2014 Press Releases 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Portfolio Companies New Leaf Portfolio Companies Karyopharm Announces Addition to the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index December 15, 2014 Relypsa Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Patiromer for Oral Suspension to Treat Hyperkalemia December 15, 2014 IlluminOss Medical Caps off Flagship Year with Addition of New Patents to Bone Fixation Portfolio December 10, 2014 CardioKinetix Completes $50 Million Financing and Signs Agreement with Edwards Lifesciences, Including Exclusive Option to Purchase December 9, 2014 VaxInnate Initiates Phase 1b/2 Clinical Trial of Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Candidate, VAX2012Q, in Elderly December 8, 2014 CareFusion and Kit Check to Help Providers Save Time and Improve Medication Safety from the Pharmacy to the OR December 8, 2014 MEI Pharma Reports Significant Clinical Activity in Phase II Study of Pracinostat in Front Line Acute Myeloid Leukemia December 8, 2014 MEI Pharma Completes Enrollment in Phase II Study of Pracinostat in Front Line Acute Myeloid Leukemia December 2, 2014 James R. Tobin, Former CEO of Boston Scientific, Joins Oxford Immunotec Board of Directors December 2, 2014 IlluminOss Medical Announces Conditional FDA Approval for Clinical Trials of Groundbreaking Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System in the U.S. November 18, 2014 Relypsa Announces Key Data Presented at ASN on Long-Term Chronic Treatment and Early Onset of Action With Patiromer for Oral Suspension November 17, 2014 Chimerix’s Brincidofovir Selected for Use in Ebola Clinical Trial in West Africa by International Consortium November 13, 2014 Spiracur Secures $16M from GE Capital to Expand Sales and R&D Efforts November 12, 2014 TigerText Announces Integration with MobileIron to Deliver Secure Messaging November 12, 2014 Intarcia and Servier Sign Ex-U.S. Partnership for ITCA 650 in Diabetes; Intarcia Retains Independence & Full Control of the U.S. & Japan November 12, 2014 Kit Check Install Stories: Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters November 12, 2014 VaxInnate Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Candidate, VAX2012Q, Meets Phase 1 Seasonal Influenza Endpoints November 11, 2014 Awarepoint Names New CEO November 10, 2014 Relypsa Announces Multiple Patiromer for Oral Suspension Abstracts to be Presented at American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting 2014 November 4, 2014 Chimerix Names Two New Executives: Peter Payne as Senior Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Strategy, and Roberto Guzman, JD, MBA, MCLFS, as Vice President, Corporate Compliance November 3, 2014 Relypsa Names Scott Garland Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer November 3, 2014 Chimerix Provides Update on Research and Development Progress October 16, 2014 Concert Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Data from Multiple Dose Phase 1 Clinical Trial of CTP-354, Lead Candidate for the Treatment of Spasticity October 13, 2014 Kit Check Announces RFID Seal Tags in Collaboration with Health Care Logistics for Hospital Pharmacy Kit Safety October 08, 2014 Solaris Hospice Replaces Unsecure Email and Voicemail with TigerText Secure Messaging October 7, 2014 Actavis to Acquire Durata Therapeutics, Inc. October 6, 2014 Chimerix Announces Emergency Investigational New Drug Applications for Brincidofovir Authorized by FDA for Patients With Ebola Virus Disease October 6, 2014 Intarcia Announces Two Positive Phase 3 Trials for ITCA 650 in Type 2 Diabetes: FREEDOM-1 and FREEDOM-1 High Baseline (HBL) Study Results October 1, 2014 Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of CTP-730 Phase 1 Clinical Trial Under Celgene Collaboration September 17, 2014 Intarcia Reveals New Insights at EASD Meeting Characterizing the Burden of Poor Control and Non-Adherence to Anti-Diabetic Therapies September 17, 2014 Relypsa Announces New Employment Inducement Grants September 16, 2014 Relypsa Announces New Analysis of Phase 3 Data Demonstrating Patiromer’s Ability to Rapidly Correct, and Prevent Recurrence of, Hyperkalemia in Heart Failure and Non-Heart Failure Patients September 15, 2014 7 recent vendor contracts included KitCheck September 12, 2014 Kit Check Passes 100 Hospital Customer Mark September 9, 2014 Ventura County Medical Center Selects TigerText for HIPAA Compliant Nurse-to-Physician Communication September 9, 2014 Spiracur’s SNaP Wound Care System Awarded Coverage by Health Care Services Corporation September 4, 2014 Kit Check Tracks Two Million Hospital Medications With RFID September 3, 2014 Chimerix’s Brincidofovir Has in Vitro Activity Against Ebola September 3, 2014 MEI Pharma Completes Enrollment In Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial Of Pracinostat In Front Line Myelodysplastic Syndrome September 2, 2014 Chimerix and BARDA Announce Continued Partnership in the Development of Brincidofovir for Smallpox September 2, 2014 Chimerix’s Brincidofovir Selected for Two Oral Presentations Highlighting Resistance Data in CMV and Adenovirus at the 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) September 2, 2014 TigerText Growth Accelerates in First Half of 2014 as Message Volume Surges 750% August 27, 2014 Concert Pharmaceuticals Achieves $2 Million Milestone for AVP-786 Under Avanir Pharmaceuticals Collaboration August 26, 2014 Spiracur Announces Renewal Contract with Novation for Advanced, Mechanically-Powered, Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Care Products August 7, 2014 Kit Check Adds Medication Shortage Management Features To Improve Pharmacy Kit Processing Efficiency August 6, 2014 Oxford Immunotec Announces