Portfolio Companies in the News

» 28/02/06
Eric Vivier's team at the Marseille-Luminy Immunology centre and Innate Pharma researchers announce the development of a new animal mode dedicated to studying NK Cell activity

» 22/02/06
Allergan annouces its acquisition of Endoart, a leading swiss developer of remote-controlled medical devices

» 21/02/06
Stentys appoints Luc Morisset as Director of Regulatory Affairs

» 05/12/06
Esmertec and Yuhua TelTech Set New Benchmark with 1-stop Solution for Linux®-Based Mobile Devices

» 30/11/06
Esmertec’s Jbed Software Deployed in LG Electronics’ Highly Successful GSM-based Chocolate Phone

» 21/11/06
Esmertec forecasts 2006 revenues of over USD 24 million

» 21/11/06
100th patient successfully treated using Corevalve's Revalving™ device to non-surgically replace a diseased aortic heart valve

» 13/11/06
Initial Clinical Experience with Telemetrically Adjustable Gastric Banding

» 13/11/06
Cerenis Therapeutics closes €42.1 million financing

» 13/11/06
First percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR) procedure without any cardiac support (i.e., mechanical assistance or accelerated pacing) performed with CoreValve’s non-surgical ReValving™ system

» 02/11/06
Launch of Blyk Heralds a New Opportunity in Mobile Advertising

» 24/10/06
Corevalve's 18-french revalving™ system demonstrated 'live' at TCT 2006

» 24/10/06
Varioptic Adds Avago Technologies’ Image Sensor to Its Range of Autofocus Solutions for Camera Phones

» 20/10/06
CoreValve announces successful completion of world’s first ‘pure’ percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR) procedure utilizing its patented ReValving™ system to non-surgically deliver a new porcine pericardium heart valve over a severely diseased aort

» 19/10/06
Sonatel Mobiles Launches USSD Browsing from Cellicium

» 18/10/06
VoluBill signs new deal with major mobile operator in Northern Africa

» 17/10/06
Inside Contactless selected as finalist to receive cartes 2006 Best Hardware sesame award

» 16/10/06
UPEK Receives First FIPS 201 Certification for Silicon Fingerprint Sensors

» 10/10/06
Varioptic S.A and The Dow Chemical Company (TDCC) to Collaborate for the Development of New Generation Products

» 10/10/06
Alain Blancquart Appointed CEO of Streamezzo

» 09/10/06
Esmertec Announces Sale of Majority Stake in Japanese Subsidiary

» 09/10/06
Diatos strengthens management team with the appointment of Chief Medical Officer and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

» 05/10/06
WYPLAY SAS receives €4 million financing round from Sofinnova Partners

» 05/10/06
HBI launched to turn science into consumer brands

» 26/09/06
Esmertec and MIPS Technologies Announce Optimal Java Solution on MIPS32® 24Kc™ Processor for Blu-ray Disc™ Products

» 11/09/06
Oxxius secures $ 10 million in Series B Funding

» 11/09/06
Cellicium's USSD Browsing Solution Gaining Market Traction in the Middle East with Successful Deployments

» 05/09/06
Innate Pharma presents encouraging data on its immunomodulatory product candidate IPH 1101 with final results from phase I clinical trial in solid tumours (TRIAL D004-101)

» 30/08/06
Addex commences Phase II clinical trials programme with ADX10059

» 30/08/06
Esmertec announces results for the half-year ended June 30, 2006

» 29/08/06
Biolipox appoints Chief Medical Officer

» 28/08/06
Travel Meta Search receives financing round from Sofinnova Partners and Walden International

» 23/08/06
Ablynx completes €40 million (~US$50 million) Series C financing - One of the two largest private placements in Europe Biotech this year

» 02/08/06
Liquid Lens Mass Production - Varioptic and Creative Sensor Sign MoU to begin Production by the end of 2006

» 17/07/06
Sofinnova Partners annonces investment in Accent

» 06/07/06
Varioptic extends its portfolio of autofocus solutions

» 28/06/06
CoreValve completes enrollment of its ‘second-generation 21-French’ ReValving™ system international clinical trial for non-surgical replacement of the diseased aortic heart valve of patients not eligible for open-heart surgery

» 19/06/06
Growing and Nurturing the Right Ideas Sofinnova Partners invests in EOS S.p.A. (Ethical Oncology Science)

» 06/06/06
Varioptic Completes Closure of Recent Venture Capital Round with Investment from Dow Corporate Venture Capital

» 29/05/06
Emailvision announces the acquisition of Barnes & Richardson in Belgium and consolidates its European leadership in "on-demand" e-mail marketing software

» 18/05/06
First Half 2006 Revenues Expected To Drop Dramatically

» 18/05/06
Ablynx appoints Wim Ottevaere as CFO

» 17/05/06
BASF Plant Science acquires Belgian biotechnology company CropDesign.

