Healthcare
Ampersand thinks beyond the mainstream view of the Healthcare sector. Our goal is to capitalize on the tremendous growth in life sciences, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology by partnering with established, successful businesses and entrepreneurs. Our portfolio includes manufacturers and marketers of innovative laboratory instruments and consumables, specialty diagnostic testing laboratories, providers of outsourced services for pharmaceutical and medical device development and manufacturing, and companies that develop, manufacture and sell specialty pharmaceutical products.
Current investments in our Healthcare portfolio are:
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Cequent Pharmaceuticals
Location: Cambridge, MA
Business: Developer of therapies based on RNA interference (RNAi)
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CRI
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Business: Specialty CRO providing inpatient and outpatient clinical research services
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IBT Laboratories
Location: Lenexa, KS
Business: Specialty clinical reference lab and pharmaceutical services
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Magellan Biosciences
Location: Chelmsford, MA
Business: Analytical instruments and kits for biomedical research
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Medifacts International
Location: Rockville, MD
Business: Provider of clinical research and cardiac safety services for biopharmaceutical and medical device sponsors
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MedVenture Technology
Location: Jeffersonville, IN
Business: Outsourced developer and manufacturer of disposable medical devices
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Talecris Biotherapeutics
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC
Business: Pharmaceutical development and manufacturing
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Selected companies from our past Healthcare portfolio include:
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Aclara Biosciences
Location: Hayward, CA
Business: Microfluidic-based research products
Result: IPO. Merged with Virologic (Nasdaq: VLGC)
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Alexis
Location: San Diego, CA
Business: Reagents for life science researchers
Result: Sold to Qbiogene
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NOVEX
Location: San Diego, CA
Business: Precast electrophoresis gels
Result: Sold to Invitrogen (Nasdaq: IVGN)
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Panacos Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: PANC)
Location: Watertown, MA and Gaithersburg, MD
Business: Developer of antiviral drugs and vaccines
Result: Merged with Vitex (Nasdaq: VITX)
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Stereotaxis (Nasdaq: STXS)
Location: St. Louis, MO
Business: Magnetic-based microsurgical tools
Result: IPO
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TriPath Imaging (Nasdaq: TPTH)
Location: Burlington, NC
Business: Cervical cancer screening systems
Result: AutoCyte IPO 1997. TriPath Merger 1999