Posted on 1/3/18
Meridian Bancorp Completes Meetinghouse Bancorp Acquisition
Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBSB), the holding company for East Boston Savings Bank, announced today that, effective December
Posted on 1/3/18
Vericel Initiates Collaboration with Innovative Cellular Therapeutics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vericel Corporation (NASDAQ:VCEL), a leading developer of expanded autologous cell therapies for the treatment of . . .
Posted on 1/3/18
Radius Health Appoints Elhan Webb as Head of Investor Relations and External Communications
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radius Health, Inc. (Nasdaq:RDUS) announced today that Elhan Webb has joined the Company as Head of Investor Relations and . . .
Posted on 1/3/18
Melinta Therapeutics Appoints Lisa DeFrancesco as SVP of Investor Relations
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLNT), a commercial-stage company discovering, developing, and commercializing novel antibiotics to treat serious bacterial . . .
Posted on 1/3/18
Oxford Lane Capital Corp. Enters into a $42.5M Repurchase Transaction with Nomura Securities International
GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:OXLC) (NASDAQ:OXLCO) (NASDAQ:OXLCM) announced that it entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement with Nomura . . .
Posted on 1/3/18
Carlyle-owned BenefitMall Names Scott Kirksey CEO
BenefitMall, a provider of employee benefits, payroll, and HR services to small- and medium-sized businesses across the U.S., today announced that Scott Kirksey
Posted on 1/3/18
PageUp to Secure Funding from Battery Ventures
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Battery Ventures, a global investment firm, has reached an agreement to make a significant investment in PageUp, a . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
JLL Partners Acquires Clearview-backed XDD
JLL Partners, a middle market private equity firm based in New York, announced today that it has acquired Xact Data Discovery
Posted on 1/2/18
Horizon Technology Finance Provides $12 Million Venture Loan to Conventus Orthopaedics
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN), a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Planet Fitness Headquarters Acquires 6 Franchise Stores in Long Island
Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT), one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the U.S., announced today that it has acquired . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Alexion and Elliott Agree to Collaborate on Identifying a New Board Member
NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) said today that its Board of Directors and Elliott have agreed to work collaboratively to promptly identify a new . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Cox Media Group Removes KIRO-TV from Frontier Communications’ Seattle FiOS Customers
NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Frontier Communications FiOS customers in the Seattle area have lost access to KIRO-TV programming as Frontier refuses to agree to Cox Media Group’s demands . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
AVEO Oncology Announces Refinanced Debt Facility
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVEO Oncology (NASDAQ:AVEO) today announced that it has completed the refinancing of its existing $20.0 million debt facility with Hercules Capital, Inc. and its . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Akebia Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering innovative therapies to patients with kidney disease through the biology of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Vanessa Green Sinders Named SVP, Government Affairs
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) today announced that Vanessa Green Sinders will join its Government Affairs organization starting in January 2018. Sinders will join Charter's Government . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
OrbiMed-backed LogicBio Expands Leadership Team
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LogicBio Therapeutics, Inc., a gene-therapy company with a mission to develop transformative medicines for life-threatening diseases, today announced the expansion of its leadership team . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
PEAR Therapeutics Completes $50 Million Series B Led by Temasek
PEAR Therapeutics, the leader in prescription digital therapeutics, today announced that it has successfully closed a $50 million Series
Posted on 1/2/18
Cue Biopharma Closes IPO
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cue Biopharma™, Inc., (NASDAQ: CUE) an immunotherapy company developing a novel, proprietary class of biologics engineered to selectively modulate the human immune system to . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Senior Housing Properties Trust to Realize $308 Million Gain on Sale of Properties
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Senior Housing Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SNH) today announced that it expects to report a gain of approximately $308 million on the sale of four . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Centrexion Therapeutics Raises $67 Million Series D
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Centrexion Therapeutics Corporation, a company focused on developing non-opioid, non-steroidal therapeutics for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced the successful completion of a $67 . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Syros Announces Clinical Supply Agreement with Janssen
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syros Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SYRS), a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of medicines to control the expression of disease-driving genes, today announced that it has entered . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Allurion Technologies Announces New Roles Within Its Leadership Team And Senior Management Hires
NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allurion Technologies, maker of the Elipse® Balloon – the world’s first and only procedureless™ gastric balloon for weight loss – has announced new roles . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Embrace Home Loans Adds Benjamin Giumarra, Esq. as Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs
MIDDLETOWN, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Embrace Home Loans today announced the addition of Benjamin Giumarra, Esq. as its new Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs. Giumarra comes to the . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Citizens Financial Group Provides $22.5 Million for Investments in Colleagues and Communities
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG) announced a year-end decision to make additional investments in its colleagues and the communities it serves following the . . .
Posted on 1/2/18
Moderna to Provide Corporate and Pipeline Updates and Outline Strategic Priorities at 2018 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moderna Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company that is pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines . . .
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