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APT Pharmaceuticals Adds Paul Sekhri to Board of Directors
DECEMBER 3, 2007


APT Pharmaceuticals Expands Management Team
NOVEMBER 19, 2007


APT Pharmaceuticals Closes New $22 Million Funding Round
OCTOBER 4, 2007


Mirabilis Closes $10.5 Million Series A Extension to Commercialize Non-invasive Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
AUGUST 21, 2007


KFx Medical Corporation Closes $10 Million Series B Financing
AUGUST 9, 2007


APT Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Rights to Develop and Commercialize Inhalable Cyclosporine to Prevent Lung Transplant Rejection
JUNE 5, 2007


Enteromedics Files Registration Statement
for Proposed Initial Public Offering
MAY 25, 2007


Athenagen Announces Name Change to CoMentis
FEBRUARY 10, 2007


Athenagen’s Eye Drop Therapy for AMD is Safe and Well Tolerated in Phase I Study
JANUARY 31, 2007


Athenagen Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial in Alzheimer’s Disease
DECEMBER 13, 2006


Mirabilis Medica Names Mike Connolly CEO
OCTOBER 3, 2006


Athenagen Raises $50 Million in Series B Financing
SEPTEMBER 28, 2006


Amaranth Medical Closes $7.5 Million Series A Financing to Advance the Development of Bio-Absorbable Stents
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006


Mirabilis Raises $4 Million to Commercialize Non-Invasive Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
AUGUST 29, 2006


Athenagen Initiates Clinical Development of its Anti-angiogenic Eye Drop Therapy for AMD
AUGUST 21, 2006


Athenagen Completes Merger with Zapaq
AUGUST 14, 2006


KFx Medical Corporation Receives 510k Clearance for Knotless Tissue Fixation
AUGUST 10, 2006


Athenagen Announces Publication of Results from a Proof-of-Concept Trial of its Novel alpha-7 Nicontinic Receptor Agonist in Schizophrenia
JUNE 15, 2006


Athenagen Acquires Osprey Pharmaceutical Company - Adds Clinical-Stage Alzheimer's Drug Candidate to its Pipeline
APRIL 13, 2006


Aradigm and APT Pharmaceuticals Initiate Phase 2 Clinical Program of Novel Treatment for Asthma
MARCH 23, 2006


Athenagen Adds A. Barr Dolan to its Board of Directors
FEBRUARY 22, 2006


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CHARTER LIFE SCIENCES (“CLS”) is a clinical stage life sciences venture capital investor. CLS makes initial portfolio company investments in life sciences companies that are seeking capital to obtain initial clinical proof-of-efficacy of their products (see Investment Criteria), and we continue to support our successful portfolio companies with follow on investments until they are acquired or go public.

Our team is led by four Managing Partners who have worked together to create and build life sciences companies for over twenty years. We take a team approach to all of our investments, and our team brings extensive scientific, clinical, regulatory, operational and finance experience to each of our portfolio companies.

We play an active role in helping entrepreneurs build successful companies. Our time, energy and passion is devoted to investing in early stage life sciences opportunities. As a result, your company will be compared only against other early stage opportunities. So, at CLS, your preclinical biotech or medical device company will not be compared against a PIPE investment in an undervalued Phase III company. Early stage is what we do, and all we do.

We understand that early stage companies do not have all the answers and do not have all the data. We understand that many basic questions need investment capital to answer, and we understand that development plans and milestones are subject to lots of uncertainty and change. We understand what it takes to build a management team from scratch, and we invest in companies with little or no existing management. In short, we understand what it is to be an early stage entrepreneur, because each of us has been one.

Please look carefully at our investment criteria and our team, and if we are the type of partner that you would like to work with, please contact us.

 
     
   
 
 
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