PsiOxus raises $34M for cancer vax studies; Merck KGaA threatens to jerk R&D unless Portugal pays up;

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> London-based PsiOxus Therapeutics has rounded up $34 million for its Series B. The round included equal investments from existing investors Imperial Innovations Group and Invesco Perpetual together with new investments by SR One and Lundbeckfond Ventures. The money is earmarked for ColoAd1, an oncolytic vaccine, which is being put through Phase I and Phase II clinical trials for colorectal and other forms of cancer. PsiOxus was formed to commercialize technologies discovered in U.K. universities. Release

> Merck KGaA has found a novel way to add some leverage to back its demand that Portugal pay up for its drugs. The European pharma company is threatening to end its R&D work in the country unless the money starts to flow. A number of pharma companies have taken an increasingly hard line on drug payments as several southern European countries work through a severe economic crisis. Story

> Israel's RDD Pharma raised $7.15 million from OrbiMed Advisors to back its drug candidates designed to be delivered through the anal canal. Story

> Galenica reports that PA21 met primary and secondary endpoints in a late-stage study of hyperphosphatemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Release

> Lux Biosciences has completed patient enrollment in its Phase III clinical study of Luveniq (oral voclosporin) for non-infectious uveitis. Lux anticipates that data from the study will be available early in the first quarter of 2013. Release

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Medical Device News

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> Qiagen gets FDA nod for colorectal cancer Dx. News

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> Devicemaker CartiHeal pulls in $10M financing round. Article

Biotech IT News

> Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cloudera embrace Big Data in genomics. Story

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> ERT scoops up Invivodata for ePRO clinical trials tech. More

> Mytrus aligns leadership for at-home clinical trials biz. News

And Finally… Investigators at Stanford say they have discovered a new molecule that promises to starve lung cancer. Story