Tryton Medical Announces CE Mark and European Launch of Next-Generation Tryton Side Branch SHORT Stent

New Stent Will Be Featured at EuroPCR 2013 Exhibit Booth #M27 May 21-24 in Paris

Durham, N.C. – May 16, 2013Tryton Medical, Inc., the leading developer of stents designed to treat bifurcation lesions, today announced that the company received the CE Mark for the Tryton Side Branch SHORT Stent, a novel coronary stent system that broadens the treatment options in bifurcations in large vessels with a short main branch landing zone.

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RiverVest Venture Partners Names Pharmaceutical Veteran Bradley Keller as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

ST. LOUIS (May 13, 2013) – RiverVest Venture Partners announced today that Bradley Keller, Ph.D. has joined the life sciences venture capital firm as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence.

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Lumena Pharmaceuticals Announces $23 Million Series A Financing

 Funding to support clinical development of drug candidates to treat rare liver diseases

 SAN DIEGO – May 8, 2013Lumena Pharmaceuticals, a company developing oral therapeutics for rare liver diseases, today announced the company has secured $23 million in Series A financing. Investors include Pappas Ventures, RiverVest Venture Partners and Alta Partners.

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St. Mary Medical Center and Centerre Healthcare Partner in Opening New Inpatient Rehabilitation Specialty Hospital

State-of-the-art facility to be first free-standing rehabilitation hospital in Bucks County

LANGHORNE, PA, April 29, 2013 – St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA, in partnership with Centerre Healthcare Corporation, headquartered in Nashville, TN, today announced plans for a newly designed acute rehabilitation hospital, the first specialty hospital of its kind in Bucks County.

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