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January 11, 2010. Valley Clean-Tech Gets $260M Jolt

December 22, 2009. PTC Therapeutics Closes $50M Financing

November 5, 2009. Metabolex Closes $8.6M Financing Round

October 13, 2009. Metabolex Announces Positive Phase I Clinical Trial Results of MBX-2982

Oct 6, 2009. Pittsburgh Becomes Home to the United States Center for Energy Leadership: CEOs of Six Leading Energy Companies Join Together to Address Global Energy Issues

Sep 24, 2009. Plextronics Featured on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric: Story Focused on Pittsburgh's Economic Turnaround as it Welcomed G20 Summitt

Sep 21, 2009. Precision Therapeutics President and CEO Sean McDonald Recipient of 2009 Pacesetter Award

Sep 10, 2009. PTC Therapeutics Initiates Registration-Directed Phase III Trial of Ataluren in Cystic Fibrosis

Sep 10, 2009. Zelrix, a Novel Transdermal Patch for Migraine, Found to Provide Rapid, Consistent, and Sustained Relief for Migraine Sufferers In Phase III Trial

Sep 09, 2009. Precision Therapeutics Named to Inc. Magazine's List of Fastest Growing Companies

Sep 2, 2009. PTC Therapeutics Announces Drug Discovery Collaboration with Roche

Sep 2, 2009. PTC Therapeutics Announces Celgene Exercised Option to Drug Discovery Collaboration

Aug 20, 2009. Plextronics Closes $14 Million Financing Round

Aug 12, 2009. Plextronics Becomes First Company to Deploy Organic Solar Modules at NREL’s Outdoor Testing Facility

Aug 11, 2009. NuPathe Reports Positive Phase III Results for Zelrix, a Novel Transdermal Patch For Acute Migraine

Aug 10, 2009. PTC Therapeutics Announces Achievement of Major Milestone in Schering-Plough Hepatitis C Collaboration

Jun 26, 2009. Former Secretary of PA Department of Environmental Protection McGinty Joins Plextronics as Advisor

Jun 15, 2009. PTC Therapeutics Receives $2.6 Million in Government Grants

Jun 9, 2009. Vitesse Adds ZTE, CyOptics and ETRI to Next Generation FTTx Technology Ecosystem

May 12, 2009. PTC Therapeutics and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation Announce $8.5 Million Collaboration

Mar 13, 2009. Plextronics Selected as GoingGreen East Top 50 Company

Dec 12, 2008. Plextronics Wins Technical Development Materials Award from IDTechEx

Nov 6, 2008. Precision Therapeutics Secures $43 Million in Venture Capital Funding

Oct 24, 2008. With 439% Revenue Growth, Cvent Ranks Well in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Virginia

Oct 15, 2008. Cvent Launches Event Venue Directory and RFP Management System

Oct 6, 2008. Plextronics Awarded $1.2 Million in Government Funding for Flexible Printed Electronics with the U.S. Military

Sep 16, 2008. Plextronics Selected as a GoingGreen Top 100 Company

Sep 16, 2008. Lehman's Fall to Create Greentech Woes

Jul 16, 2008. NREL Confirms Miasolé's Solar Panel Efficiency

Jun 4, 2008. Novartis Announces Acquisition of Protez Pharmaceuticals

SOA Software Acquires LogicLibrary

Nov 29, 2007. German Firm Pays $200 Million for Renal Solutions

Nov 7, 2007. CyOptics Acquires Inplane Photonics

Nov 6, 2007. Plextronics Receives Investment from Applied Ventures to Expand Development of Printed Electronics Technology

Oct 22, 2007. Renal Solutions, Inc. Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of New Design of the Allient Sorbent Hemodialysis System for Chronic and Acute Hemodialysis

Oct 22, 2007. Inspired Technologies Obtains FDA 510(k) Clearance for the VIAspire Oxygen Portable

Oct 18, 2007. PTC Therapeutics Announces Additional Results from Phase II Study of PTC124 in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Oct 11, 2007. PTC Therapeutics Announces Pharmacokinetic and Safety Results from Phase II Study of PTC124 in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Oct 2, 2007. Inspired Technologies Announces Latest Round of Financing

Sep 25, 2007. Inspired Technologies Obtains FDA 510(k) Approval for the VIAspire Liquefier

Sep 13, 2007. PTC Therapeutics Announces $20 Million Strategic Investment from Celgene Corporation

Aug 31, 2007. Chemical Company Solvay Leads $20M Financing for Plextronics

Aug 31, 2007. Precision Seeks $80.5M in IPO

Aug 9, 2007. Plextronics™ Organic Solar Cell Technology Breaks World Record: NREL Certifies Cell Efficiency

