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BG Medicine Announces Positive Pivotal Validation Study Results for CardioSCORE, a New Diagnostic Blood Test to Identify Individuals at High Risk for Near-term Major Cardiovascular Events

February 13, 2012
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BG Medicine, Inc. Appoints Brian S. Posner to its Board of Directors

February 13, 2012
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JOULE ELECTS ANATOLY CHUBAIS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

February 2, 2012
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T2 Biosystems Announces Issuance of Key Patent Providing Broad Intellectual Property Protection for Direct Detection Diagnostic Methods

February 2, 2012
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Avedro Announces Canadian Approval for Lasik Xtra™

January 31, 2012
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Affinnova Launches Concept Studio for Collaborative Innovation

January 26, 2012
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BARDA biothreat contract could bring $40M to Tetraphase

January 25, 2012

Joule Prepares for Global Deployment with Appointment of Proven Industry Experts to Lead Commercial Operations

January 23, 2012
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Selventa Granted Patent for Discovery of Biomarker Profiles

January 23, 2012
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Oasys Water Appoints Bob Muscat as New Chief Executive Officer to Drive Commercialization

January 23, 2012
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Affinnova Helps Sbarro Serve up an Optimized Pricing Strategy

January 18, 2012
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Tetraphase Appoints L. Patrick Gage, Ph.D., as Chairman of the Board

January 18, 2012
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JOULE SECURES $70M IN PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS FOR GROWTH

January 17, 2012
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Breathable Foods® Announces the Retail Launch of AeroShot Pure Energy™

January 17, 2012
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Novomer and Penford Enter into Joint Development Agreement

January 17, 2012
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FLAGSHIP VENTURES CLOSES $270 MILLION EARLY-STAGE VENTURE CAPITAL FUND

January 11, 2012
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‘Beating heart’ transplants could boost success rate

January 11, 2012

Receptos Achieves Milestone Under License of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Crystal Structure Determination Technology

January 10, 2012
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BG Medicine, Inc. Appoints Eric Bouvier as Chief Executive Officer

January 9, 2012
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Blend Therapeutics Founded by Leading Researchers in Chemistry and Nanomedicine to Develop a New Class of Integrative Combination Medicines

January 6, 2012

CIA's In-Q-Tel makes strategic investment in Quanterix

January 5, 2012

Ensemble Therapeutics Extends Macrocycle Drug Discovery Alliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb

January 5, 2012
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Ensemble Therapeutics Advances Macrocycle IL-17 Antagonist Program: Reports First Known Small Molecule Inhibitors of Important Autoimmune Target

January 5, 2012
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Avedro Announces CE Approval for Lasik Xtra ™

January 4, 2012
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Drawing blood with a tap, not a sting - Cambridge firm’s device uses tiny needles, vacuum for painless diagnostic tests

January 2, 2012

BG Medicine, Inc. Files 510(k) for AMIPredict

December 28, 2011
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Acceleron Secures $30M Private Financing

December 23, 2011
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Quanterix Develops Microfluidic Consumable That Will Enable Next Generation Molecular Diagnostic Systems based on Single Molecule Array Technology

December 22, 2011
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Seventh Sense Biosystems Receives $3.28 Million Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant to Expand Touch Activated Phlebotomy(TM) Technology Platform

December 16, 2011
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Mascoma Awarded $80 Million from the DOE for Construction of Commercial-Scale Hardwood Cellulosic Ethanol Facility in Kinross, Michigan

December 14, 2011
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Affinnova Delivers a Shot of Innovation for Breathable Foods

December 12, 2011
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Receptos and Ono Establish Collaboration with Focus on Bioactive Lipid Discovery Research

December 12, 2011
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Mascoma and Valero Establish Joint Venture for Commercial-Scale Hardwood Cellulosic Ethanol Facility in Kinross, Michigan

December 9, 2011
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Avedro Announces Its Second FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Corneal Cross-linking

December 7, 2011
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Quanterix Receives Funding From the Department of Homeland Security to Develop Test for Botulinum Toxin

December 1, 2011
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BG Medicine, Inc. Announces Peer-Reviewed Publication on Galectin-3 and Development of Heart Failure After Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

November 30, 2011
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Affinnova to Continue Expansion in 2012

November 30, 2011
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TARIS™ Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Study with LiRIS® in Interstitial Cystitis Patients

November 30, 2011
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Alvine's ALV003 Named a Top 10 Inflammatory/Autoimmune Project to Watch by Windhover for a Rare Second Year

November 29, 2011
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Abbie Celniker - FierceBiotech's 2011 Women in Biotech

November 29, 2011

Testing vaccine to block nicotine

November 27, 2011

Selecta Biosciences Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Study of SEL-068, a First-in-Class Synthetic Nicotine Vaccine for Smoking Cessation and Relapse Prevention

November 21, 2011
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CEO Corner: Hiring Veterans

November 20, 2011

One-on-One with Dan Adelman of Alvine Pharmaceuticals

November 18, 2011

Agios Secures $78 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Financing

November 17, 2011
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Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces NIH Research Collaboration for Rare and Neglected Diseases

November 15, 2011
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Celexion licensee BioAmber registers for IPO

November 14, 2011
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LS9 Significantly Expands Production

November 7, 2011
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BG Medicine, Inc. Announces Availability of Galectin-3 Testing Through Cleveland HeartLab, Inc.

