10
Jun
2008
Otsuka Pharmaceutical entered into a collaboration agreement to use SomaLogic’s proprietary aptamer technology to discover and develop novel diagnostic products and to design research tools that will enhance Otsuka’s discovery and development efforts. SomaLogic will receive research funding and will be entitled to receive a royalty on any marketed products developed as a result of [...]
10
Jun
2008
Colorado life scientist’s and life science companies have recently been appearing left and right in the national spotlight, first in Popular Science then in Newsweek and now…Did you happen to catch 60 Minutes this past Sunday night? If not, the segment on Howard Hughes and how the Howard Hughes Medical Institute came to fruition featured [...]
08
Jun
2008
Allos Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ALTH) announced positive interim data from their Phase I dose optimization study of PDX (pralatrexate) with vitamin B12 and folic acid supplementation in patients with relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). The data demonstrated activity in a range of doses, and will continue with the objective of determining the optimal dose [...]
05
Jun
2008
Perhaps 2008 will commemorate a year of transition for the Colorado life science ecosystem marked now by a third company to announce a name change. CaridianBCT origins date back to 1964 when founders Bob Collins and Ran Bellows established COBE Laboratories to meet emerging needs for custom heart-lung tubing packs. COBE evolved into a market [...]
04
Jun
2008
$76.1M From NIH to Fund CCTSI
Posted in My Rants
Congratulations to the University of Colorado Denver for receiving a $76.1M five-year grant from the NIH designed to accelerate scientific discovery towards commercialized products, improve patient health and fulfill the critical need to train the next generation of clinical and translational researchers. These goals and more are to be achieved within the virtual walls of [...]
03
Jun
2008
On the heels of Tensegrity Prosthetics prominent feature in Popular Science (HERE) comes a recent Newsweek article (HERE) presenting a high level description of the green gene revolution or the marriage of biotechnology and agriculture. When referring to the art of leveraging agricultural products as therapeutics manufacturing plants (no pun intended…well maybe) Ventria Bioscience (Ft. [...]
02
Jun
2008
Do you plan to attend BIO in two weeks? If so be certain to attend the Colorado pre-conference networking reception on 10 June 5:00 – 6:30pm at the Governor’s Mansion Carriage House. Be certain to RSVP if you are planning to attend, contact Becky Chandler 303.892.3707 or becky.chandler@state.co.us. We can thank the Colorado Bio Science [...]
02
Jun
2008
Larry Nelson does fantastic work with w3w3, “Colorado’s Voice of the Technology Community”. Most recently he interviewed Taligen Therapeutics co-founders, CSO V. Michael Holers, MD and President & CEO Woodruff Emlen, MD. Take a listen here to learn more about how Taligen levered their proof-of-concept funding to a $65M Series B financing (HERE). If the [...]
02
Jun
2008
BioBeers Next Meeting: 24 June
Posted in BioBeers
As the Chairman of the Board sang, ”Start spreading the news…” The next BioBeers is set for 24 June at 7:00pm in Boulder at The Foundry roof-top deck; one of the best roof-top views in all of Boulder. We have ordered a beautiful starry night as backdrop for plenty of bio-networking, a little bio-bacchanalia and, [...]
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