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 | | Led by Alta Partners, the deal also included Abingworth Management, as well as return backers GIMV, Biotech Fund Flanders, Sofinnova Partners and Gilde. |
 | | Ablynx, a Ghent, Belgium-based biotech company focused on nanobodies, a class of therapeutic antibodies, has raised 25 million euros of Series B financing. |
 | | The merger positions BofA as the No. 3 U.S. bank, after Citigroup Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., once the latter buys Bank One Corp. Bank of America has about $938 billion of assets, 5,700 banking offices in 29 states and Washington, D.C., and about 36 million customers. |
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