October 27, 2011
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RUSNANO invests in Selecta Biosciences and BIND Biosciences to develop and commercialize vaccines and cancer drugs through expanded operations in Russia

October 27, 2011
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Alvine Pharmaceuticals Presents Additional Efficacy Data From Phase 2a Trial of ALV003 in Celiac Disease Patients

October 24, 2011
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T2 Biosystems Announces the Presentation of Data on Direct Detection with T2Candida

October 21, 2011
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Computer Backup Company Uses Affinnova's Technology to Advance its Advertising Strategy

October 19, 2011
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Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Presentations at Neuroscience 2011

October 19, 2011
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Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces CTP-499 Data Presentations at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week Meeting

October 19, 2011
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Novomer Wins ICIS Award for Innovation with Best Environmental Benefit

October 19, 2011
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Joule Wins Prestigious Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award

October 18, 2011
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Innovation Awards: Polymers put CO2 to use

October 17, 2011

Theracrine Announces Publication Identifying Potential Novel Cancer Spread Target

October 17, 2011
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Joule Unlimited Forges a Faster Path to Biofuels

October 16, 2011

Avedro Appoints A. John Kanellopoulos, MD to Its Medical Advisory Board

October 13, 2011
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Black Duck Software Secures $12 Million in New Funding Round Led By Split Rock Partners

October 13, 2011
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Quanterix PSA Test Found to be a Reliable Predictor of Prostate Cancer Recurrence Following Surgery

October 13, 2011
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Alvine Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results From Phase 2a Trial of ALV003 in Celiac Disease Patients

October 11, 2011
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Celgene and Agios Extend Cancer Metabolism Collaboration

October 5, 2011
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Avedro Appoints C. Evan Ballantyne as Chief Financial Officer

September 28, 2011
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Theracrine Appoints Steven Kelly as President and CEO

September 27, 2011
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Eleven Biotherapeutics Appoints Abbie Celniker, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer;

September 22, 2011
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Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., President of The Rockefeller University, Joins Agios Board of Directors

September 20, 2011
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Former Millipore CEO takes helm at VC-backed Quanterix

September 19, 2011

Mascoma Corporation Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

September 19, 2011
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Ze-gen Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Global 200 Winner

September 14, 2011
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Flagship Ventures Managing Partner Dr. Noubar Afeyan to Accept 2012 Technology Pioneer Award on Behalf of Joule Unlimited at WEF's "Summer Davos" Meeting

September 13, 2011

Mass High Tech reports "Avedro scores FDA advancement for eye disease treatment"

September 12, 2011

FierceBiotech Names Selecta Biosciences a 2011 Fierce 15 Biotech

September 6, 2011
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BG Medicine, Inc. to Present at Baird's 2011 Health Care Conference

September 1, 2011
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Joule Named 2012 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

September 1, 2011
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Preclinical Studies Support Galectin-3 as a New Drug Target in Heart Failure - Results Presented at European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2011

August 31, 2011
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Helicos BioSciences Expands Its License with Arizona Technology Enterprises Covering Next Generation Sequencing; New Patents Continue to Issue

August 30, 2011
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Results of First Epidemiological Study of Galectin-3: Higher Levels Are Associated With an Increased Risk of Mortality

August 30, 2011
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Study Shows Galectin-3 Predicts Response to Statin Therapy in Chronic Heart Failure - Results Presented at European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2011

August 29, 2011
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Los Angeles Times features TransMedics' Organ Care System

August 29, 2011
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Permeon Biologics Boldly Go Where No MAb's Gone Before

August 19, 2011
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BG Medicine Announces Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Results

August 11, 2011
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T2 Biosystems Completes $23 Million Series D Financing

August 10, 2011
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Stéphane Bancel, Former bioMérieux CEO, Talks Future of Startups, Diagnostics, Pharma

August 4, 2011

Acceleron Pharma Announces Global Collaboration with Celgene Corporation on ACE-536 Program

August 3, 2011
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Permeon Biologics Announces Discovery of Human Intraphilin™ Proteins as a Novel Approach to Develop Intracellular Biologic Drugs

July 28, 2011
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BG Medicine, Inc. Appoints Stephane Bancel as Executive Chairman of the Board

July 27, 2011
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Joule Awarded Patents for High-Volume Ethanol Production from Sunlight and CO2

July 26, 2011
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Quanterix and Sony DADC to Develop and Manufacture Smart Consumables for Life Science and In Vitro Diagnostic Applications

July 20, 2011
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LS9 AND HCL CLEANTECH AWARDED A $9 MILLION GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

July 18, 2011
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The Boston Globe features Affinnova, "The perfect supermarket cereal aisle?"

