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BioHealth Innovation, Inc. Names Ram Aiyar as Entrepreneur-in-Residence to NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

ROCKVILLE, Md. and BALTIMORE, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a regional private-public partnership focusing on commercializing market-relevant biohealth innovations and increasing access to early-stage funding in Central Maryland, today announced its selection of Ram Aiyar, Ph.D., M.B.A., as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) for BHI at the National...

eFFECTOR Therapeutics Raises $45 Million in Series A Financing

SAN DIEGO, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, a newly established biopharmaceutical company, today announced the completion of a $45 million Series A financing.  eFFECTOR is focused on inventing and developing small molecule drugs to selectively regulate protein synthesis, also known as translation, with an initial emphasis on cancer.  Series A investors include U.S. Ven...

Epilepsy Foundation Elects New Board Of Directors And Chairman

LANDOVER, Md., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Epilepsy Foundation, a national organization dedicated to serving all people with seizures, today announced the election of its first official Board of Directors, following the completion of its merger with the Epilepsy Therapy Project.  Directors from both organizations and several new nominees sit on the newly-formed board....

Sequent Medical, Inc. Launches New SL Family of WEB Aneurysm Embolization Devices

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sequent Medical, Inc. announced today that it has received CE mark for the SL ("Single Layer") family of WEB® Aneurysm Embolization Devices, and has commenced a controlled release of these new models in select neurovascular centers in Europe.  The SL family offers a lower profile and superior navigability that will enable physicians to tr...

Natus Medical Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Natus Medical (BABY) Q1 2013 Earnings Call May 20, 2013 8:00 am ET Executives James B. Hawkins - Chief Executive Officer and Director Jonathan A. Kennedy - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance John T. Buhler - President and Chief Operating Officer Analysts Matthew Dolan - Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Research Division Lawrence Solow - C...

Value Investors Take Note: Fire Sale On This Heart Failure Asset

ByPropThink: By Jake King With a capital raise recently out of the way and a pivotal trial enrolling towards a regulatory filing in the U.S., Sunshine Heart's (SSH) $60M market capitalization drastically discounts the long-term potential of the company's experimental heart assist device. The C-Pulse Heart Assist System is an implantable device being developed for the treatment of moderate to sev...

Elan to fund buying spree with USD800m high-yield bond

LONDON, May 20 (IFR) - Irish drugmaker Elan will stage a return to the bond market this week with a USD800m high-yield offering that will fund share purchases, capital expenditure and acquisitions.

European SMEs plan €412bn capital expenditure in next 12 months, GE Capital EMEA research finds

Spending intentions increase by nearly 20% on Q3 2012, driven by Western European SMEs' increasingly bullish attitude to investment 2.4m new jobs planned in next year, with total headcount intenti...

Great Point Partners Announces the Addition of Robert W. Thomas to the Firm’s CEO Advisory Board

Great Point Partners (“GPP”) announced the addition of seasoned medical device executive Robert W. Thomas to the firm’s CEO Advisory Board. GREENWICH, CT and SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Great Point Partners (“GPP”) announced the addition of seasoned medical device executive Robert W. Thomas to the firm’s CEO Advisory Board. CEO Advisory Board members at Great Point Partner...

RapidAdvance Turns to National Television Advertising Campaign to Reach Small Business Owners

Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Rapid Financial Services, LLC (dba RapidAdvance), one of the nation’s leading providers of short-term working capital to small businesses, today announced the debut of its first national television campaign....

TraceLink Discusses Life Science Supply Network Transformation at Cloud Computing East 2013

TraceLink discusses how a cloud-based network information architecture transforms global connectivity, visibility and collaboration across the pharmaceutical supply network at the 2013 Cloud Computing East Conference. Peter Spellman of TraceLink will describe why a cloud application platform provides the globally elastic computing resources and solution capabilities necessary to meet today's e...

Yongye International Provides Update on Status of Proposed Go Private Offer

BEIJING, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yongye International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YONG) ("Yongye" or the "Company"), a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of crop nutrient products in the People's Republic of China, today announced that, on May 16, 2013, the special committee (the "Special Committee") of the board of directors (the "Board of Directors") was provided a le...

VentureHealth Launches New Model for Funding Healthcare Innovations

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VentureHealth, an online healthcare investment portal for accredited investors, today announced a new model for equity crowdfunding.  Focused on innovations that dramatically improve clinical outcomes, VentureHealth is the first equity crowdfunding portal founded by professional investors.  The investment platform offers qualified inves...

The 14th Annual BioEquity Europe Conference Features 96 Innovator Companies With Differentiated Products, Upcoming Milestones and Partner-Ready Assets

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/13 -- BioCentury, EBD Group and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will convene the 14th Annual BioEquity Europe conference in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday, May 22, and Thursday, May 23, at the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel. Over 500 life science investment professionals and pharmaceutical business development and licensing executives already hav...

Tokai completes venture financing

ReXceptor completes venture financing

ElsaLys Biotech completes venture financing

Kite Pharma completes venture financing

Callidus Biopharma completes venture financing

A little less lumpy

Ebb & Flow A little less lumpy Atlas Venture recruited Amgen Inc. and Novartis AG as more than just new LPs in its ninth fund - the VC hopes closer ties with the companies will deliver useful feedback on potential …

Mercury Systems to Present at the KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive and Transportation Conference

CHELMSFORD, Mass., May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercury Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRCY) (www.mrcy.com), a best-of- breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Big Data processing systems for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications, announced that it will participate in the KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive, and Transportation Conference to be held M...

GNCC Capital, Inc. Reaches Agreement to Acquire White Hills Gold Properties

NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GNCC Capital, Inc. (Pink Sheets:GNCP) ("the Company") announces as follows: It has reached an Agreement to acquire the "White Hills" Gold Exploration Properties. It has filed its Second Quarter Financial Results for the period ended March 31, 2013. ACQUISITION OF "WHITE HILLS": The Company has now reached an agreement to acquire "White Hill...

Rockwell Medical Closes $40.3 Million Public Offering of Common Stock

WIXOM, MI -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/13 -- Rockwell Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMTI), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company targeting end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) with innovative products and services for the treatment of iron deficiency, secondary hyperparathyroidism and hemodialysis, announced today the closing of the sale of 13,196,721 common shares, includ...

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory Appoints Michael Guo Head of Asia

LONDON, May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Group Holdings (NYSE:WSH), the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, today announced further expansion of its insurance industry investment banking platform Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) with the appointment of Michael Guo as Managing Director and Head of Asia, effective immediately. Based in Hong Kong, Guo will repor...

SMG Indium Resources Ltd. Announces Special 10 Cent Quarterly Return of Capital to Shareholders and Boosts Stock Repurchase Program to $3 Million

NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SMG Indium Resources Ltd. (the "Company") (OTCBB:SMGI) (OTCBB:SMGIW) (OTCBB:SMGIU), today announced a special cash distribution to shareholders and an increase in its authorized stock repurchase plan to address the discount at which the common stock trades below the Net Market Value ("NMV")* of the Company. The Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"...