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Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

May 13, 2013 6:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Women in entrepreneurship is a hot button issue right now. Women represent a significantly smaller number of executives and entrepreneurs then men and far fewer aspire to positions of leadership. ... Read more
Down with the Gown: Researchers crowdfund redesign of hospital gown

Down with the Gown: Researchers crowdfund redesign of hospital gown

May 31, 2012 4:38 pm by | 2 Comments

A team at North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles is asking patients to help them solve a long-standing problem: embarrassing hospital gowns.Anyone who has been a hospital patient knows ... Read more
With cancer products set for launches, DARA preps for commercialization

With cancer products set for launches, DARA preps for commercialization

May 29, 2012 12:39 pm by | 0 Comments

With its cancer products portfolio nearing a launch, DARA BioSciences (NASDAQ:DARA) is making the adjustments necessary to transition to become a revenue-producing company.DARA earlier this month closed on a stock ... Read more
BDSI’s cancer pain product preps for Europe, triggers $2.5M milestone

BDSI’s cancer pain product preps for Europe, triggers $2.5M milestone

May 21, 2012 11:00 am by | 0 Comments

The breakthrough cancer pain treatment developed by BioDelivery Sciences (NASDAQ:BDSI) International is making progress toward entering the European market, triggering a $2.5 milestone payment from BDSI’s drug partner Meda Pharmaceuticals.The ... Read more
Run a clinical trial, get paid faster — Clinverse raises $3.8M for software

Run a clinical trial, get paid faster — Clinverse raises $3.8M for software

May 7, 2012 5:39 pm by | 1 Comments

The clinical trials process is becoming more of an electronic endeavor as the proliferation of data sparks new software to efficiently manage it. But one aspect of these studies has ... Read more
FDA extends review of SLXP diarrhea drug; Napo explores new indications

FDA extends review of SLXP diarrhea drug; Napo explores new indications

April 30, 2012 7:00 pm by | 0 Comments

AIDS patients expecting approval of a new HIV-associated diarrhea treatment in June must wait at least another three months for a decision.Salix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SLXP) had been scheduled for a June ... Read more
PRA reaches clinical research deal for AMGN’s global biosimilar portfolio

PRA reaches clinical research deal for AMGN’s global biosimilar portfolio

April 26, 2012 1:21 pm by | 0 Comments

Amgen‘s (NASDAQ:AMGN) biosimilar drug portfolio will be studied in clinical trials in alliance with clinical research organization PRA.PRA has entered into a strategic partnership with Amgen to do work on ... Read more
FDA pushes decision on SLXP’s constipation drug Relistor to July

FDA pushes decision on SLXP’s constipation drug Relistor to July

April 25, 2012 12:03 pm by | 0 Comments

Salix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SLXP) must wait a little longer for a regulatory decision on its constipation treatment Relistor.An approval decision was expected on April 27. But the U.S. Food and Drug ... Read more
Novel heart disease diagnostic would measure risk by testing the gut

Novel heart disease diagnostic would measure risk by testing the gut

April 19, 2012 3:20 pm by | 0 Comments

The saying that the way to a man’s heart is through the stomach might be true in more ways than one. Diagnostics company LipoScience is developing a new cardiovascular disease ... Read more
DARA securities sale nets $9.2M; proceeds to support cancer portfolio

DARA securities sale nets $9.2M; proceeds to support cancer portfolio

April 17, 2012 12:30 pm by | 0 Comments

The cancer products portfolio that DARA BioSciences (NASDAQ:DARA) has been building by acquisition now has more than $9 million in fresh capital to help bring those products to market.The pharmaceutical ... Read more
Patent award to BDSI triggers $15M milestone payment from Endo Pharma

Patent award to BDSI triggers $15M milestone payment from Endo Pharma

April 17, 2012 10:30 am by | 0 Comments

A drug delivery technology patent awarded to BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI) has triggered a $15 million milestone payment from drug partner Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENDP).Raleigh, North Carolina-based BDSI said today that ... Read more
First aid for funding gaps: Rex Health creates early-stage investment fund

First aid for funding gaps: Rex Health creates early-stage investment fund

April 13, 2012 11:41 am by | 0 Comments

Early stage life science companies looking to fill a funding gap now have another avenue: a hospital.Rex Healthcare is creating a $10 million fund to invest in healthcare innovations and ... Read more
Opioid dependence treatment from BDSI aims to challenge RB’s Suboxone

Opioid dependence treatment from BDSI aims to challenge RB’s Suboxone

April 12, 2012 12:28 pm by | 1 Comments

As drug abuse grows and drug addiction specialists seek new ways to treat opioid dependence, BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI) is positioning itself to enter that market as early as next ... Read more
Sprout Pharma takes root raising $5M for sexual dysfunction drug

Sprout Pharma takes root raising $5M for sexual dysfunction drug

April 4, 2012 9:00 am by | 0 Comments

Could a female Viagra be developed? Sprout Pharmaceuticals wants to find out if it can make a so-called pink Viagra and it’s picking up where German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim ... Read more
Wellness programs can put state health plan costs on a diet

Wellness programs can put state health plan costs on a diet

March 29, 2012 7:00 am by | 0 Comments

Wellness programs that encourage workers to stop smoking or lose weight are showing up in more health insurance plans, state health plans included.But North Carolina’s State Health Plan took a ... Read more