Biotechnology company Intrexon has launched a new fundraising round aimed at bringing in $50 million in new investment.The DNA technologies company has raised $17 million in equity financing in the effort so far, according to securities filings. Last year, Intrexon closed a $100 million series E round of financing to expand its genetics technology. The [...]

Synthetic biotechnology company Intrexon — whose website is the descriptive www.dna.com — has raised $100 million that the company will use to expand its genetics technology.With the closing of its series E round of fundraising, Blacksburg, Virginia-based Intrexon has raised more than $259 million. The round was led by new, undisclosed investors. Existing investors including [...]

The North Carolina CRO that launched as Trio Clinical Research is moving forward with a new name and a different strategy.Trio has changed its official name to Trio Clinical Resourcing, a change that reflects the Raleigh, North Carolina CRO’s focus on providing recruiting and staffing services to biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Trio now [...]

Healthcare reform rolls on despite a Virginia judge’s ruling that its individual mandate is unconstitutional, Dept. of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius tells a Boston audience.Health & Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a Boston audience today that healthcare reform is moving ahead despite a Virginia judge’s ruling that a protion of the [...]

A federal judge in Virginia rules unconstitutional the individual mandate provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but denies a motion to halt implementation of the law.

The nation’s leading venture capital trade association is forming a subgroup to advocate for policies and regulations that it says would bolster medical innovation in the United States.

President Barack Obama urged the public Wednesday not to let Congress put off acting on his top legislative priority. Over the weekend, some Congress members seemed to waiver in their resolve to fix the nation’s health care system, rather than just slap on another Bandaid.