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aTyr Pharma Raises an Additional $12 Million

...nvestor group of Alta Partners, Cardinal Partners, polaris Ventures and Paul Schimmel has valuable experience... www.cardinalpartners.com About polaris Ventures Established in 1996, with offices in Waltham and Seattle, polaris has over $3 billion under management. ...

Dual Frost & Sullivan Accolade for Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies

...rnkey solutions on a global basis to the pharmaceutical industry. High quality standard equipment offerings include ORION(TM), QUATTRO(TM), TRITON and polaris for producing Purified Water (PW) and Water for Injection (WFI). The company also offers two unique after sales services - AQUATREND(TM) and AQUAMOVE(...

I-Therapeutix, Inc. Closes $15 Million Financing

...n dollar Series C financing. The round was led by polaris Venture Partners in Waltham, MA, with continued pa...siness model," said Alan Crane, General Partner at polaris Venture Partners, who will join the company's Boar...ompanies, we welcome the new vote of confidence by polaris Venture Partners. We look forward to working with ...

Weber Shandwick Chosen By National Marrow Donor Program(R) To Head Awareness Campaign

...ents a variety of national and local clients, including BAE Systems, Honeywell, the Internal Revenue Service, Lawson Software, the Mall of America and polaris Industries. Weber Shandwick is a leading global public relations agency with offices in 77 markets around the world. The firm's reputation is bu...

HealthCentral.com Collaborates With BreastCancer.org, Providing Quality Awareness Sponsorships to #1 Breast Cancer Resource Online

...ates online resources and wellness bloggers around specific health searches. HealthCentral is venture backed by IAC/InteractiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI ), polaris Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, The Carlyle Group and Allen & Company. Barry Diller, IAC Chairman and CEO, sits on the company's board of direc...

Children's Hospital Boston Advances Cutting-Edge Technologies with its New Technology Development Fund

...spital Boston Technology Development Fund Advisory Board includes: Dean Banks, MBA, CEO Connective Orthopeadics Alan Crane, MBA, Venture partner, polaris Venture Partners Russ Granzow, VP Strategic Business Dev, Philips Stanley N. Lapidus, Director/Founder/Chairman of the Board, Helicos Biosciences Co...

BridgePoint Medical Completes First U.S. Clinical Case Using CrossBoss and Stingray Devices in CTO Angioplasty Procedure

... develop and commercialize new technologies and techniques to treat challenging coronary artery disease. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, polaris Venture Partners, Foundation Medical Partners and Michael Berman. www.bridgepointmedical.com ...

Phreesia Secures $11.6M Series C Funding Led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Sandbox Industries

...dustries led the round, joining existing investors polaris Venture Partners, HLM Venture Partners, and Long R...hen building market-leading companies. About polaris Venture Partners A national venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management, polaris invests in seed, early-stage and growth equity bus...

HealthCentral Acquires Wellsphere Creating the Largest Organically Driven Online Health and Wellness Communities

...n 25 leading health non-profits (such as The American Diabetes Association). HealthCentral is venture backed by IAC/InteractiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI ), polaris Ventures, Sequoia Capital , The Carlyle Group and Allen & Company. Editor's note: numbers are based on internal projections and fi...

HealthCentral Amasses Top Three Online Health Audience; Study Reveals More Consumers Turned to Internet for Health Info Than Their Physician Last Year

... 25 leading health non-profits (such as The American Diabetes Association). HealthCentral is venture backed by IAC/InteractiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI ), polaris Ventures, Sequoia Capital, The Carlyle Group and Allen & Company. ...

Polaris in Medical Technology

Adnexus Therapeutics Announces Presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) on Clinical Product Candidate, CT-322

...ely enables rapid optimization of protein therapeutics. The company is funded by four leading venture capital firms: Atlas Venture, Flagship Ventures, polaris Venture Partners, and Venrock Associates. This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such s...

Acceleron Pharma's ACE-031 Increases Muscle Mass and Strength in Preclinical Studies

...ly and efficiently advance its therapeutic programs. The investors in Acceleron are Advanced Technology Ventures, Flagship Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, polaris Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Venrock. Contact Acceleron Pharma Steven Ertel, 617-520-1334 Vice President, Business Development or Media:...

Accelreon Pharma's ACE-031Shown to Increase Muscle Mass in Preclinical Studies

...ly and efficiently advance its therapeutic programs. The investors in Acceleron are Advanced Technology Ventures, Flagship Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, polaris Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Venrock. Contact: Steven Ertel, Vice President, Business Development, Acceleron Pharma, tel: 617-520-1334 and Pa...

ACE-011 Improves Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease in a Preclinical Model

...ly and efficiently advance its therapeutic programs. The investors in Acceleron are Advanced Technology Ventures, Flagship Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, polaris Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Venrock. Contact Acceleron Pharma Steven Ertel, 617-520-1334 Vice President, Corporate Development or Media...

