Cerulean CEO Fetzer takes reins at Venter's Synthetic Genomics; ImevaX raises $9.5M for vaccine work;

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> Cerulean CEO Oliver Fetzer has jumped ship, taking the top job at Craig Venter's Synthetic Genomics in La Jolla. Cerulean board member Paul Fetzer has been named executive chairman in a reshuffle. Release

> Germany's ImevaX GmbH, a specialist in vaccines against pathogens of chronic infectious diseases, has wrapped a $9.5 million Series A financing round. Release

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