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Chiron Spins Powder Injection Technology Into PowderMed Ltd.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 1086 words; BioWorld International Correspondent LONDON - Chiron...PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc to a team of former PowderJect...collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline plc, of London. PowderMed has...Ventures Life Sciences, Advent Venture Partners, Abingworth...

Nereus' Series D-2 Round Adds $45M To Advance Cancer Drugs.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 1226 words; ...brain cancer. Last month, London-based Antisoma plc reported that ASA404 missed its endpoint in a Phase...San Diego-based Forward Ventures; Boston-based Advent International; Antwerp, Belgium-based GIMV, Menlo Park, Calif...

Sirion Series B Raises $45M For Phase III Ophthalmic Bid.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 1161 words; ...and CEO, worked for London-based GlaxoSmithKline plc and for Bausch & Lomb, of Rochester, N.Y. Sirion...backers: Investor Growth Capital, Atlas Venture, Advent International and Bear Stearns Healthcare Value Partners. "There...

Targacept Seeking $86.25M IPO To Fund Product Development.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 989 words; ...New York, which has a 13.8 percent stake; Nomura International plc, of London, with 11.8 percent; Oxford Bioscience...LLC, of San Francisco, with 5.7 percent; and Advent Private Equity Fund II, of London, with 5.6 percent...

Microscience Pulls IPO; Firms In UK Struggle With Valuations.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 862 words; BioWorld International Correspondent LONDON - Microscience...valuations. Vectura Group plc, of Chippenham, UK, succeeded...Oxford, and Cyclacel Group plc, of Dundee, are in the...sterling]10 million pledged by Advent Venture Partners, Apax Partners...