FierceBiotech – Intrexon partner AmpliPhi raises $13M for antibiotic R&D

March 11, 2015 | By Damian Garde – Link here. AmpliPhi BioSciences has lined up $13 million in private placement cash, selling stock and warrants to fund its pipeline of treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections. The Richmond, VA, biotech is issuing nearly 79 million shares at $0.165 apiece to a group of investors including partner Intrexon ($XON), […]

AmpliPhi BioSciences Corporation Announces $13 Million Financing

March 10, 2015 05:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Link here. RICHMOND, Va. & LJUBLJANA, Slovenia & SYDNEY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AmpliPhi BioSciences Corporation, (OTCQB: APHB), a global leader in bacteriophage-based antibacterial therapies to treat drug resistant infections, announced today that it has entered into definitive purchase agreements of common stock and warrants with a group of institutional accredited investors, […]

BioScience Managers $5M Cornerstone Investment in Saluda Medical

Potential breakthrough treatment for chronic pain Part of $10m capital raising BioScience Managers achieved a 24.7% IRR in its previous fund – top decile performance of international private equity and venture capital fund managers. 20 February 2015, Melbourne, Australia: Leading healthcare fund manager BioScience Managers has invested $5 million in novel chronic pain treatment company Saluda […]

Saluda announces Series B funding

Saluda Medical secures $10 million in new financing New funding secured for Saluda Medical is set to open the next chapter in commercialising breakthrough treatment of chronic pain. Link here. Friday, 20 February 2015: Saluda Medical has today announced that it has received $10 million in Series B financing bringing a breakthrough treatment for chronic pain – […]

Avita Medical Announces First Patient Enrolment in US Pivotal Study of ReCell® for the Treatment of Burns

Northridge, CA and Cambridge, UK, 28 January 2015. Link here. Avita Medical Ltd. (ASX: AVH), (OTCQX: AVMXY) a regenerative medicine company specializing in the treatment of wounds and skin defects, announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in the Company’s Pivotal Phase III burn trial for ReCell®. The FDA-approved study is designed to confirm the safety and […]

Smart inhaler helps asthmatic kids breathe easier

By Dylan Bushell-Embling   |   Posted in Medical devices on 22 January, 2015 Australian Life Scientist. Link here. A new smart inhaler developed respiratory technology company Nexus6 has been demonstrated to encourage child asthmatics to take medication. Children using the SmartTrack inhaler, which incorporates an audio reminder function into standard inhaler technology, were 180% more likely to […]

RXB – Robotic suit helps paralysed film director walk again

London Live – link here. Maleena Pone – 16th January 2015 Nicholas Fearon, known as ‘Pikki’, is a London-based film producer. With the support of the REX robot, Pikki will walk for the first time since he battled back from life threatening injuries he sustained in an accident 11 years ago. He was told doctors […]

AmpliPhi Provides Shareholder Update

Bacteriophage-based Antibacterial Therapies to Treat Drug Resistant Infections Advancing towards Human Clinical Studies 2015 Uplisting to Major Exchange Expected Richmond, VA, USA, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Sydney, Australia, January 05, 2015 – Link here. AmpliPhi BioSciences Corporation (OTCQB: APHB), the global leader in the development of bacteriophage-based antibacterial therapies to treat drug resistant infections, provided an update to […]

Pet therapeutic company Nexvet files for a $60 million IPO – Nasdaq

By Renaissance Capital,  December 30, 2014 Link here. Nexvet, which is developing biologics for the treatment of pain and inflammation in cats and dogs, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $60 million in an initial public offering. The Dublin, Ireland-based company, which was founded in 2010, plans to list on the NASDAQ […]

RXB – Northamptonshire: “Miracle” exoskeleton gives disabled people the chance to walk again

ITV Report link here. 22 December 2014 A physiotherapy service in Northamptonshire is giving people the chance to walk again with the world’s first self-supporting robotic exoskeleton. The device means people with mobility problems can move around without crutches or a walking frame. It’s got the backing of Winter Paralympic star Anna Turney who broke her back while snowboarding. […]