Apr 19, 2007. Metabolex Raises $32 Million to Accelerate Clinical Development Programs for its Pipeline of Drug Candidates in Metabolic Disease

Mar 20, 2007. CyOptics to Acquire Apogee Photonics

Mar 14, 2007. Consona Corporation Closes Acquisition of Knova Software

Feb 7, 2007. USDC Awards Plextronics Phase II of $1.8 Million Contract to Expand Plexcore HIL Development for OLED Displays

Jan 8, 2007. PTC Therapeutics Announces Strategic Drug Discovery Collaboration with Pfizer Utilizing PTCs GEMS Technology Platform

Oct 4, 2006. Cvent Offers New Web Survey Product

Sep 25, 2006. DEMOfall 18 Must See Products: TotalView lets you see everyone in the board room

Sep 14, 2006. NuPathe Closes $15 Million Financing

Sep 13, 2006. Plextronics Recognized by Wall Street Journal for Technology Innovation Prestigious Award Recognizes Groundbreaking Developments for Printed Electronics

Aug 15, 2006. Plextronics Lights Up with $13.1 M Series A

May 22, 2006. Lightningcast Sells To AOL Amid Hot Video Ad Market

Feb 17, 2006. Precision Therapeutics Lands $20M in Venture Capital

Feb 3, 2006. Birchmere Investment Spurs Relocation of Colorado Firm to Region

Feb 3, 2006. Venture Capital: Steel City Bends into Seattle Mold

Oct 5, 2005. CyOptics Closes $27 million Series F Financing Round

Aug 24, 2005. Protez Pharmaceuticals Closes $15 million Financing Round to Progress Lead Antibiotic Compound

Jun 21, 2005. Governor Rendell Announces Record Setting Employment Data; State Aids in Pittsburgh Technology Company's Expansion

Apr 7, 2005. Dr. Bernard Cambou Joins StageMark, Inc.

Mar 22, 2005. Metabolex's investigational treatment for Type 2 diabetes meets primary and secondary endpoints in Phase II trial

Mar 8, 2005. Renal Solutions, Inc. completes $16.5 million Series B financing and will present at SG Cowen Health Care Conference

Mar 3, 2005. Metabolex reports positive Phase I clinical trial for treatment of Type 2 diabetes

Jan 21, 2005. Like father, like son: O'Neills back California tech firm

Jan 21, 2005. Startups see more venture funding; 04 marked first increase since dot-com crash

Jan 20, 2005. Be Here gets $5M Series A Recap For 360-Degree Video Conferencing Device

Jan 19, 2005. Be Here completes $5M Series A financing round

Nov 30, 2005. Metabolex raises $44 million in additional private financing

Sep 15, 2004. Local concern picks up Silicon Valley firm

Apr 9, 2004. Neolinear sale is latest in surge of local acquisitions

Apr 1, 2004. Birchmere buys stake in Berwyn company

Mar 2, 2004. Metabolex announces start of Phase II trial of its novel insulin sensitizer, MBX-102

Jan 31, 2004. Paradigm synergies excite TI's Johnson

Jan 12, 2004. Metabolex raises $4 million in second close of private financing for total funding of $31 million

Nov 18, 2003. $20M in tobacco funds will boost life sciences

Nov 17, 2003. Birchmere, partner land $20M in state tobacco funds

May 2003. On Board...with Sean Sebastian: A look at the state of venture capital

Be Here Technologies Secures Additional Funding

Dec 4, 2002. Optinel Systems Secures $22.4 Million

Dec 2, 2002. Renal Solutions Completes $14.7 million Series A Financing for Development of the Allient? Sorbent Hemodialysis System

Nov 29, 2002. Health Care Firm Setting Up Shop: Local funding fuels move from Indiana

Nov 2002. Pittsburgh Magazine Publishes its Fourth Annual list of 40 Under 40 Award Recipients

May 21, 2002. The Private Sector - Venture Capital Flowing: Entrepreneurship thrives in Pittsburgh despite technology, dot.com downturn

May 10, 2002. Nine area companies land $74 million in first-quarter venture capital: VC investment drops in first months of year

Apr 10, 2002. Start-ups pitching for money at VC fair

Mar 29, 2002. Five venture capitalists share their thoughts on the state of the industry

Mar 29, 2002. How techies and VCs walk a line between valuation panic and long-term goals

Feb 8, 2002. Venture capital funds open wallets in fourth: Year-end investments in local companies on tear