» 16/05/06
VoluBill Launches Track Em – a Real Time, Data Intelligence Solution for Next Generation and 3G Services

» 15/05/06
UPEK Recognized as 2006 Laureate by The Computerworld Honors Program

» 11/05/06
Diatos Announces Acquisition of Specialty Cancer Product DaunoXome® from Gilead Sciences

» 11/05/06
CoreValve announces 18-French-sized percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR) breakthrough utilizing its patented ReValving™ system to non-surgically deliver a new porcine pericardium heart valve over a severely diseased aortic valve

» 11/05/06
Revolt Technology AS Appoints Ram Malhotra as CEO

» 11/05/06
Diatos Announces Acquisition of Specialty Cancer Product DaunoXome® from Gilead Sciences

» 10/05/06
Samsung selects 6Wind software to develop mobile IP applications

» 10/05/06
Ultra-Scan Single Sign-on Application Leverages UPEK(R) Fingerprint Authentication Solution to Streamline Network Access for Healthcare Professionals

» 09/05/06
QoSMOS Announces Financing of 3.2 Million Euros

» 04/05/06
Esmertec, Inside Contactless and Trusted Logic to develop best-in-class secure near field communications solution for mobile devices

» 03/05/06
UPEK and Cogent Systems Cooperate to Provide Fingerprint Biometric Authentication Solutions for Government and Commercial Access Control and Portable Identity Management Applications

» 03/05/06
Cotherix Inc. : Net Sales Increase 32 Percent Over Previous Quarter

» 02/05/06
Using acoustic signal recognition and free of moving parts, this wireless, fully customizable, adhesive control panel is indispensable for truly hygienic dental practice

» 02/05/06
Barrett Katz, MD, MBA, Appointed EVP & CMO of Fovea Pharmaceuticals

» 27/04/06
Sofinnova PArtners et Sofinnova Ventures co-invest in Streamezzo, a french software provider of rich-media mobile applications

» 26/04/06
Endoart's remote-controlled gastric band gets .5m injection of private money

» 25/04/06
Varioptic Secures € 16.4 million (USD 20m) in Third Round of Financing

» 19/04/06
Lectus Therapeutics Acquires NeuroServe

» 10/04/06
Endoart SA Completes US$ 10.5 million (CHF 13.5 million) Venture Financing Round

» 28/03/06
50 patients who were not eligible for open-heart surgery have now received Corevalve's revalving™ system to non-surgically replace their diseased aortic heart valve

» 28/03/06
Diatos Announces Expansion of Medarex Cancer Product Licensing Agreement

» 27/03/06
Ablynx appoints Edwin Moses as CEO

» 24/03/06
DUEBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland – March 24, 2006 – Esmertec ™ (SWX: ESMN), a leading provider of world-class software solutions and services for the telecommunication, interactive multimedia, and consumer electronics markets , will present its cutting edge

» 14/03/06
IDM and Medison Pharma Sign an Exclusive Marketing Agreement for Junovan(TM) in Israel

» 14/03/06
Ablynx reveals power of Nanoclone™ - A high throughput method for isolating highly potent antibody-derived therapeutic proteins ( Nanobodies™)

» 14/03/06
Ablynx reveals power of Nanoclone™ - A high throughput method for isolating highly potent antibody-derived therapeutic

» 09/03/06
CoTherix Initiates Trial of Ventavis in Combination With Sildenafil for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

» 02/03/06
NicOx signs major new agreement with Pfizer for NOdonating compounds in ophthalmology

» 01/03/06
CoreValve names J. C. MacRae as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

» 13/02/06
Lectus Therapeutics closes Series A funding round raising £8.2 million

» 08/02/06
Emailvision Announces Successful IPO On Euronext Paris Alternext Market.

» 03/02/06
New high performance Java capabilities from Esmertec now available on TTPCom AJAR Rapid time–to-market and significant extension of service capabilities

» 03/02/06
30 patients have now received Corevalve’s Revalving™ System to non surgically replace their diseased aortic heart valve ; none were eligible for open-heart surgery

» 31/01/06
CombinatorX and Fovea enter into collaboration to develop novel ophthalmic therapeutics built from synergistic drug combinations

» 24/01/06
Oxxius launches the smallest yellow laser on the market

» 24/01/06
Varioptic announces general availability of the Artic 320 liquid lens for camera-phones

» 24/01/06
Emailvision files for an IPO on the Euronext Paris Alternext stock market.

» 23/01/06
Sofinnova and Apax Partners invest €12 million in DBV Technologies

» 18/01/06
Ablynx announces pharma alliance to develop therapeutic Nanobodies™