Tag: equity
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Cancer Screening Analytics Company Acquired in $8B Deal
A company creating a blood test to screen for multiple types of cancer is being acquired by genomics analytics company Illumina for $8 billion in cash and stock.
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Mental Health Drug Company Raises $127.5M in IPO
A company developing a drug for depression based on synthesized compounds in hallucinogenic substances is raising $127.5 million in its initial public stock offer.
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Precision Cancer Therapy Start-Up Gains $110M in Early Funds
A company creating cancer therapies with individualized engineered T-cells is raising $110 million in its first venture funding round.
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Gilead Acquires Cancer Therapy Biotech for $21B
Gilead Sciences is acquiring biotechnology company Immunomedics, specializing in immunotherapies for cancer and other diseases, in a deal valued at $21 billion.
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Antibody Discovery Company Forms, Partners on Covid-19
A new enterprise formed to discover human therapeutic antibodies is partnering with a synthetic biology company to discover Covid-19 antibody treatments.
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Digital Sedation Company Raises $11.8M in Early Funds
A Belgian company creating virtual reality systems for sedation in surgery and invasive procedures is raising €10 million in its first venture funding round.
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Food Allergy Biotech Acquired for $2.6B
Aimmune Therapeutics Inc., a developer of food allergy drugs, was acquired today by global consumer products company Nestlé for $2.6 billion.
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Infographic – Biotech Index Cruising in High Range
Looking back to May shows that NBI has largely settled in to the 4,000 to 4,500 range, without volatile swings in either direction.
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Sanofi Acquires Immune Disease Biotech in $3.7B Deal
A developer of small-molecule therapies for autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, and other immune disorders is being acquired by Sanofi.
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Start-Up Developing Microbial Cancer Detection Tests
A new company, spun off from university biomedical engineering labs, is creating early cancer diagnostics by analyzing microbial genetics in simple blood samples.