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Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering >November 14, 2013 ReShape Medical® Successfully Meets Endpoints in Weight Loss Device Pivotal Trial November 7, 2013 Advanced Cell Diagnostics Announces Genoptix® as their First CLIA Certified RNAscope® Service Provider November 5, 2013 Karyopharm Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering November 5, 2013 Direct Flow Medical® Transcatheter Aortic Valve System Continues To Demonstrate Excellent Outcomes at Six Months in Discover CE Mark Trial October 29, 2013 Advanced Cell Diagnostics and Kindstar Global Announce Partnership to Launch Cancer Diagnostic Tests in China October 23, 2013 Relypsa Reports Positive Topline Results for its 52-Week Phase 2b Trial of Patiromer October 17, 2013 CardioKinetix Announces First Heart Failure Patients Treated in China with Novel Minimally Invasive Structural Heart Device October 14, 2013 Spiracur and Century Medical Announce Multiple SNaP System Sales in Japan After Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Grants Reimbursement October 14, 2013 Versartis Closes $20 Million Series D Venture Financing October 8, 2013 Chimerix Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock October 8, 2013 TigerText Goes Freemium; Launches Next Generation of its Secure Enterprise Messaging App for BYOD October 3, 2013 Durata Therapeutics Presents New Comprehensive Review of the Efficacy and Safety Data of Dalbavancin and New In Vitro Findings at IDWeek 2013™ October 2, 2013 Treato Expands US Presence and Leadership Team with New Senior Executive Hires October 2, 2013 Durata Therapeutics Announces NDA Submission for Dalbavancin for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI) September 26, 2013 Chimerix Announces Publication of Positive Phase 2 Results of Brincidofovir (CMX001) in the New England Journal of Medicine September 26, 2013 Transcept And Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories Announce Global Licensing Agreement For Advanced Acute Migraine Treatment September 25, 2013 TigerText Provides Integrated, Secure Communication Network for Hartford HealthCare and UConn’s School of Medicine Residency Program September 24, 2013 Chronic Wounds and High Risk Surgical Incisions Successfully Treated with Spiracur’s Ultraportable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System September 24, 2013 NxStage Introduces Web-Based Dosing Calculator September 23, 2013 Oxford Immunotec Wins Place Again on The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 September 18, 2013 Chimerix Presents Brincidofovir (CMX001) Adenovirus Phase 2 Results September 11, 2013 Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. Closes Previously Announced $15.1 Million Registered Direct Offering September 10, 2013 MEI Pharma Acquires PWT143, A Highly Selective PI3-Kinase Delta Inhibitor September 10, 2013 Relypsa Reports Positive Top-Line Results for the First Part of Its Two-Part Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of Patiromer September 10, 2013 New Treato Pharma Release Brings Real-time “Patient Voice” Intelligence into the Executive Suite September 10, 2013 Durata Therapeutics Presents New Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Results and New In Vitro Data on Dalbavancin at ICAAC September 10, 2013 First Patient Enrolls in U.S. Salus Trial Evaluating Direct Flow Medical® Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve System September 10, 2013 Afferent Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase 2 Clinical Data for the Company’s Lead P2X3 Antagonist, AF-219 September 9, 2013 New Leaf Venture Partners Affirms Its Support of Roumell Asset Management’s Letter to Transcept Pharmaceuticals’ Board September 9, 2013 Chimerix Initiates Phase 3 SUPPRESS Trial of Brincidofovir (CMX001) for Prevention of CMV in HCT Recipients September 9, 2013 Whisper App User Engagement Jumps 140% with TigerText’s In-App Messaging September 6, 2013 IlluminOss Medical Appoints Dwayne Montgomery as Senior VP of Sales and Marketing August 27, 2013 TigerText Sees Record Growth in First Half of 2013; Number of Paid Users Quadruples as Enterprise and Healthcare Adoption Jumps August 22, 2013 TigerText Expands Partnership with AMiON; Provides Healthcare Professionals with Easier and More Secure Way to Coordinate Care August 15, 2013 Korea Approves NeuroStar TMS for Treating Depression August 14, 2013 Chimerix Announces Top Line Data From CMX001 Phase 2 Adenovirus