Purchase Of Assets Of Boulder Diagnostics Inc. August 5, 2014 New Data on Chimerix’s Brincidofovir Supports Safety and Antiviral Activity Against Multiple Life-Threatening DNA Viruses in Organ Transplant Recipients July 31, 2014 Durata Therapeutics Enters Into an Exclusive License and Supply Agreement With Angelini to Commercialize Dalbavancin in Certain European Territories, Russia and Turkey July 30, 2014 LifePoint Hospitals’ Fauquier Health, Selects TigerText as its Facility-Wide Secure Messaging Solution July 22, 2014 Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Concert Pharmaceuticals Provide a Phase 1 Clinical Trial Update on JZP-386 July 21, 2014 Durata Therapeutics Announces the U.S. Launch of DALVANCE™ July 18, 2014 CareDx Announces Pricing of its IPO and Completion of its First Day of Trading July 17, 2014 Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Lifts Partial Clinical Hold for CTP-354, A Novel Drug Candidate for Spasticity July 16, 2014 Awarepoint awareAssets version 3.0 Now Available July 8, 2014 Chimerix Announces Three Abstracts to be Presented at the 2014 World Transplant Congress July 8, 2014 Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Successful End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with FDA for CTP-499 July 8, 2014 ReShape Medical® Submits PMA Application to FDA for Non-Surgical Weight Loss Device July 1, 2014 Pharmacy Pricing & Benefits Analysis Platform Truveris Raised Another $12.75M June 27, 2014 Versartis Presents Positive Six Month VRS-317 Phase 2a Clinical Study Results June 23, 2014 HIPAA Encryption for iPhones and Android Phones June 17, 2014 Intarcia Presents Interim Phase 3 Data at ADA Showing ITCA 650, A Once Yearly GLP-1, Markedly Reduces Blood Sugar in Patients With Very Poorly Controlled Diabetes June 15, 2014 MEI Pharma Reports High Response Rates In Phase II Study Of Pracinostat In Front Line Acute Myeloid Leukemia June 10, 2014 Relypsa Secures Loan Facility of Up to $35 Million June 2, 2014 Kit Check Announces New RFID Scanning Station, Little Blue Box is Smaller, Lighter, Provided Free for Users June 2, 2014 Chimerix Announces Completion of Public Offering of Common Stock and Exercise in Full of Option to Purchase Additional Shares of Common Stock >May 27, 2014 Chimerix Regains Worldwide Rights to CMX157 May 16, 2014 QPID Health Secures $12.3M Series B Funding May 6, 2014 Concert Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive 48-Week Results from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of CTP-499 in Diabetic Kidney Disease April 25, 2014 Relypsa, Inc. Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock April 16, 2014 Awarepoint Humidity-Sensing Tag Now Available April 15, 2014 Chimerix Announces Appointment of M. Michelle Berrey, M.D., M.P.H. as Chief Executive Officer April 9, 2014 CardioKinetix Releases One-Year Clinical Data Showing Consistent, Compelling Positive Results for Patients Treated with Minimally Invasive Structural Heart Device for Heart Failure April 7, 2014 Cardinal Health Expands Portfolio of Physician Preference Items April 2, 2014 Premier, Inc. Identifies Kit Check as “Technology Breakthrough Product” – awards exclusive agreement for pharmacy kit medication tracking solution April 2, 2014 Relypsa Names Sylvia R. Wheeler V.P. Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs April 2, 2014 Spiracur Announces FDA Clearance of its SNaP Wound Care System Dressings with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy April 1, 2014 Intarcia Secures Second Landmark Private Financing of $200 Million – Strengthens Position To Complete Phase 3, Prepare For Launch, and Build Pipeline April 1, 2014 Chimerix Appoints Lisa Ricciardi to Board of Directors April 1, 2014 Convergence and Evotec form integrated pain alliance March 31, 2014 TigerText Dangles $1M Guarantee Against HIPAA Violations March 31, 2014 AccessClosure Launches the Next-Generation Mynx Ace Vascular Closure Device at Annual ACC Meeting March 29, 2014 Kit Check adds Medi-Span Integration, New Safety Features for Pharmacy Kit Processing March 27, 2014 Versartis Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering March 20, 2014 Kit Check Hires Elizabeth Thomas as Director of Marketing March 20, 2014 VaxInnate Begins Phase I Clinical Trial to Evaluate Quadrivalent Vaccine for Prevention of Seasonal Flu< March 19, 2014 Chimerix to Provide Brincidofovir to Josh Hardy as First Patient in New Open-Label Study in Patients With Adenovirus Infections March 11, 2014 Intarcia Appoints Jay Smith Head of Customer Experience & Outcomes February 26, 2014 Optum Acquires Majority Interest in Audax Health Solutions February 19, 2014 Versartis Secures $55 Million in Series E Financing February 18, 2014 Awarepoint Drives Growth and Moves Client Base to Next Generation Platform February 13, 2014 Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering February 13, 2014 VaxInnate Receives $2.1 million from New Jersey’s Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program January 28, 2014 Spiracur Secures TGA Approval for SNaP Wound Care System and Announces Distribution Partnership in Australia January 14, 2014 Direct Flow Medical®, Inc. Receives CE Mark For First Fully Repositionable 29 mm Transcatheter Aortic Valve System January 9, 2014 Direct Flow Medical®, Inc. Completes Enrollment In U.S. Salus Feasibility Trial Of Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve System January 9, 2014 Convergence Pharmaceuticals and Consortium Partners Win European Commission FP7 Grant for the PROPANE Project January 8, 2014 ZIO® Service Identifies Significantly More Cardiac Arrhythmias Than the Traditional Holter Monitor, According to Study Published Online in the American Journal of Medicine January 2, 2014