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Tomorrow’s Biotech

By evaluating the most promising medical and scientific research, InvestBio seeks to single out the best venture capital and private equity opportunities for our clients.

Biotech venture capital is the driving force behind the funding of cutting edge technologies and current advances in the field of medical science. The potential reward of a successful biotech drug or treatment that reaches blockbuster status is enormous; not only to patients and the medical community, but to our qualified investors as well.

To achieve this, InvestBio identifies, selects, structures and manages these targeted opportunities, allowing us to create a rewarding outcome for all parties involved.

Searching for the
Most Promising Drugs

InvestBio is solely dedicated to seeking out and investing in life saving and enhancing drug treatments.  Our executive and advisory network’s broad scientific and medical experience allows us to identify the most promising research available.  Accessing this knowledge base and sifting through the research enables us to do what most investors can’t.  This is the first step we take in determining which opportunities we’re likely to support in the future.

Choosing the
Most Promising Opportunities

After identifying possible investment opportunities, InvestBio thoroughly investigates the history, management, financials, and marketing potential necessary to identify which drugs or treatments are the best choices to invest in.

Building a Foundation
for a Profitable Relationship

After completing a thorough selection process, and having chosen a company with the highest likelihood of success, we are able to level the playing field for our investors. InvestBio structures investment partnerships which allow our investors to participate in opportunities that were traditionally available only to institutional investors.

Successfully Working
Together to Accomplish Goals

As InvestBio typically invests alongside our clients, our communication needs are the same.  We pride ourselves on our ability to gain access to company’s management as well as providing direct access for our investors.   InvestBio manages these relationships on a day-to-day basis in an effort to maximize our partnership’s value.  For us, information is key.  Good, bad, or indifferent, we want to keep our investors informed with up-to-date information directly from our client companies. 

InvestBio often seeks board representation or access to company’s management in an effort to provide the most current information available to our investors.

AmpliMed Corporation Announces Start of Randomized Phase 2 Trial of Amplimexon in Pancreatic Cancer

Thursday, May 1, 2008; Yahoo Finance
AmpliMed Corporation, a cancer therapeutics company, today announced that patient enrollment is underway in a Phase 2 trial of Amplimexon® (imexon for injection) in combination with gemcitabine (Gemzar®) in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. .
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InvestBio Portfolio Company AmpliMed Corporation Announces Promising One-Year Survival Data

Tuesday, February 26, 2008; Diversified Private Equity Corporation (DPEC Partners)
Data from Phase I/II Study of Amplimexon® in Treatment of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma. NEW YORK CITY – AmpliMed Corporation, an InvestBio, Inc. portfolio company, recently announced one year survival results of Phase I/II trials of Amplimexon, its lead drug candidate in treating stage III or stage IV metastatic malignant melanoma (in combination with dacarbazine). Metastatic melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer, affecting approximately 8,000 patients per year in the United States. Data from the Amplimexon phase I/II trials suggests that the drug had relatively infrequent side-effects, even when administered with full-dose chemotherapy. Some patients with less advanced disease in the 50-patient pool, treated with a combination of Amplimexon and dacarbazine had a survival advantage of 11.7 months, compared with approximately eight months for dacarbazine treated historical controls..
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InvestBio Portfolio Company Presents Phase I/II Trial Results of Vaccine for Leukemia at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

Friday, February 29, 2008; Diversified Private Equity Corporation (DPEC Partners)

To Date, InvestBio has Raised $20 Million for The Vaccine Company (TVC); TVC Now in Phase III Trials. NEW YORK CITY – Results from a clinical study using technology licensed by The Vaccine Company (TVC), an InvestBio, Inc. portfolio company, were presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology. The company’s PR1 peptide vaccine is derived from two proteins that are either overexpressed or aberrantly expressed in certain cancer cells. Administration of the PR1 vaccine to some patients elicits the proliferation of, PR1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes that selectively kill three types of leukemia - myelodysplastic syndrome, acute myelogenous leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia. In the Phase I/II study, the median time in remission for leukemia patients who responded to the PR1 vaccine was three times longer than for non-responders.

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