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Monday, February 6, 2012
Brown University biochip may lead to saliva glucose detector
Brown University researchers have created an experimental biochip that may one day test for miniscule levels of glucose in saliva rather than requiring diabetics to suffer repeated and painful finger pricks, lead scientist Domenico Pacifici told Mass High Tech in an interview.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Alnylam to speed lead drug candidates' development
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge said it will accelerate develop of two lead drug candidates that offer the greatest commercial opportunity, and that it has discovered a novel method to monitor the activity of RNAi in blood samples and granted the first license to Isis Pharmaceuticals.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Radius Health files IPO, aims for $86M
Radius Health Inc., a Cambridge biotech that has raised at least $198 million in financing, on Monday filed to go public in an offering that could raise up to $86.2 million. The filing follows the completed IPO of another Cambridge biotech, Verastem, last month.
Monday, February 6, 2012
BU researchers find new drug delivery model
Boston University biomedical engineer and chemist Mark Grinstaff and his research team have developed a potentially new form of drug delivery using water-resistant materials that may contribute to longer-lasting drug release, according to a published report.
Monday, February 6, 2012
MindChild Medical seeks FDA nod for fetal heart monitor
North Andover startup MindChild Medical Inc. has filed a 510(k) pre-market notification application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Meridian non-invasive fetal heart monitor.
Monday, February 6, 2012
RainDance, Sony collaborate on sequencing consumables
RainDance Technologies Inc. of Lexington said it has developed methods to manufacture microdroplet-based smart consumables for high-throughput targeted DNA sequencing applications with its partners Digital Biology Co. and Sony DADC Austria AG.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Navidea expands from Ohio into Andover office
Ohio life sciences company Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. is opening a business office in Andover to help it commercialize an imaging agent to detect lymph-node cancer it plans to launch later this year.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Personal genomes hold eventual promise for treatments
Personal genomes could dramatically improve targeted, personalized treatments for patients with cancer or other illnesses, but it could take another five to 10 years before they pick up traction in the healthcare market, genetics experts told an MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge meeting last night.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
iRobot share price falls 33 percent on defense outlook
IRobot Corp.’s stock has lost a third of its value, after the company announced it would likely lose a significant chunk of its revenue from military contracts in the current year, due to constrained Department of Defense budgets.
Monday, February 6, 2012
InnoCentive buys OmniCompete for innovation challenges
InnoCentive Inc., a Waltham developer of an incentive platform technology, has acquired OmniCompete Ltd., a U.K.-based provider of innovation competitions in the areas of security, energy, healthcare and cloud computing.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Brightcove sets IPO share range, boosts offering to $69M
Online video services firm Brightcove has boosted the amount of money its looking to raise from its IPO, to $69 million from $50 million, and said it expects to sell shares for up to $12 a piece.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Satcon stock rises more than 55% on China deal
Shares of utility-scale power conversion product supplier Satcon Technology Corp. of Boston jumped more than 55 percent to 87 cents per share in mid-day trading Tuesday after the company said it had inked a five-year sales, marketing and distribution agreement in China.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Zmags makes Merryweather the new CFO
Rich media marketing company Zmags Inc. has named Hugh Merryweather, former global CFO and head of new business development at concierge services provider Circles, as the Boston company's new CFO.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Akamai advances mobile plans with Blaze buy
Akamai Technologies Inc. has bought Canadian company Blaze Software Inc. for an undisclosed amount of cash, to give it a technology that speeds up Web page rendering by optimizing delivery of content.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
NeuroMetrix eyes $10.5M from securities offering
NeuroMetrix Inc., a Waltham medical device firm, is seeking $10.5 million from a public offering of stock and warrants. The company said it expects to apply the proceeds to commercializing its nerve conduction test and developing its pain therapy device.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Blog: Cost of patent reexamination may skyrocket
Thomas McNulty of Lando & Anastasi LLP: On Jan. 25, 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which included a proposal to substantially increase the fees for requesting "ex parte reexamination." This fee increase will certainly affect the number of such requests filed, likely at the expense of innovation.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Verizon and Coinstar team on Netflix-like venture
California-based Netflix Inc. shares started the day down 2.5 percent as an as-yet-unnamed venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Redbox operator Coinstar Inc. plans to provide streaming video on-demand and DVD and Blu-Ray disc rentals.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Stealthy Synchroneuron snaps up $6M in Series A round
Waltham biopharmaceutical Synchroneuron Inc. has raised $6 million in its Series A round of funding, the company said in a release.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
RI aids Utilidata's relocation with $500K loan
Rhode Island is luring Utilidata Inc., an energy technology company from Spokane, Wash., to its state with support from a $500,000 Renewable Energy Fund loan approved by the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Closing the Deal: Why it's so hard to discuss money
Winning Inc.'s Mike Myers: When working with clients, one of the biggest challenges is to get salespeople to effectively discuss money with prospects early in the sales process. Here are five strategies that can make you more effective when you talk about money.
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