Minerva Surgical reported a funding round worth $16.7 million and said it wants to raise $10 million more. Redwood City, Calif.-based Minerva, founded in 2008, is developing technologies for treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding. Its flagship device is the Aurora endometrial ablation system, which targets and eliminates the endometrial hyperplasia in a procedure that takes as little […]
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NeuroMetrix raises $7m in private placement of preferred stocks, warrants
NeuroMetrix (NSDQ:NURO) said today that it entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with an undisclosed investor for a private offering of 7,000 shares of Series E convertible preferred stock at $1,000 apiece, as well as warrants to purchase 10 million shares of common stock at an exercise price of ¢70 per share. The warrants will expire […]
Mesoblast gains on A$29m investment deal with Mallinckrodt
Shares in stem cell company Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) rose 7% to A$1.51 yesterday after it said that it entered into an equity purchase agreement with US drugmaker Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:MNK). Mallinckrodt will buy 20.04 million, or nearly 5%, of Mesoblast’s ordinary shares for A$1.48 apiece. According to the agreement, Mallinckrodt will have 9 months to […]
NeuroMetrix raises $27m to buy back convertible shares, warrants
NeuroMetrix (NSDQ:NURO) said today that it raised $26.5 million in a public offering. The offering was priced at 70¢ per share of common stock, via a warrants exercise. The warrants have an exercise price of 70¢ per share and will expire 5 years after their issuance date. The company expects to spend nearly $19.5 million from the offering to […]
TransEnterix shores up balance sheet with $25m stock sale deal
TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said today that it inked a deal to sell up to $25 million worth of stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund over 3 years. Research Triangle Park, N.C-based TransEnterix said the deal values any sales based on its share price at the time. The company markets a robot-assisted surgery platform that incorporates haptics and eye-tracking technology called Senhance. […]
Cerus raises funds for phase III trial of Intercept red blood cell system
Cerus Corporation (NSDQ:CERS) said today that it exercised $10.8 million in additional options from its contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority, a part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. The funds will go towards in vitro pathogen inactivation and red blood cell […]
TiGenix IPO raises $36m
TiGenix (EBR:TIG) said today that it raised $36 million in an initial public offering from the sale of 2.3 million American depository shares, representing 46 million ordinary shares, at $15.50 apiece. The biopharmaceutical company plans to list on the NASDAQ exchange under the “TIG” symbol by Dec. 15. It is listed on the Euronext Brussels under the same symbol. […]
Bayer, Versant close $225m Series A to launch stem cell company
Bayer (ETR:BAYN) and Versant Ventures said today that the 2 groups closed a $225 million Series A financing round to launch BlueRock Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine company focused on developing induced pluripotent stem cell therapies. The funds are estimated to support the company for 4 years as it advances cell therapy clinical programs for cardiovascular and degenerative diseases. “Accessing […]
Vapogenix closes $8.2m Series C for topical painkiller
Vapogenix Inc. said yesterday that it raised $8.2 million in a Series C financing round to fund the development of its locally-acting painkiller. Pamoja Capital and a group of pain physicians led the round. The Houston, Texas-based company’s technology is a topical formulation of volatile anesthetics, which are normally inhaled as general anesthesia. Vapogenix has developed […]
Acelity spikes $1B IPO
Wound care and regenerative medicine company Acelity yesterday spiked an initial public offering that could have fetched as much as $1 billion. Acelity, formerly Kinetic Concepts Inc., was acquired for $6.1 billion by Apax Partners and a pair of Canadian pension funds in a leveraged buyout in November 2011. The company, which makes wound care products, later […]
SRI wins $150m grant to develop HIV prevention products
SRI International said today that it landed a $150 million contract from the National Institutes of Health‘s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Division of AIDS to support the development of HIV microbicides and other pre-exposure agents. According to the 7-year deal, the research institute will provide preclinical product development services for non-vaccine […]