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Genzyme Corporation: Genzyme Corporation operates as a biotechnology company in the United States, European Union, Latin ... more»

Affymax, Inc.: Affymax, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of peptide-based drug candida... more»

Merit Medical Systems, Inc: Merit Medical Systems, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of disposable med... more»

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of... more»

NxStage Medical, Inc: NxStage Medical, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the development, manufacture, and market... more»

Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc.: Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of hemodialys... more»

Roche Holdings, Ltd.: Roche Holdings, Ltd. operates in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic businesses worldwide. The pharmac... more»

Reliant Renal Care, Inc: Reliant Renal Care, Inc., a renal disease management company, engages in the development, acquisitio... more»

Reliant Renal Care, Inc.,: Reliant Renal Care, Inc., a renal disease management company, engages in the development, acquisitio... more»

Spire Biomedical: Spire Biomedical is both a manufacturer of medical devices and a provider of advanced medical device... more»

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Wasserstein & Co., L.P.: Wasserstein & Co., L.P. engages in private equity and venture capital through its U.S. Equity Pa... more»

Vulcan Capital: Vulcan Capital is the investment arm of Vulcan Inc. specializing in private equity and venture capit... more»

Versant Ventures: Versant Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It occasionally ... more»

Venrock: Venrock is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and first round investments. The firm may als... more»

Seneca Health Partners: Seneca Health Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in providing growth capital in early t... more»

Oxford Bioscience Partners: Oxford Bioscience Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in equity financing to advanced-st... more»

MPM Capital: MPM Capital is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in the biotechnology sector. ... more»

Montreux Equity Partners: Montreux Equity Partners is a private equity firm specializing in early, mid, and later stage invest... more»

MentorTech Ventures: MentorTech Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in start-up, early, and growth stage inve... more»

HealthCap: HealthCap is a venture capital firm specializing in early venture investments. The firm provides fin... more»

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Dow Jones' Private Equity Analyst Conference: Dow Jones' Private Equity Analyst Conference is the industry's forum for leaders. It's where the ver... more»

16th Annual BioPartnering Europe -October 12-14, 2008 | London, United Kingdom: biopartnering.com ... more»

National Kidney Foundation – NKF: March 25-29, 2009: National Kidney Foundation – NKF2009 Spring Clinical Meetings March 25-29, 2009Gaylord Oprylan... more»

Renal Week 2008 - Philadelphia, PA: November 4 -9, 2008: Renal Week 2008 - Philadelphia, PA November 4 - November 9, 2008translating basic and clinical scien... more»

AdvaMed 2008 The MedTech Conference: September 21-24, 2008: AdvaMed 2008   The Med Tech Conference:  September 21-24, 2008... more»

28th Annual Dialysis Conference: 28th Annual Dialysis Conference02 March 2008Orlando, FL, USA... more»
Executive Summary

01.27.09

In December we looked at venture capital investing in renal biopharmaceuticals.  The analysis below follows a similar approach.  If either you would like to see the underlying data for either renal biopharmaceuticals or medical devices, please e-mail me at freichenbach@healthios.com... more»
Leadership Review
Stacey FitzSimmons, MPH, PhD, has been named Vice President of Programs at the American Kidney Fund.... more»
Corporate Finance
 Osprey Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., a privately-held company focused on developing novel protein therapeutics that selectively target chemokine-activated leukocytes that are responsible for initiatin... more»
News & Events
 Abbott Laboratories plans to close its manufacturing plant in Whippany, where 134 people work, by the end of the year.... more»
Earnings Announcements
Affymax Inc. announces unaudited earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008.... more»
Strategic Development
Isotechnika Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has approved the engagement of Leerink Swann LLC and Deloitte to advise the Company as it pursues available strategic alternatives to enhance sha... more»
Clinical & Regulatory
Hospital mistakes take an especially high toll on patients with chronic kidney disease, researchers here said.   Among nearly 250,000 patients in veterans' hospitals, those with chronic kidn... more»