Tag: venture-fund
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UBS, MPM team up on $471 million cancer fund to speed drug development
(Corrects minimum commitment to $200,000 from $500,000 figure given by UBS on Wednesday) ZURICH (Reuters) – A $471 million UBS venture fund aims to generate annual returns “north of 10 percent” for its European and Asian investors by financing new cancer drugs, helping speed them from the lab to the point where drug companies buy…
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Significant premium hikes expected under Obama health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Expect insurers to seek significant premium increases under President Barack Obama's health care law, in a wave of state-level requests rippling across the country ahead of the political conventions this summer.