WASHINGTON, June 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- FierceBiotech (www.fiercebiotech.com) announced today its annual "Fierce 15" list of the top privately held biotech companies of 2007. The editors chose this year's winners based on the quality of the research and management teams, potential for exciting new partnerships, venture capital rounds, and IPOs. This year's Fierce 15 have proven themselves worthy of the title with ground-breaking technologies that are redefining the biotech industry. Some of the winning innovations include strides in reducing the severity of asthma, development of chemically synthesized antibodies, and the promise of a therapy that could treat more than 1,800 genetic disorders.
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"The Fierce 15 award is renowned in the biotech industry for spotlighting the achievements of companies who step outside the box," said John Carroll, Editor of FierceBiotech. "We selected each company because of its potential to have a profound impact not only on the industry, but on prevailing health issues from across the globe."
The "Fierce 15" celebrates the spirit of being "fierce" -- championing innovation and creativity, even in the face of intense competition. A profile of each of the "Fierce 15" companies is available on the FierceBiotech Web site at http://www.fiercebiotech.com.
The 2007 Fierce 15 winners are:
Aerovance (Berkeley, CA)
Anacor Pharmaceuticals (Palo Alto, CA)
Archemix Corp. (Cambridge, MA)
Ascenta Therapeutics (San Diego, CA)
CoGenesys Inc. (Rockville, MD)
immatics biotechnologies (Tuebingen, Germany)
Intarcia Therapeutics (Emeryville, CA)
MerLion Pharmaceuticals (Singapore)
Phenomix Corporation (San Diego, CA)
PTC Therapeutics (South Plainfield, NJ)
QuatRx (Ann Arbor, MI)
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA)
Syndax Pharmaceuticals (Waltham, MA)
TargeGen (San Diego, CA)
Xcovery (West Palm Beach, FL)
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