Study and Late-Breaker Presentation at ICAAC August 14, 2013 Kit Check Raises $10.4 million from New Leaf, Sands, Easton and LionBird July 16, 2013 AstraZeneca Completes Acquisition of Pearl Therapeutics June 28, 2013 Sprint Launches Secure Messaging Solutions to Enable HIPAA Compliance June 24, 2013 Pearl Therapeutics to be Acquired by AstraZeneca for up to $1.15 Billion June 10, 2013 Concert Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial of CTP-354, a Potential Treatment for Spasticity and Pain June 10, 2013 Chimerix and BARDA Continue Collaboration on Development of CMX001 as a Medical Countermeasure Against Smallpox June 3, 2013 Direct Flow Medical Transcatheter Aortic Valve System Demonstrates Excellent 30 Day Outcomes Following Full Enrollment of DISCOVER CE Mark Trial May 22, 2013 CardioKinetix Announces Positive Clinical Data Showing Consistent Compelling Positive Results for Patients Treated with Minimally Invasive Structural Heart Device for Heart Failure May 22, 2013 Direct Flow Medical® Receives IDE Approval for U.S. Salus Trial of Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve System May 16, 2013 TigerText and AirWatch Partner to Offer Comprehensive Mobile Security Solution for Healthcare May 16, 2013 Relypsa Announces Appointment of John Orwin as Chief Executive Officer May 15, 2013 Relypsa Completes Patient Enrollment in Pivotal Phase 3 Program for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia May 13, 2013 Pearl Therapeutics Initiates PT003 Phase 3 Program for the Treatment of Individuals with Moderate-to-Severe COPD May 13, 2013 Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Strategic Collaboration with Celgene Corporation to Develop Deuterium-Modified Compounds May 6, 2013 Spine Wave Announces U.S. FDA’s 510K Clearance of the StaXx® IB System, an Intervertebral Body Fusion Device April 29, 2013 Treato Raises $14.5m from OrbiMed, New Leaf and Reed Elsevier April 23, 2013 Durata Therapeutics Closes Public Offering of Common Stock April 17, 2013 Chimerix Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering April 11, 2013 Oxford Immunotec wins 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Award April 11, 2013 MEI Pharma’s Mitochondrial Inhibitor Drug Candidate ME-344 Delays Tumor Growth in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Model April 10, 2013 iRhythm Secures $16 Million in Funding Led by Norwest Venture Partners to Fuel Continued Market and Technology Expansion April 10, 2013 NxStage Completes Move to Direct Sales In UK April 8, 2013 MEI Pharma Announces $15.2 Million Registered Offering of Common Stock April 5, 2013 VaxInnate Awarded U.S. Government Grant to Develop Dengue Vaccine April 4, 2013 Array BioPharma Names Michael N. Needle, M.D. As Chief Medical Officer March 21, 2013 NeuroStar TMS Therapy, a Non-Drug Depression Treatment, Demonstrates Statistically Significant Benefits on Patient-Reported Pain Outcomes March 19, 2013 Pearl Therapeutics Receives Award for Innovative Co-Suspension Technology March 14, 2013 Direct Flow Medical® Transcatheter Aortic Valve System Demonstrates Excellent Six-Month Outcomes In Discover Trial March 12, 2013 Array Biopharma and Global Blood Therapeutics Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration Focused on Hematology March 5, 2013 AccessClosure, Inc. Launches MynxGrip™ Vascular Closure Device February 27, 2013 ReShape Medical Completes Enrollment of Pivotal Clinical Trial for Weight Loss Device February 25, 2013 Durata Therapeutics Announces Preliminary, Topline Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results for Dalbavancin in the Treatment of ABSSSI February 25, 2013 NxStage Announces CE Mark Approval, First Clinical Use of its Single Needle for Dialysis Patients February 25, 2013 Relypsa Enrolls Initial Patient in Pivotal Phase 3 Program for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia February 20, 2013 Oxford Immunotec and Lophius Biosciences sign licensing and collaboration agreements January 29, 2013 TigerText Caps Record Year with $21 Million Series B Investment to Accelerate Market Penetration January 27, 2013 Pearl Therapeutics Strengthens Its Organization by Hiring Dr. Michael Riebe, an Industry Veteran in Respiratory Product Development January 17, 2013 Athenahealth to Acquire Mobile Health Leader Epocrates January 7, 2013 Relypsa Announces Agreement with FDA on Special Protocol Assessment for Patiromer Phase 3 Trial for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia January 2, 2013