27
Jul
2006
The FDA has granted Allos Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ALTH) next-generation chemotherapy drug pralatrexate, or PDX, for the treatment of T-cell lymphoma, with an orphan drug designation. An orphan drug designation is assigned to a drug that targets the treatment of a disease with less than 200,000 sufferers in the U.S. The status provides seven years of [...]
24
Jul
2006
Hot Off the Press…
Posted in My Rants
E&Y and VentureOne have reported that U.S. venture capital investing reached its highest point in 4 1/2 years with $6.73 billion directed to 619 deals. Increased later stage funding was an important factor contributing to the overall rise in investment. Capital investment in health care companies increased 25% over the same quarter a year ago, [...]
24
Jul
2006
Click here for the conclusion of Larry Nelson’s w3w3 interview with David Drake, Director of the Fitzsimons BioBusiness Incubator (FBBi).
24
Jul
2006
Calling All Quants!
Posted in CO Public: Sirna, Events
Do not miss out on the Colorado Bioscience Association Finance Seminar on 27 July. Topics to be covered include accounting issues associated with stock compensation, and valuation issues incoporating Black-Scholes and lattice models. Register (here)
20
Jul
2006
Do not miss out on the 2nd Annual Venture Conference for the Northern Rockies, to be held on 24-25 August. The deadline for presenting companies at the Big Sky Venture Capital Conference is fast approaching. Deadline for submission: July 31st. There is a biotech track for companies seeking seed stage funding through mezzanine. Companies from [...]
17
Jul
2006
Part one of a two part interview with David Drake, Director of the Fitzsimons BioBusiness Incubator (FBBi) was posted on the w3w3 network this morning. Part two will be available next Monday. Please contact me if you have any question about FBBi. Listen to the interview podcast (Here). FBBi is dedicated to promoting the growth [...]
17
Jul
2006
Lafayette, Colorado-based Dharmacon, Inc., now a wholly owned subsidiary Fisher Scientific International (NYSE: FSH) continues to grow their Genome-Wide RNAi Global Initiative by recently adding new members including: Harvard Medical School,Stanford University SOM and the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. The Genome-Wide RNAi Global Initiative is an alliance of biomedical researchers, established to increase and [...]
16
Jul
2006
A tremendous resource for a penetrating insight into not just the Colorado life science community but the entire Colorado business and technology community is the w3w3® Media Network. w3w3® Talk Radio is a blend of Internet talk radio, an online business magazine and an aggregator of business development strategies. w3w3.com has launched both a PodCast [...]
08
Jul
2006
HB06-1360: A Bill Becomes a Law
Posted in My Rants
(Photo courtesy of w3w3.com Media Network) How A Bill Becomes Colorado Law To close this particular loop on HB06-1360…Governor Owens signed the bill into law on June 4th. Dr. Richard Duke (co-founder GlobeImmune and ApopLogic) spoke briefly at the enthusiastically charged and well attended signing ceremony on behalf of the life science sector. The law [...]
04
Jul
2006
Keith R. Porter: Where It All Began
Posted in People
(Kieth R. Porter second from left Harvard 1936, courtesy of KRP Foundation) It has been over a year since I addressed my Colorado Life Science Entrepreneur Profile category (time sure does fly…) where I highlighted some of the contributions of Larry Gold. Feeling a bit nostalgic on this Independence Day not only am I reminded [...]
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