TriVascular raises $4 million in venture capital

Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Santa Rosa medical technology maker TriVascular Inc. has raised $4 million in new venture capital as it readies a new medical device for the U.S. market. TriVascular is conducting clinical trials on the Ovation Abdominal Stent Graf ...
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Turkish film sector meets producers at Cannes

Source: Hurriet Daily News

A cocktail party was held on the night of May 22 within the scope of the Producers Network, the industry section of the 64th Cannes Film Festival, which supports international co-productions. The cocktail party was hosted by the Istanbul Film Festival ...
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Cine-Sud clinches sales on trio

Source: Variety

CANNES -- French distribution rights have been nabbed on three Cannes fest titles, Gonzalo Tobal's "Villegas," William Vega's "La Sirga" and Juan Andres Arango's "La Playa," all of which were co-produced b ...
Full article at: Variety  More like this  2 days ago, 3:19am CDT

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Verastem rings the Nasdaq bell from Cambridge lab

Source: Mass High Tech Business News

Christoph Westphal, center right, chairman and CEO of Verastem, holds the pen that rings the bell to open Nasdaq on Tuesday morning. Verastem co-founder Robert Weinberg, center, and the company’s employees all attended. Verastem Inc., (Nasdaq: VST ...
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TEXT-S&P raises Momentive Performance Materials rating to 'B+'

Source: Reuters Mobile

May 22 - Overview -- U.S.-based silicone and quartz producer Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (MPM) is issuing $250 million of senior secured notes (instead of the planned $450 million) and using net proceeds to repay sen ...
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Rhythm Announces Phase 1b Results for Ghrelin Prokinetic RM-131 for Diabetic Gastroparesis

Source: Freshnews.com

BOSTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhythm announced today the results of a Phase 1b clinical trial of RM-131, the company's novel ghrelin agonist for the treatment of diabetic gastroparesis. The trial demonstrated that RM- ...
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Top Muscat malls make key appointments

Source: TradeArabia

Muscat City Centre and Qurum City Centre, two of Muscat’s leading shopping malls operated by leading developer Majid Al Futtaim Properties, have announced key changes to its management team. Husam Mohamed Al Mandhari is the senior mall manager for ...
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Sue Siegel Leaves MDV to Run $6B GE Health Unit

Source: Xconomy

Sue Siegel, one of the leading venture investors in the field of personalized medicine, is leaving her gig as a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures to join GE as the CEO of its $6 billion healthymag ...
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Top Physicians and Scientists Meet for 2nd International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Source: Check Orphan

LOS ANGELES - At the 2nd Annual Symposium for Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma held this weekend at the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica, CA, international experts again re-affirmed the ...
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