Tag: equity
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Start-Up Creating Off-the-Shelf Stem Cell Therapies
A new company is licensing technology from the lab of its co-founder at Harvard University to develop stem cell therapies for any recipients, without causing immune reactions.
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Infographic – Germany Beats U.K. in Top Venture Funds
A new analysis from technology market intelligence company GlobaData, based in London, shows the top 2 enterprises attracting venture financing in Europe during 2018 were German companies.
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Venture Funds, Mergers in A.I. Up Sharply in 2018
Start-up companies working in artificial intelligence scored sizeable increases in venture financing, and were highly prized acquisition targets in 2018, a new analysis shows.
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Biogen Acquires Gene Therapy Company in $800M Deal
A company developing treatments for inherited eye diseases that replace malfunctioning with healthy genes is being acquired by biotechnology company Biogen.
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Gene Therapy Company Acquired in $4.3B Deal
Spark Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that pioneered gene therapies, is being acquired by drug maker Roche Group in a deal valued at $4.3 billion.
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Start-Up Raises $10.5M for Precision Immunotherapies
A new biotechnology enterprise developing personalized treatments that harness the immune system to treat cancer is raising $10.5 million in its first venture funding round.
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Company to Stop Cancer Spread, Relapse Raises $60.8M
A new company formed to commercialize research that aims to prevent cancer from spreading or recurring is raising $60.75 million in its first venture financing.
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Venture Fund Formed to Back Longevity Research
A new venture capital fund is being formed to finance start-up companies developing technologies that aim to extend healthy human life spans.
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Infographic – Apple Phone Sales Down, Wearables Up
Apple makes more than phones, and while the volume of sales in these other company units is smaller, the percentage gains from last year are healthy.
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Expanding Gel Pill Designed for Long-Term Diagnostics
An ingestible gel capsule is shown in tests with animals to expand and reside in the stomach for as long as a month for delivering drugs or monitoring bodily functions.