Category: Finance
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Report: Growing Tech Industry Investment in Health
The information technology industry is a growing presence in health care, both financially and qualitatively, according to a new report.
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$10M Cancer Immunotherapy Research Fund Launched
A foundation is sponsoring research grants totaling $10 million for computational solutions to key questions facing cancer immunotherapy.
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Fund Created for Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Treatment
A venture capital company is beginning a $60 million investment fund that plans to finance start-up enterprises providing point-of-care diagnostics and medical treatments.
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Liquid Biopsy Company Gains $360M for Cancer Sequencing
A company using blood tests to diagnose cancer is receiving a $360 million investment for its campaign to sequence DNA from 1 million people at high risk of cancer.
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$2 Billion Biotech Licensing Deal Cancelled
A licensing deal with a potential value of more than $2 billion between two biotechnology companies for a new breast cancer drug was cancelled on Friday.
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Technology Has Changed Investing – Here’s How
Let’s take a quick look at the ways in which technology has changed the world of investment.
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Gene Therapy Start-Up Raises $41M in Early Funds
A 1 year-old enterprise developing gene therapies to treat rare inherited metabolic disorders is raising €37.5 million ($US 40.8 million) in its first venture funding round.
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NSF Supports Chip Enabling Low-Power Electronics
An engineering lab at University of Texas in San Antonio received a grant to assess the commercial potential for a chip that lets electronic devices work with much less power.
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$175K Challenge Seeks New Antimicrobial Preservatives
A new challenge competition on InnoCentive is seeking development of new types of preservatives for personal care and other household products.
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Vaccine R&D Underway to Protect Against Animal Microbes
Research is underway in the U.K. on development of new vaccines to protect humans against zoonotic diseases, infectious diseases originating in animals.