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Boston’s Got The Big Mo in Biotech, But SF Won’t Go Down Easy |  |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech January 21st, 2013 .
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San Francisco is used to being No. 1 in lots of things. It’s there in technology, and in biotechnology. Every magazine that ever ranked ‘Best Places to Live’ is practically required to put it near…
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Boston’s Got Big Mo in Biotech, But SF is Pushing Back | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech January 21st, 2013 .
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San Francisco is used to being No. 1 in lots of things. It’s there in technology, and in biotechnology. Every magazine that ever ranked ‘Best Places to Live’ is practically required to put it near…
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Sanford-Burnham’s CEO Sees Incredible Opportunity in Move to Roche | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech January 16th, 2013 .
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John Reed says his decision to resign as CEO of Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute was not planned—but came about with an offer to join the Swiss pharmaceutical giant—and he cited both…
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After Clinical Trial Setback, San Diego’s MediciNova Sets New Course | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech January 8th, 2013 .
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MediciNova (NASDAQ: MNOV) didn’t have much of a fallback strategy last May, when the San Diego biotech reported that a mid-stage trial of bedoradrine sulfate for intravenous treatment of acute asthma…
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The Fiscal Cliff Is Forcing a Biomedical Day of Reckoning | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech December 31st, 2012 .
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Sarah Palin, the onetime candidate for the second-highest elected office in the U.S., once delivered a rant on the campaign trail about waste she perceived in federal support of fruit fly research….
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Xconomist of the Week: Alexis Borisy Still Likes Early Stage Biotechs | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech December 20th, 2012 .
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The trending topic among biotech people and the people who fund them these days is that it is almost impossible to scrounge up financing for startups in the earliest stages of drug development. As…
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Five Tips for Building a Successful Relationship with the FDA | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech December 19th, 2012 .
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I recently led an initiative to communicate more proactively and frequently with the leaders of the FDA about issues specifically related to improving the agency’s focus on innovative biomedical and…
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Avelas Bio Raises $7.65M to Advance Fluorescing Diagnostic for Cancer | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech December 6th, 2012 .
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San Diego’s Avelas Biosciences says today it has closed on $7.65 million in a Series A financing round—raised entirely from San Diego-based Avalon Ventures—to advance the use of fluorescing tags that…
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The Few and the Proud: The Biotech Startup Class of 2012 | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech November 26th, 2012 .
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[Updated: 3:35 pm PT, 12/3/12] Quick: Can you name three exciting biotech companies that got started, in your city, in 2012? I can’t, as a citizen of Seattle. Chances are, no matter where you live in…
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San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: Allergan, Qualcomm Life, & More | |
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Posted by sandiegobiotech November 21st, 2012 .
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We saw a spate of funding deals and other activity in the week or so preceding Thanksgiving. Here’s our roundup of life sciences news, with best wishes from Xconomy for your Thanksgiving holiday….
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