Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation along with vSpring Capital and Ohio Biotech Group have stepped in to provide a $6 million tranche for Axial Biotech's second round of venture capital. Axial is advancing new technology in molecular diagnostics and motion preserving to develop a genetic prognostic test for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Axial says it has met several scientific milestones in its work on the test.

- see this release [1] for more

ALSO: EnGene, which is developing a treatment for diabetes called GEMS-Insulin, announced today it has raised $6.4 million in a Series A financing. Release [2]