Insights on Issues & Trends that Impact Investments in Healthcare & Life Science Businesses
Clarus Ventures has set out to raise $375 million for a new life sciences VC fund, according to multiple reports, including a San Francisco Business Times report.
Clarus Ventures is a healthcare VC firm with offices in Cambridge, Mass.…
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Akebia Therapeutics has announced (pdf) it has completed a $41 million Series C financing.
Akebia Therapeutics, headquartered in Cincinnati, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of small molecules for the treatment of anemia and vascular disease.
Satter…
Radius Health, Inc., has announced it has completed a new equity financing of $43 million.
Radius, based in a Cambridge, Mass., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new therapeutics for the treatment of osteoporosis and other women’s health…
In light of the integrity and clinical issues raised by the New England Compounding Centers far-reaching recalls in late 2012, the FDA has urged officials from all 50 states to close regulatory loopholes involving the safety of compounding drugs for…
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Versartis, Inc. has announced it has raised $25 million in series C financing led by Aisling Capital.
Versartis, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for patients with endocrine disorders.
Aisling Capital, headquartered in…
Referencing S. O’Shea, R. Ricchio’s Law360 article “Mixing Agency Rules May Mean More Taxable Medical Devices" , our McGuireWoods colleagues Melissa Gilmore and Mary DeBartolo recently queried which medical devices are taxable and noted conflicting agency interpretations.
As our colleagues note…
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Just minutes and hours after the US Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision regarding the constitutionality of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) on June 28th, commentators in all walks of life scrambled to offer their insights…
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Apparently some early participants in the accountable care organization (ACO) program are experiencing problems accessing crucial CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) data.
The acting administrator of CMS has reported to ACO supervisors and others at a conference last…
It is virtually impossible to turn on a TV, radio or podcast . . . or pick up a newspaper or peruse the internet . . . without hearing that the U.S. Supreme Court today began three days of potentially…
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Perhaps despite not having the cache of ‘guaranteed-weight-loss’, ‘quit smoking now’ or even a cure-all for cancer, pharmaceuticals for the treatment of rare diseases can be an attractive investment strategy.
Amicus Therapeutics is the developer of small molecule, orally administered…
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