Aduro files for IPO: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2015/03/berkeleycancer-therapy-startup-aduro-biotech-seeks.html Led by CEO Stephen T. Isaacs, Aduro was founded in 2000 to develop early-stage cancer therapies. Isaacs will have a 3.3 percent interest with the IPO. The company currently has a drug in a Phase IIb study for pancreatic cancer. …The Berkeley-based biotech firm has raised $143.4 million to date in eight rounds from investors, such as Morningside Group, Johnson & Johnson, OrbiMed and Janus Capital Group. Aduro plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol ADRO. ADXS is considered a close competitor.