Source: Alcon, Inc. HUENENBERG, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alcon (NYSE: ACL), the world’s leader in eye care, announced today that it will purchase the rights in the United States for two FDA-approved topical eye care products from Sirion Therapeutics, Inc. The two products… Read More
By Ian Stone San Diego – January 7, 2010 — Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has achieved another development milestone in its FLAP program, which is partnered with GlaxoSmithKline. This milestone is related to the successful development of… Read More
By Juha-Pekka Tikka XCONOMY – San Diego’s Avalon Ventures is among a handful of homegrown VC firms that remains an active investor in early stage companies in the region, even though overall venture funding is anemic right now. But Avalon… Read More
By Lorie Konish WSJ Blogs – After seeing a rehearsal for a new musical in La Jolla, Calif., in October 2004, venture capitalist Kevin Kinsella came away with one conclusion: He had to invest in it.
By Luke Timmerman People with pulmonary fibrosis have a pretty raw deal. Scientists don’t really know what causes this lung-damaging disease, and there’s no really effective FDA-approved treatment. The disease makes it hard to breathe, and kills an estimated 40,000… Read More
By Joe Mandese MEDIA DAILY NEWS Dave Morgan, one of the pioneers of so-called “behavioral targeting” in online media, has shifted his focus to Madison Avenue’s 800-pound gorilla, television. Morgan, who founded behavioral targeting firm Tacoda, and ultimately sold it… Read More
By Luke Timmerman XCONOMY Driving down Prospect Street in La Jolla one day in January 2008, Jay Lichter got so dizzy he had to pull over. After a stop in the ER, he ended up in the office of Jeff… Read More
Gets Early Funding from Avalon Ventures and Union Square Ventures NEW YORK (March 5, 2009) Dave Morgan, who founded, developed and sold TACODA and Real Media today announced that he will launch a new company outside of the Internet industry.… Read More
By Atul Bagga Think Entertainment: Gaming [ View as PDF ] THINK SUMMARY: We had a chance to interview Mark Pincus, the CEO and Founder of Zynga, one of the leading social gaming companies, with about 20 games across… Read More
By Anette Breindl Science Editor Their company may be young and, for the time being, mainly virtual, but the folks at Carolus Therapeutics do not shy away from thinking big. It’s named after Carolus Magnus, or Charlemagne, who in the… Read More
San Diego, CA – January 8, 2009 — Amira Pharmaceuticals, a small molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and early development of compounds to treat inflammatory diseases, today announced the appointment of Dr. Paul Anderson, Professor Jerold Chun and… Read More
San Diego-Based Carolus Therapeutics Focuses on Discovery and Development of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Based on Collaborators’ Findings at RWTH Aachen University in Germany
By Bruce V. Bigelow Xconomy San Diego [ View as PDF ] Among San Diego’s venture capitalists, I’d say that Kevin Kinsella ranks among the foremost riskophiles. Since the formation of his first Avalon Ventures fund some 25 years… Read More
Source: PR Newswire Association Company Positioned to Advance Glycan Inhibitors Identified with Proprietary High-Throughput Screening Platform Through Safety Studies, Into Early Clinical Trials
Source: Business Wire SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zynga, the largest social gaming network, announced today the launch of “Live Poker,” the first truly live game on the iPhone. This mobile version of Zynga’s popular Texas Hold’Em turns the iPhone into an always-on… Read More
Source: Enterprise Mastermind
Kaltura’s advanced open source video platform including video display, uploading/importing and remixing, added to Blastbeat.tv and Blastbeat.org
by Will Richmond Source: VideoNuze I’ve been hearing from a number of colleagues about Kaltura, an open source video management platform, and finally got a chance to learn more in a recent briefing with Lisa Bennett, the company’s director of… Read More
By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Source: Wall Street Journal. Zynga Game Network Inc., which makes free poker, puzzle and other games for social-networking Web sites, has attracted backing from heavyweight investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — a sign of investors’… Read More
Media Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Marcy Zech at Amira Pharmaceuticals Inc. Tel: +1 858 228 4689 marcy.zech@amirapharm.com SAN DIEGO, June 9, 2008 — Amira Pharmaceuticals, a small molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of… Read More