Bruce Leak, Peter Barrett and Jory Bell of Playground Global (Photo: Business Wire)

December 14, 2023 11:19 AM ESTUpdated 01:37 PM

Playground raises $410M fund, Artis closes $200M as biology and tech VC convergence continues

Kyle LaHucik

Senior Reporter

Two Bay Area venture capital firms that invest in biotech startups — but also put their money behind a broader swath of nascent companies in biology …

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Playground raises $410M fund, Artis closes $200M as biology and tech VC convergence continues

Kyle LaHucik

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Among pharma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA later get very different reactions

Bristol Myers restarts radiopharmaceutical Phase 3 trial, but delays readout by one year

Updated: With cost-cutting underway, Bristol Myers raises guidance, touts Phase 3 win and scraps another

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Play­ground rais­es $410M fund, Ar­tis clos­es $200M as bi­ol­o­gy and tech VC con­ver­gence con­tin­ues

Kyle LaHucik

Senior Reporter

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Among phar­ma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA lat­er get very dif­fer­ent re­ac­tions

Bris­tol My­ers restarts ra­dio­phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Phase 3 tri­al, but de­lays read­out by one year

Up­dat­ed: With cost-cut­ting un­der­way, Bris­tol My­ers rais­es guid­ance, touts Phase 3 win and scraps an­oth­er

An­drew Left, short sell­er who cam­paigned against Valeant, is ac­cused of fraud by SEC

Eu­ro­pean drug reg­u­la­tor re­jects Alzheimer's drug Leqem­bi, cit­ing safe­ty con­cerns

Crit­i­cal Junc­tures in Gene Ther­a­py Clin­i­cal Ma­te­r­i­al Man­u­fac­tur­ing: Where Do I Start? And Will It Work?

Playground raises $410M fund, Artis closes $200M as biology and tech VC convergence continues

Among pharma CEOs, the IRA now and the IRA later get very different reactions

Bristol Myers restarts radiopharmaceutical Phase 3 trial, but delays readout by one year

Updated: With cost-cutting underway, Bristol Myers raises guidance, touts Phase 3 win and scraps another

Andrew Left, short seller who campaigned against Valeant, is accused of fraud by SEC

European drug regulator rejects Alzheimer's drug Leqembi, citing safety concerns

Critical Junctures in Gene Therapy Clinical Material Manufacturing: Where Do I Start? And Will It Work?