July 15, 2011
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Agios and Whitehead Institute Collaborate on Nature Publication Revealing Altered Metabolic Pathway in Breast Cancer

July 14, 2011
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Cambridge startup has tech to grow nutrients without farmland

July 13, 2011
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LS9 Extends Research In Synthetic Hydrocarbon Products with Chevron

July 11, 2011
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LS9 Planning Brazil’s Biggest Plant to Make Biofuels, Chemicals

July 8, 2011
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LS9 Announces Collaboration with MAN Latin America To Test LS9's UltraClean Diesel in Brazilian Fleet

July 7, 2011
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RISING STAR: Flagship's Berry Harkens Back To Venture Capital's Roots

July 1, 2011

Concert Announces Milestone Achievement in GlaxoSmithKline Collaboration

June 20, 2011
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Concert Pharmaceuticals Announces Advancement of Novel Drug Candidates in Kidney Disease and Spasticity

June 20, 2011
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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Selecta Biosciences Enter Research Collaboration for Vaccines for Type 1 Diabetes

June 9, 2011
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AVEO Pharmaceuticals Enters into Worldwide License Agreement with Centocor Ortho Biotech to Develop and Commercialize RON-Targeted Antibodies

May 31, 2011
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TARIS Biomedical Keeps Delivering Drugs Direct-to-the-Bladder

May 26, 2011

Scientific founder of AVEO, Dr. DePinho, named President of the MD Anderson Cancer Center

May 16, 2011

Ze-gen Names Robertson COO and Prendergast CFO

May 16, 2011
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Black Duck Software Named Winner of the 2011 New England Innovation Awards Program

May 12, 2011
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Seventh Sense Biosystems Secures $4.5M from $10M Series A Offering

May 11, 2011
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BG Medicine Announces Achievement of Two Significant Milestones for AMIPredict™

May 11, 2011
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Joule Secures First of Multiple Sites to Host Solar Fuel Production

May 5, 2011
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Concert Pharmaceuticals Presents Preclinical Data on Novel Deuterium-Containing Drug Compound at Antiepileptic Drug Trials XI Conference

May 2, 2011
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On the hunt for green-tech game changers

April 22, 2011
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Brain Storm: David Berry Profile in Boston Magazine

April 20, 2011

U.S. Clean Tech Industry At A Crossroads

April 20, 2011

TARIS CLOSES $18.3 MILLION SERIES B FINANCING

April 13, 2011
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Ensemble Therapeutics Achieves Milestone in Bristol-Myers Squibb Collaboration

April 12, 2011
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AVEO Pharmaceuticals Appoints Henri A. Termeer to its Board of Directors

April 12, 2011
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Seventh Sense Biosystems Receives Gold Medal Edison Award

April 8, 2011
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Ethanol Industry Hoping for Surge

March 31, 2011
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Concert Pharmaceuticals Advances Novel Chronic Kidney Disease Treatment, CTP-499, in Phase 1 Clinical Study

March 29, 2011
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Selventa Announces a Joint Technology Collaboration with Pfizer Inc., to Include Developing Knowledge-sharing Portal of Biological Networks for the Scientific Community

March 28, 2011
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Advanced Electron Beams Introduces 2nd ITB Electron Beam Emitter for Aseptic Bottle Filling

March 24, 2011
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BD Completes Acquisition of Accuri Cytometers, Inc.

March 18, 2011
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Flagship VentureLabs Spawns New Cos. Essentient, Permeon Biologics

March 16, 2011

BioAmber and CELEXION Announce Exclusive Licensing Partnership

March 15, 2011
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Flagship's Noubar Afeyan quoted in New York Times story, "Alt-Fuel Hopefuls Make Plays for Oil Companies' Cash"

March 11, 2011

Quanterix Announces Publication of Novel Method Expanding Single Molecule Detection Capability

February 23, 2011
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Quanterix Announces New Technology Evaluation Agreement

February 22, 2011
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MIT’s Technology Review Unveils 2011 TR50 List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies

February 22, 2011