Neuronetics (NSDQ:STIM) and Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) are the latest companies to announce that they entered into loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The U.S. Small Business Association administers the PPP as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Under the PPP, 75% of the loan proceeds must be used for payroll purposes, […]
Obalon Therapeutics
Obalon to raise less from stock purchasing agreement
Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) announced that it entered into a new purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund that will see a previously agreed purchase of $20 million of Obalon’s common stock drop to $15 million. The new purchase agreement between the two companies is replacing the existing deal from Dec. 27, 2018. The previous agreement has […]
Obalon treats first patient at weight loss clinic
Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) said last week that it treated the first patients at its company-owned Obalon Center for Weight Loss in San Diego. The San Diego-based company produces an FDA-approved swallowable, gas-filled intra-gastric balloon for non-surgical weight loss. Obalon said the new center is staffed with physicians specializing in weight loss, along with nutritional counselors and […]
Obalon pays off its long-term debt
Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) said yesterady that it retired the remaining $5 million of its long-term debt facility with Pacific Western Bank. The San Diego-based company, which produces an FDA-approved swallowable, gas-filled intra-gastric balloon for weight loss, had previously cut its debt to Pacific Western Bank from $20 milllion to the remaining $5 million in July, while […]
Innoblative taps ex-Lumicell chief Londy for CEO | Personnel Moves, Sept. 13, 2019
Innoblative Designs last week named former Lumicell chief executive Kelly Londy as its new CEO. Apart from her two-year stint at the Lumicell helm, Londy was COO at Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) and worked at GE Healthcare and Philips Healthcare. “Innoblative’s Sira RF ablation device offers unique capabilities that address shortcomings in the current advanced energy surgical market,” […]
Obalon prices $15m offering
Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) today priced a stock offering worth $15 million, with proceeds pegged to finance its pivot to retail. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based company said it plans to float roughly 2.02 million shares of common stock together with warrants for 1.5 million shares of common stock and 1.74 million pre-funded warrants, each exercisable for one […]
Obalon slashes debt, raises $9m for weight loss balloon
Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) said today that it slashed its debt load and added nearly $9 million to its coffers as it pivots toward a retail strategy. In April the Carlsbad, Calif.-based company, which makes a gas-filled balloon designed to treat obesity, revealed plans to lay off 50% of its employees, including all of its direct sales force, as it […]
Obalon readies $17m offering for retail pivot
Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) last week registered a stock offering worth more than $17 million that it plans to use to finance its pivot to retail. In April the Carlsbad, Calif.-based company, which makes a gas-filled balloon designed to treat obesity, revealed plans to lay off 50% of its employees, including all of its direct sales force, in a […]
Tevosol taps Organ Recovery Systems vet Mills for CEO | Personnel Moves, June 17, 2019
Tevosol said it named Organ Recovery Systems veteran Ron Mills to be its new CEO. “Ron knows our technology and our market,” co-founder & CSO Dr. Darren Freed said in prepared remarks. “He brings a wealth of relevant experience to our team and adds a spark of creativity to drive the next exciting stage of […]
HeartFlow taps ex-Beaver-Visitec CEO Mead as chief exec | Personnel Moves – May 28, 2019
HeartFlow said today that it named former Beaver-Visitec prez & CEO Dana Mead, Jr., as its new president and CEO, replacing current prez & CEO Dr. John Stevens, who will continue to serve on the board as chair. Prior to joining Beaver-Visitec, Mead served as a strategic advisor and partner in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & […]
Obalon taps Cowen to explore ‘strategic alternatives’
Obalon Therapeutics (NSDQ:OBLN) today tapped an advisory firm to explore “strategic alternatives,” a week after revealing plans to cut its workforce in half. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based company, which makes a gas-filled balloon designed to treat obesity, said April 3 that it would lay off 49 of its 100 employees, including all of its direct sales force, […]
