Ascent Venture Partners

Novacea, Aventis Move Calcitriol Into Prostate Cancer Phase II/III.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/4/2009; 1296 words; ...BioWorld Today. Eckard Weber, a venture partner at Domain, which is based...chairman of Novacea. The ASCENT (AIPC study of calcitriol...Aventis SA, of Paris, in the ASCENT trial, which they are jointly...Novacea include Sofinnova Ventures, of San Francisco, and ProQuest...

Scripps Networks Interactive to Launch Food Network HD in Southeast Asia January 1.
Business Wire; 11/4/2009; 910 words; ...distributed through MEASAT Satellite Systems and Ascent Media. The ad-supported service will...identifying distribution and programming partners around the globe and investing in existing...carriage outside North America: a joint venture with Chello Zone to launch Food Network...

Novacea's IPO Adding $40M For Late-Stage Clinical Work.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 1259 words; ...antigen response. The goal of the ongoing ASCENT-2 (AIPC Study of Calcitrol Enhancing...company had raised about $107 million in venture capital, with its most recent round...s lead clinical programs. ThinkEquity Partners LLC acted as lead placement agent, and...

Heptares Comes of Age, Signs $200M Deal with Novartis Fund.
BIOWORLD Today; 10/13/2009; 861 words; ...They have an option, but we are free to partner elsewhere if Novartis chooses not to take...the $200 million arm of the Novartis Venture Fund, set up to provide early validation...platform and the December 2008 deal with Ascent Therapeutics, of Cambridge, Mass...

United Kingdom : Royal Naval observers boosted with 57 million training contract.
TendersInfo; 9/1/2009; 882 words; ...service contract with Ascent, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and...will be delivered by Ascent in three phases. Phases...sub-contract between Ascent and Cobham plc that...Contract with our industry partner Ascent for the delivery...taking with its industry partners to ...