ANNOUNCEMENT

These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Topic: startup funding

Potential disease-altering drug for Alzheimer’s draws $6.4 million, with IND planned for 2014

Potential disease-altering drug for Alzheimer’s draws $6.4 million, with IND planned for 2014

May 6, 2013 1:51 pm by | 0 Comments

A preclinical drug aimed at preventing misfolded proteins from getting tangled in the brain and potentially causing neurodegenerative disease has drawn another $6.4 million from investors.The latest round for NeuroPhage ... Read more
Capital Royalty’s $805M fund could be a source of alternative funding for life science companies

Capital Royalty’s $805M fund could be a source of alternative funding for life science companies

May 2, 2013 10:15 am by | 0 Comments

Somewhere between venture funding and bank loans is a kind of investment that seems to fly under the radar, but apparently over the last several years has become increasingly popular ... Read more
Lipitor co-developer’s rebooted startup gets $33M for trials of cholesterol-lowering drug

Lipitor co-developer’s rebooted startup gets $33M for trials of cholesterol-lowering drug

April 30, 2013 5:15 pm by | 0 Comments

In its second wind as a company, Esperion Therapeutics (once owned by Pfizer) has just collected $33 million to continue with clinical trials of its cholesterol-lowering drug.Plymouth, Michigan-based Esperion is ... Read more
An IT solution for employers aims to keep them compliant with changes under ACA

An IT solution for employers aims to keep them compliant with changes under ACA

April 23, 2013 4:11 pm by | 0 Comments

Just like patient data is held in various silos through the health system, so is employee data siloed in large businesses. That poses some challenges when it comes to meeting ... Read more
At-home testing for sleep apnea draws $32.2M from investors in Florida device company

At-home testing for sleep apnea draws $32.2M from investors in Florida device company

April 19, 2013 10:31 am by | 0 Comments

A medical device company hoping to move sleep apnea testing out of expensive and uncomfortable labs and into the realm of primary care has gotten a boost from at least ... Read more
Heat Biologics gets $5M to usher heat shock protein therapy into phase 2 lung cancer trials

Heat Biologics gets $5M to usher heat shock protein therapy into phase 2 lung cancer trials

April 17, 2013 4:30 pm by | 0 Comments

A company developing an off-the-shelf immunotherapy that it thinks can turn tumors into adjuvant-secreting machines has some fresh capital as it heads into phase 2 clinical trials.Twenty investors have put ... Read more
Gene therapy to restore muscle power to the heart nets UW spinoff $2.5 million

Gene therapy to restore muscle power to the heart nets UW spinoff $2.5 million

April 17, 2013 9:50 am by | 0 Comments

Damaged or weakened heart muscle that can’t pump enough blood to the rest of the body causes a host of problems that fall under the classification of heart failure. Researchers ... Read more
Kidney drug that uses fatty acid derivatives anticipates first in-human trials this summer

Kidney drug that uses fatty acid derivatives anticipates first in-human trials this summer

April 16, 2013 10:51 am by | 0 Comments

The start of Q2 means the nearing of a big milestone for Pittsburgh drug startup Complexa Inc. — if it can raise the necessary capital.Complexa is looking for a $7 ... Read more
RedBrick Health rounds up $14 million to refine workplace wellness programs

RedBrick Health rounds up $14 million to refine workplace wellness programs

April 15, 2013 12:24 pm by | 2 Comments

As more companies incentivize employees to live healthier lifestyles, the corporate wellness market has become fertile ground for digital health startups.That means the more established players have to push themselves ... Read more
Wireless scanner combines 3D ultrasound and image processing in a hand-held device

Wireless scanner combines 3D ultrasound and image processing in a hand-held device

April 15, 2013 10:34 am by | 1 Comments

A hand-held, battery-operated device that integrates imaging and image processing technology could in the near future allow medical professionals to take 3D ultrasound images with minimal training and at a ... Read more
Telemedicine company HealthSpot rolls out kiosks in select health systems, raises Series C

Telemedicine company HealthSpot rolls out kiosks in select health systems, raises Series C

April 12, 2013 5:04 pm by | 5 Comments

Since debuting its telehealth kiosk at CES in January, three-year-old HealthSpot has raised at least $10.4 million in Series C funding and is working on building a national provider network ... Read more
RNAi therapeutics company starts up in San Diego with $580K

RNAi therapeutics company starts up in San Diego with $580K

April 10, 2013 3:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Since Craig C. Mello and Andrew Fire published a paper in Nature on the gene-silencing effect of RNA interference in 1998 (for which they won a Nobel Prize in 2006), ... Read more
Hand-held concussion-screening device picks up $2.2 million; could launch this year

Hand-held concussion-screening device picks up $2.2 million; could launch this year

April 10, 2013 11:18 am by | 0 Comments

A portable, hand-held device that uses a drop of blood to screen athletes and military personnel for concussions could soon be on the market if all goes well for an ... Read more
Big Pharma venture firms pitch in to $18M round for Phase 2 anti-inflammatory drug developer

Big Pharma venture firms pitch in to $18M round for Phase 2 anti-inflammatory drug developer

April 5, 2013 9:04 am by | 0 Comments

The venture arms of Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer are among investors in an $18 million round for a Vancouver drug company developing small molecule therapeutics for inflammatory diseases.The Series ... Read more
Social+Capital Partnership puts $5M behind sensor clip and app for asthma inhalers

Social+Capital Partnership puts $5M behind sensor clip and app for asthma inhalers

April 4, 2013 3:53 pm by | 0 Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared Asthmapolis device is small and unflashy, but that’s part of what’s making it so valuable across the spectrum of patients, physicians, payers and public ... Read more