2010
07/09/10
BioCentury Extra
iPierian raises $22M, names Venuti CEO
07/09/10
Mass High Tech
Google Ventures puts money, Yeshwant into Calif. stem cell firm
07/09/10
BioWorld Today
iPierian Attracts New Investor Google in $22M Series B Round
07/09/10
VentureWire
Google Ventures Goes Biotech Route Again, Leading $22M Round For IPierian
07/08/10
San Francisco Business Times
iPierian raises $22M led by Google Ventures, gets new CEO
07/08/10
Xconomy
iPierian Nabs $22M, Names New CEO
07/08/10
FierceBiotech
Calithera banks $40M; Google Ventures leads $22M iPierian round
06/17/10
Xconomy
iPierian, With Harvard Science and Kleiner Perkins Cash, Pursues Stem Cells to Make Drugs
04/08/10
Newswise
Regenerative Medicine Forum Focuses on Promise of New Treatments
03/05/10
Nature Medicine
Patents draw new lines in the battle to commercialize stem cells
02/24/10
Datamonitor News and Comment
iPierian names new president and chief scientific officer
02/22/10
The Johns Hopkins University Gazette
NIH grant funds study on stem cells from ALS patients
02/18/10
SciBX
Bypassing the iPS logjam
02/02/10
Daily Yomiuri
U.S. venture obtained iPS patent in Britain
02/01/10
Asia Pulse
U.S. FIRM IPIERIAN SNAGS FIRST IPS CELL PATENT OUTSIDE JAPAN
01/28/10
Nature
Britain grants patent for iPS cells: The first issued outside Japan for reprogrammable stem cells credits different Japanese inventors
2009
10/23/09
Datamonitor News and Comment
iPierian signs research collaboration with Johns Hopkins University
10/05/09
Forbes
Growing Diseases In A Dish
09/02/09
Datamonitor News and Comment
iPierian names new vice president and CFO
08/03/09
Newsweek
Stem-Cell Breakthrough
08/03/09
Forbes
Growing Diseases In A Dish
07/17/09
The Scientist
Success with iPSCs
07/17/09
PharmaTech Talk
Can Regenerative Medicine Generate Returns?
07/17/09
San Francisco Chronicle
Venture Capital Watch
07/10/09
The IN VIVO Blog
iZumi/ Pierian
07/10/09
SVM Bio Bits (Blog)
Stem Cell Start-ups Unite
07/08/09
San Francisco Business Times (Blog)
Top 5 list: Uses for Pfizer's former space
07/08/09
Scrip World Pharmaceutical News
Stem cell start-ups iZumi Bio and Pierian merge into iPierian
07/08/09
Mass Hightech
iPierian merges with iZumi Bio, takes stem cell R&D to Calif.
07/08/09
Contra Costa Times
Biotech: Two closely held stem-cell companies merged
07/08/09
BioWorld Today
Financings Roundup: iZumi/Pierian
07/08/09
BioCentury
iZumi, Pierian merge, raise $11.5 million
07/08/09
TheDeal.com
Stem-cell startups merge
07/08/09
Fierce Biotech
Promising stem cell start-ups merge, add $11.5M
07/08/09
San Francisco Business Times
Stem cell startups merge, grab VC cash
07/08/09
Bloomberg
Stem Cell Start-Ups Merge, Bring in $11.5 Million
06/29/09
FierceBiotech
iZumi Bio - 2009 Fierce 15
04/16/09
The Wall Street Journal (Gautam Naik)
U.S. Start-Up, Japanese University to Team on Stem Cells
04/15/09
The Japan Times
Kyoto U., U.S. firm team up on stem cells
04/15/09
Nikkei Report
Kyoto University, U.S. Bioventure Team On iPS Cell Research
04/15/09
Baptist Press
Al Gore firm boosts stem cell alternative
04/15/09
Datamonitor News and Comment
iZumi Bio and Kyoto University partner to advance iPS cell technology
04/15/09
BioWorld Today
News to Note: iZumi
04/15/09
FierceBioResearcher (John Carroll)
Pioneering stem cell scientist inks development pact
04/15/09
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Kyoto University, iZumi Bio collaborate on pluripotent stem cell technology
04/15/09
United Press International
Science News: Gore Backs Stem Cell Venture
04/15/09
Associated Press
US, Japan researchers team up to perfect technology offering alternative to embryonic cells
04/15/09
USA Today (Dan Vergano)
Al Gore on board for $20M stem cell venture
04/14/09
San Francisco Business Times (Ron Leuty)
IZumi scores deal with Kyoto University
04/14/09
MyStateLine.com
Former Vice President Gore Jumps Into Stem Cell Research
04/14/09
BioSmartbrief
IZumi, Japanese university unite to refine stem cell technique
04/14/09
Kyodo News
Kyoto Univ. to partner with U.S. venture on iPS cell research
04/14/09
Mainichi Daily News
Kyoto University to team up with U.S. firm for iPS stem cell R&D