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INC Research Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering

Raleigh, N.C., August 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — INC Research Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:INCR), a leading global Phase I to Phase IV contract research organization, announced the pricing of its secondary offering of 8,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock by certain of its existing stockholders, including affiliates of Avista Capital Partners, L.P.; affiliates of […]

Written by on August 11, 2015

Trimb and Avista Capital Partners Form Strategic Partnership

Trimb Healthcare AB (“Trimb”) and Avista Capital Partners (“Avista”), a leading private equity firm, today announced that Avista is partnering with the company’s founders and management, as well as its founding investor, HealthCap, to build Trimb into a leading OTC and consumer healthcare company. Avista has made a significant capital commitment to accelerate Trimb’s growth […]

Written by on July 8, 2015

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering

N. Billerica, MA – June 24, 2015 – Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (“Lantheus Holdings” or the “Company”), the parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (“LMI”), a global leader in developing, manufacturing, selling and distributing innovative diagnostic imaging agents and products, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 10,833,334 shares of its common […]

Written by on June 25, 2015

Optinose Announces FDA Approval of XHANCE (fluticasone propionate) Nasal Spray for the Treatment of Nasal Polyps

Yardley, PA, June 24, 2015 – (Business Wire) OptiNose today announced positive results from its first phase III controlled clinical trial, NAVIGATE II, evaluating the safety and efficacy of OPN-375, an investigational treatment for nasal polyps, a type of Chronic Nasal Inflammatory Disease (CNID), and the associated chronic symptoms. OPN-375 demonstrated statistically significant effects on […]

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INC Research Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering

Raleigh, N.C., May 7, 2015 – INC Research Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: INCR), a leading global Phase I to Phase IV contract research organization, announced the pricing of its secondary offering of 7,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price of $31.00 per share. All of the shares are being sold by existing […]

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Robert P. O’Neil Joins Avista Capital Partners as a Healthcare Operating Executive

New York, NY, April 7, 2015 – Avista Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, today announced that Robert P. O’Neil has joined the firm as an Operating Executive focused on consumer-related healthcare investments. Mr. O’Neil has more than 35 years of operational and strategic business leadership experience and a proven track record of building […]

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INC Research Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014 – INC Research Holdings, Inc. (INC Research), a leading, global Phase I to IV contract research organization, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,108,108 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $18.50 per share. The shares of INC Research’s […]

Written by on November 6, 2014

VWR Corporation Prices Initial Public Offering

Radnor, PA, October 1, 2014 – VWR Corporation (NASDAQ: VWR) announced today that it has priced an underwritten initial public offering of 25,532,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol […]

Written by on October 1, 2014

OptiNose Announces Positive Results of COMPASS: A Head-to-Head Comparison of a New Migraine Treatment Using Bi-Directional Breath Powered Technology (AVP-825) versus Oral Sumatriptan

AVP-825, Using OptiNose’s Patented Bi-Directional™ Breath Powered™ Technology for Intranasal Delivery of Low-dose Sumatriptan, Demonstrates Greater Reduction in Migraine Pain Compared to the Highest Dose of Oral Sumatriptan Yardley, PA, June 10, 2014 – /PRNewswire/ — OptiNose today announced that the COMPASS trial, a head-to-head comparison of the investigational treatment AVP-825 to sumatriptan tablets, currently […]

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Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC Acquires Portfolio of Branded Women’s Health Products from Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.

Avista Capital Partners-Backed Company to Continue Add-On Acquisition Strategy Sayreville, NJ, March 24, 2014 – Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vertical /Trigen Holdings, LLC (“Vertical / Trigen”), today announced that it has acquired the rights to three branded women’s health products from Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. The terms of the transaction were not […]

Written by on March 24, 2014

INC Research Further Expands Geographic Footprint with Acquisition of Leading Middle Eastern CRO MEK Consulting

Acquisition provides customers improved access to Middle East and North Africa region as well as Southern Europe Raleigh, N.C., March 6, 2014 – INC Research LLC, a therapeutically focused global clinical research organization (CRO) with a Trusted Process® for delivering reliable results, today announced it has acquired MEK Consulting, a leading clinical monitoring-focused CRO based […]

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New Drug Application Submitted for Migraine Treatment Using OptiNose Technology

AVP-825 uses novel Breath Powered™ drug delivery to treat migraine Yardley, PA, January 30, 2014 – A New Drug Application (NDA) was submitted on Monday January 27, 2014 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for AVP-825, a product using OptiNose’s innovative closed-palate Breath Powered intranasal delivery system to deliver low-dose sumatriptan powder for the […]

Written by on January 30, 2014