BioAdvance Company Profile
BioAdvance was awarded $33.8 million from the Commonwealth’s share of tobacco settlement monies to grow the life sciences industry in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Fulfilling this mission, BioAdvance is:
Investing in emerging life sciences technologies with the most promising commercialization prospects.
Accelerating the transfer of technology from research laboratories to start-ups and established companies.
Building collaborations between academic, entrepreneurial, corporate, financial, and government partners.
Attracting, retaining, and supporting life sciences entrepreneurs.
BioAdvance has allocated $20 million to its Greenhouse Fund, which provides between $5,000 and $500,000 investments in new therapeutics, biomedical devices, diagnostics and platform technologies that have the potential of improving human health. Another $2.5 million is allocated to each of two initiatives that build on the region’s unmatched base of academic institutions, research facilities, hospitals and its biosciences industry. One initiative is focused on the emerging field of bioinformatics and the second supports increased access to the region’s clinical trials capabilities.
Location
Corporation of Southeastern Pennsylvania3701 Market Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19104
United States of America
Contact
Phone: (215) 966-6214
Fax: (215) 966-6215
Email: info@bioadvance.com
News Articles
BioAdvance Expands Team to Support Portfolio Companies and New Investments
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioAdvance, a leading early-stage investor in life sciences companies, today announced the addition of Gregory R. Harriman, M.D., as Venture Partner, a...
BioAdvance Announces Investment Activity in PA Life Science Companies
BioAdvance, the Biotechnology Greenhouse Corporation of Southeastern Pennsylvania, today announced commitments of $2.4 million to seven new life science companies, two academic te...
Novira raises $23M in series A
Novira Therapeutics Inc. (Radnor, Pa.) raised $23 million in a series A round co-led by new investors 5AM Ventures and Canaan Partners. New investor WuXi PharmaTech Inc. (NYSE:WX) also participated, a...
Ceptaris receives complete response letter for CTCL product
Ceptaris Therapeutics Inc. (Malvern, Pa.) said it received a complete response letter from FDA for a topical gel formulation of mechlorethamine to treat early stage mycosis fungoides, a type of cutane...
[Novira] gets $23mm in Series A financing
[Novira Therapeutics Inc.] has raised $23mm in the first tranche of its Series A financing co-led by first-time backers 5AM Ventures and Canaan Partners, which each added a board member (5AM’s partn...
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