Organovo Raises $40M

[Brian_Krassenstein]

Organovo has announced an additional $40 million in funding via a secondary offering of over 9 million shares at a price of $4.25 per share. The offering will nearly double the company's cash on hand and will provide them with years of operating capital based on their current burn rate of approximately $25 million annually. While shareholders of their stock certainly didn't take well to this news it should make the company quite a bit healthier as they already have 0 debt on their balance sheet. More details on this offering can be found here: http://3dprint.com/74690/organovo-secondary-offering/

[Brian_Krassenstein]

Organovo is well on the way to achieving the goal of 3D bioprinting entire human organs, with exVive 3D Human Liver Tissue already available and exVive Kidnery Tissue in active development. The path is helped along through partnerships and collaborations with such big names as Merck, L’Oréal, and Yale University. In an interview with Benzinga, Organovo's Ken Murphy outlined some of the various workings of his company, which we've taken an analytical look at to trace their goals and progress. Read about Organovo and Murphy's thoughts here: ttp://3dprint.com/93493/organovos-bioprinting-future/

[RonGreen]

Congratulations to Organovo on great progress on the Patent front:

1. http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20151008 ... 282885.php

Engineered three-dimensional breast tissue, adipose tissue, and tumor disease model

Application # Date Organovo Inc patents (updated weekly) -
1 20150282885 10/08/15 Engineered three-dimensional breast tissue, adipose tissue, and tumor disease model

Amazingly complete patent. Even covers the business model of using the tissue.

2. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pars ... D2=&d=PTXT


PAT. NO. Title
1 9,149,952 Full-Text Devices, systems, and methods for the fabrication of tissue
2 8,931,880 Full-Text Devices, systems, and methods for the fabrication of tissue