  | Vascular Pharma Makes Splash; Raises $16M, Inks Janssen Deal | | Vascular Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Chapel Hill, N.C. closed 2 deals encompassing the alpha and the omega of its existence. First, it announced the successful completion of a $16 million Series A equity financing co-led by Intersouth Partners and MPM Capital. Find out the details. |  |
| Health Care & Policy |  |  | | - Pulmatrix and CFFT partner to advance cystic fibrosis drug
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics and Pulmatrix agreed to work together to take the latter's PUR118, an inhaled drug candidate for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis, into clinical development. Pulmatrix will get as much as $1.4 million in upfront and milestone fees from CFFT, which will also provide Pulmatrix access to world-class researchers. Mass High Tech (Boston) (9/14)        | HEALTHY CASH FLOW SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
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| Food & Agriculture | | | | - Researchers seek to develop drought-tolerant bioenergy crops
Introducing genetic traits of drought-tolerant plants into woody plants could lead to the development of biofuel crops that better withstand high temperatures and low moisture, according to an international team of scientists supported by a five-year, $14.3 million Department of Energy grant. Poplar trees will be the first focus of study as a potential feedstock, and the methods, if successful, could be applied to food crops. DomesticFuel.com (9/14) | Hot Topics | | | | Top five news stories selected by BIO SmartBrief readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
| Industrial & Environmental | | | | - Solegear, Canadian council team up for new bioplastics
The National Research Council of Canada and Solegear Bioplastics agreed to integrate their proprietary formulations and technologies to develop new bioplastics. The project will combine NRC's knowledge of bioplastic stabilization with Solegear's technology for changing certain performance characteristics of bioplastics. BiofuelsDigest.com (9/17)  | |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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