September 17, 2008


Apple iPhone Becomes a Patient Safety Device with Epocrates
September 15, 2008


Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Appointment of Kenneth Luskey, M.D. as Vice President, Clinical Research
September 9, 2008


Novacea, Inc. and Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sign Merger Agreement
September 2, 2008


Patent Issued Related to Prometheus Proprietary Test; CBir1 Antigen Test Included in Diagnostic for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
August 21, 2008


Affymax Announces Favorable Data Monitoring Committee Review of Phase 3 Hematide Program
August 7, 2008


WorldHeart Closes US$30 Million in Financing
August 1, 2008


Angiotech To Establish Separate Operating And Royalty Businesses
July 7, 2008


Pearl Therapeutics Closes $18 Million Financing
July 2, 2008


Tioga Pharmaceuticals’ Asimadoline Demonstrates Positive Results in a Phase 2b Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
May 20, 2008


Aureon Laboratories Introduces Prostate Px® , First Biopsy-Based Test to Predict Prostate Cancer Disease Progression and Recurrence
May 19, 2008


Affymax and Takeda Announce Long-Term Hematide Safety and Effectiveness Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trials in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Anemia
May 12, 2008


NxStage Announces Supply Agreement With Kawasumi Laboratories for Blood Tubing Sets
May 7, 2008


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces New Phase III Clinical Findings to Support Bepreve NDA Filing
April 30, 2008


CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals Raises $37 Million in Series C Financing
April 30, 2008


Stromedix Raises $25 Million Series B for Fibrosis Programs, Begins Clinical Trial
April 21, 2008


IlluminOss Medical Completes $11 Million Series B Financing
April 18, 2008


Metabasis Therapeutics Raises Approximately $10 Million Through a Warrant Exchange and Concurrent Private Placement
April 16, 2008


Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta
March 6, 2008


Artisan Pharma's Lead Product, ART-123, Approved in Japan
February 22, 2008


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Physician-Sponsored Clinical Study of Xibrom™ Combination Therapy with Lucentis®
February 22, 2008


SGX Initiates Phase I Trials for SGX523
January 16, 2008


Epocrates Inc. Announces Strategic Investment by Goldman Sachs
January 7, 2008


NxStage Medical Announces Needle Supply Agreement with DaVita
January 7, 2008


Aspreva's Plan of Arrangement with Galenica Completed
January 3, 2008


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Submits New Drug Application for Xibrom™ QD (once-daily)
December 20, 2007


Kalypsys Initiates Phase IIa Clinical Trial of Topical iNOS Inhibitor
December 18, 2007


Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Completes Enrollment in Two Phase III Clinical Trials of XIAFLEX™ for Dupuytren's Contracture
December 17, 2007


SGX Pharmaceuticals Submits Investigational New Drug Application for SGX523, a Highly Potent, Selective, Orally Bioavailable cMET Inhibitor
December 3, 2007


Prometheus Licenses Colal-Pred® From Alizyme
November 29, 2007


NxStage Medical Establishes $50 Million Credit Facility with a Group of Lenders Led by Merrill Lynch Capital
November 21, 2007


SGX Pharmaceuticals Announces $25 Million Private Placement
November 20, 2007


Prescription for Success: Epocrates for BlackBerry -
Popular Medical Software Now Available for BlackBerry Smartphones

November 14, 2007


BioRelix and Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Sign Research Agreement to Capitalize on RiboSwitch Technology
November 13, 2007


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Presents Results from Two Phase III Clinical Trials of Xibrom™ QD (Once-daily) Formulation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
November 12, 2007


Prometheus Laboratories Inc. to Acquire GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Bowel Drug
November 7, 2007


Affymax® Announces Hematide™ Successfully Restores Hemoglobin in Patients with Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
November 5, 2007


Relypsa formed with $33 Million Series A Funding to discover and develop polymeric drugs.
October 29, 2007


GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Tolerx, Inc. Form Collaboration Worth Up to $700 Million
October 23, 2007


Gary Shearman, Ph.D. Joins Board of Artisan Pharma, Inc.
October 23, 2007


Aspreva to be Acquired by Galenica For US$915 Million
October 17, 2007


Aureon Laboratories to Collaborate with UCSF on Research Study to Construct Predictive Models for GM-CSF Treatment Response in Patients with Prostate Cancer
October 15, 2007


Affymax Doses First Patient in the Phase 3 Clinical Program of Hematide™ to Treat Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure Patients
October 11, 2007


NxStage Medical Completes Acquisition of Medisystems
October 1, 2007


Spiration, Inc. Announces First Patient Enrollment in U.S. Pivotal Trial of Minimally Invasive Treatment for Severe Emphysema
September 26, 2007


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Expands Its Pipeline in Allergy Treatments
September 26, 2007


Pearl Therapeutics Raises $15.5 Million in Private Financing
September 6, 2007


ISTA Pharmaceuticals Completes $36.75 Million Private Financing
June 29, 2007


TransOral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Changes Name to Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
June 22, 2007


BioRelix Announces $25.75 Million Series A
June 11, 2007


Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Announces Sale of Common Stock
June 8, 2007


Amgen to Acquire Ilypsa, a Private San Francisco Bay Area Biotechnology Company Focused on Kidney Disease Care
June 4, 2007


NxStage® Medical Announces Agreement to Acquire Medisystems Corporation and Certain Affiliated Entities
June 4, 2007


TIBCO to Acquire Spotfire
May 1, 2007


Intarcia Raises $50 Million in a Series BB Financing
March 19, 2007


New Leaf Venture Partners and TPG Growth Co-Lead $20 Million Series B Financing in ProteoGenix
March 14, 2007


TransOral Pharmaceuticals Raises $40 Million in Series D Financing
March 6, 2007


Adeza to Be Acquired by Cytyc for $24 Per Share
February 12, 2007


Cerexa to be Acquired by Forest Laboratories for $480 Million Plus Potential $100 Million Milestone Payment
December 14, 2006


Concert Pharmaceuticals Raises $48.5 Million in Series B Financing
November 30, 2006


Merck & Co., Inc. to Acquire Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.
October 30, 2006


VaxInnate Secures $40 Million Series C Financing
October 25, 2006


Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. to Raise $25 Million in Registered Direct Offering
September 15, 2006


Artisan Pharma, Inc. Raises $39 Million in a Series A Financing
September 2, 2006


New Leaf Venture Partners Announces $12 Million Financing in Tioga Pharmaceuticals
January 9, 2006


New Leaf Venture Partners Announces $8.5 Million Financing in TransOral Pharmaceuticals
October 28, 2005


New Leaf Venture Partners Announces $3.5 Million Financing in Direct Flow Medical
September 7, 2005


New Leaf Venture Partners Announces $8 Million Investment in Cerexa's $50 Million Financing; Investment is First from NLV Partners' Recently Announced Fund Dedicated to Healthcare Technologies
August 23, 2005