In light of the incessant healthcare talk and reform on the imminent horizon, we’ve lately had fun discovering tiny new companies that illustrate some of the under-the-radar efforts of the medical community that might help reduce the cost of what has become a behemoth. (Oh, Congress, are you listening?) This week, that company [...]
Late last week, a little company in Newport, R.I. made a big announcement; namely, that it had nabbed $11.6 million in a Series A funding round for its snake robot technology for minimally-invasive surgical procedures. Given the severely sluggish VC market and what feels like a dearth of new deals the past two quarters, this [...]
Bio Equity Risk Management, LLC, which is billing itself as a “boutique healthcare investment firm focused on special situation investments” opened today in Boston, and it looks like the firm will be tackling the biotech, medical device and healthcare IT sectors. Given the near plethora of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in public pharma last year, [...]