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Biotech Briefing: Local Biotech Venture Capital Update

December 13, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Reports + Research Local Biotech Venture Capital Update DealForma catalogues the largest local venture capital sources, including number and total of venture rounds.? Leading the pack for number of venture rounds are Avalon Ventures and Correlation Ven… […]

WuXi AppTec cruises toward a steady debut in Hong Kong stock exchange, ending flat on IPO price

December 13, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Completing a grand plan for a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong in the span of seven months, WuXi AppTec has debuted on the HKEX, ending the day at its original IPO price.
Net proceeds will register at $967 million (HK $7,553 million), the company… […]

SDSC?s ?Trestles? Supercomputer Still Going Strong Three+ Years Later

December 12, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

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UC San Diego to Partner with New Allen Institute for Immunology

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Allen Institute gives $125 million to new immunology institute; UC San Diego a partner

December 12, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

The Allen Institute has donated $125 million to a new division dedicated to understanding the human immune system. Partners include UC San Diego and four other academic centers, the institute said Wednesday. Paul Allen, the late Microsoft cofounder… […]

Early Surveillance with L-Dex® Reduces Incidence, Severity & Cost of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema, ImpediMed Reports Publication in American Cancer Society Journal

December 12, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

BRISBANE, Australia & CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lymphedema?src=hash" target="_blank"gt;#Lymphedemalt;/agt;–L-Dex Reduces Incidence, Severity & Cost of Breast Cancer-Related Ly… […]

Apexian Pharmaceuticals Presents Findings at ASH Meeting Demonstrating APX3330 Impact on Inflammation and Leukemia?in Preclinical Models

December 12, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apexian Pharmaceuticals is shedding light on the question of how pre-leukemic cells transform into full-blown leukemia. Genetic mutations by themselves are rarely enough to flip the switch. Inflammation also plays a role…. […]

Truepic Acquires Image Forensics IP to Broaden Anti-Fraud Offering

December 11, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Image authentication startup Truepic said Tuesday it has acquired the intellectual property and software behind San Jose-based Fourandsix Technologies?including Izitru, an image forensics technology licensed earlier this year by DARPA. Fourandsix (pron… […]

With New Cash, Sensemetrics Aims to Take Industrial IoT Tech Global

December 11, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Thinking about Internet-connected devices often brings to mind ?smart? home appliances and consumer gadgets. San Diego startup Sensemetrics is applying that technology to the industrial Internet-of-things sector (IIoT), selling access to its cloud plat… […]

Pfizer adds 100 to cancer research center in La Jolla

December 11, 2018 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Pfizer is adding 100 jobs to its oncology research center in La Jolla, increasing employment to more than 900. Pfizer is transferring those positions from its site in South San Francisco. The move, announced Monday, was made to simplify the structu… […]