Category: Finance
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Neuro Disease Start-Up Raises $73M in Early Funds
A new enterprise discovering treatments for neurodegenerative diseases is merging with another start-up and raising $73 million its first venture round.
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Infographic – Biotech Index Rebounds in Q2
Since mid-May, NBI rose steadily, closing at 5,148 by the end of June, a gain of nine percent for the quarter and eight percent for the year.
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Challenge Seeks Reliable Depression Diagnostics, Models
A new competition seeks reliable biological methods for detecting depression and decision models that connect diagnostics to effective disease treatments.
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U.S. to Buy Covid-19 Antiviral Drug in $1.2B Deal
Two U.S. government health agencies agreed to purchase some 1.7 million doses of a Covid-19 antiviral drug, once the drug receives clearance from FDA.
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Trade, Finance, Health Groups Urge Vaccine Boost
The leaders of four international economic and health organizations call for a $50 billion investment to ensure faster vaccinations in all parts of the world.
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Precision Cancer Meds Company Raises $43M in Early Funds
A company combining computational genetic analysis and precision medicine discovery for cancer therapies is raising $43 million in its first venture round.
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Small Biz Grant Funds Covid-19 Antiviral Therapy
A biotechnology company developing cancer therapies is receiving an NIH grant to extend its technology for antiviral peptides against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Infographic – Health Care A.I. Funds Jump in Q1
Venture funding for start-ups providing artificial intelligence services in health care climbed to a record high volume in the first quarter of 2021.
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Medical Devices to Reduce Military Travel Disorders
Biomedical engineers at university labs are designing medical devices that reduce jet lag and intestinal problems faced by military service members.
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New Biotech Creating Precision Cancer Therapies
A biotechnology company began work in public to develop new treatments that target proteins responsible for gene expression, beginning with cancer.