Category: Finance
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Infographic – Biotech Index Decline Continues
The NBI is in decline since reaching its peak for the year in the spring, erasing all of the gains for the year at the beginning of October.
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Small Biz Grant Supports Newborn Opioid Device
A start-up enterprise is developing a nerve stimulation device worn by infants born to mothers with opioid addiction to treat the babies’ withdrawal symptoms.
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Implanted Overdose Rescue Device Being Developed
An implanted device that senses an overdose of opioid drugs and dispenses an emergency rescue medicine is in development by two university labs.
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Q3 Venture Investing Falls, Biotech Remains Hot
Venture capital investments fell in the third quarter of 2019, both in dollar volumes and number of deals, with declines occurring in the U.S. and worldwide.
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NSF Funds Blockchain Health Care Data System
A new grant finances design of a lower-cost health care data network built with blockchain that promises to preserve patients’ security and privacy.
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Dementia Drug Candidate in Preclinical Tests
A study is underway of a new treatment approach for dementia that targets inflammation and microscopic bleeding in the brain that can accompany Alzheimer’s disease.
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Infographic – Private R&D Outpacing Defense Contractors
Our infographic this weekend offers a stark illustration of how private companies have surpassed defense contractors in R&D spending.
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Women-Founded Start-Ups Raise More Capital Than Male-Only
Start-up enterprises founded or led by at least one woman on the team raise more capital than comparable start-ups founded by men only.
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Small Biz Grant Funds Prenatal Genetic Test
A small business set-aside grant is funding early development of a non-invasive prenatal test that simplifies detection of genetic abnormalities in a fetus.
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Nanotech Crispr Delivery in Development
Researchers in biochemistry and structural biology are designing a technique using nanoscale particles to safely deliver edited genes as a cancer treatment.