Polaris in Medical Products

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Polaris in Biological News

International team of students and scientists on month-long field course in Siberian Arctic

...e in the Russian Arctic. The program, known as The polaris Project, is training future leaders in arctic rese...the Woods Hole Research Center and director of the polaris Project, says, "The Arctic is central to the globa...lobal warming." This is the second year of the polaris Project field course. The focus of the students' a...

UC Davis researchers discover Achilles' heel in pancreatic cancer

...o arginine deprivation. The researchers have also begun designing human clinical trials in cooperation with the manufacturer of arginine deiminase, polaris Pharmaceuticals. "We're looking at whether we can combine this treatment with certain kinds of chemotherapy," Bold said. "This additional research ...

Woods Hole Research Center to lead undergraduate initiative in the Siberian Arctic

...ive at the Woods Hole Research Center known as the polaris Project, led by Associate Scientist Max Holmes, wi... critically important scientific challenge. The polaris Project includes a field course and research exper...ashington University, is excited to be part of the polaris Project because, The...

Polaris in Biological Technology

RedPrarie to provide Polaris with supply chain tech

Waukesha, Wis. -- RedPrairie Corporation , a Waukesha-based provider of supply chain technology, will install an integrated supply chain for Polaris Industries . Minnesota-based Polaris, a manufacturer of recreational and utility vehicles, will shift its parts, garments and accessories business t...

Follica Appoints Drug Development and Dermatology Veteran, William D. Ju, as Chief Executive Officer

..., and Transcept, Dr. Kevin Bitterman, principal at polaris Venture Partners, and Mr. Chris Ehrlich, general p...x (acquired by St. Jude Medical, STJ). About polaris Venture Partners: A national venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management, polaris ( www.polarisventures.com ) invests in seed, early...

aTyr Pharma to Present at ChinaBio(R) Investor Forum in Hong Kong

...aTyr has successfully raised Series A and Series B funds from leading U.S. based venture capital firms, including Alta Partners, Cardinal Partners and polaris Venture Partners. In addition to supporting the company's continued platform discovery efforts, aTyr's management team is also preparing for preclinic...

14th Annual Wharton Health Care Business Conference to Feature CEOs from WebMD, McKesson, Humana and Given Imaging

...n Consulting Group New Paradigms for Venture Financing: The Future Of Early Stage Investment - Featuring panelists from NEA, Novartis Options Fund, polaris Ventures, Forward Ventures, CHL Medical Partners, and Pulmatrix The Focus On Innovation Session will bring together promising start-ups and venture...

MicroCHIPS CEO Named in Popular Science's 'Seventh Annual Brilliant 10'

... Langer and Dr. Michael Cima at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He founded MicroCHIPS with Drs. Langer and Cima as well as Terry McGuire of polaris Venture Partners in 1999. MicroCHIPS is developing next-generation biosensing and drug delivery devices to increase therapeutic control and effectiven...

Living Proof, Inc.: The Launch of the Next Beauty Revolution

... one of the world's top biomedical scientists, and polaris Venture Partners, a venture capital firm with an e...ilar products," explained Jon Flint, co-founder of polaris Venture Partners. "Our point of difference is to a...iness, including: Jon Flint and Dr. Amir Nashat of polaris Venture Partners; Dr. Robert Langer; Rob Robillard...

Fate Therapeutics Taps Successful Biotech CEOs Paul Grayson and John Mendlein for Leadership Team

...eries A financing from leading venture capital firms ARCH Venture Partners, polaris Venture Partners, Venrock and OVP, all of which have built some of the worl...rs. The company's board of directors includes Amir Nashat, general partner, polaris Venture Partners; Robert Nelsen, co-founder and managing director, ARCH Ven...

Fate Therapeutics Created by Leading Stem Cell Scientists to Pursue New Approaches to Stem Cell Therapies

...ific team is backed by leading venture capital firms ARCH Venture Partners, polaris Venture Partners, Venrock and OVP, all with successful track records in bui...rs. The company's board of directors includes Amir Nashat, General Partner, polaris Venture Partners; Robert Nelsen, Co-founder and Managing Director, ARCH Ven...

Isolagen, Inc. Reports Results of Shareholders Annual Meeting

...rd to benefiting from his broad experience." Stockholders also re-elected Steven Morrell, Partner, Teknoinvest AS, and Marshall G. Webb, President of polaris Group, as Directors. The terms of these three Directors will run through the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Further, the Company's stockholder...

Bristol-Myers Squibb to Acquire Adnexus Therapeutics

...dvised Adnexus investors Atlas Venture, Flagship Ventures, HBM BioVentures, polaris Venture Partners, and Venrock in connection with this transaction. For Bris...g venture capital firms: Atlas Venture, Flagship Ventures, HBM BioVentures, polaris Venture Partners, and Venrock. For more information, please visit http://w...