Category: Finance
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Neural Technology Research Centers Launched
Research centers for accelerating new technologies that tackle nervous system disorders are opening at two universities in the U.S., with industry partners.
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Research, Medical Groups Join Science March
A collection of 25 organizations representing a range of medical research and practice disciplines announced their participation in the March for Science set for Saturday, 22 April.
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Cancer Gene Therapy Company Raises $85M in IPO
A developer of cancer immunotherapies that transfer gene treatments into patients with brain tumors is raising $85 million in its initial public stock offering.
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NIH Funds Drug-Resistant Malaria Therapy Trial
An agency of National Institutes of Health is funding a clinical trial of a new malaria drug engineered to overcome resistance developed to earlier treatments.
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Student Project Leads to Medical Device Start-Up
A group of engineering and business students developing an imaging device that quickly finds veins for blood draws is starting a company to take the device to market.
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CARB-X Commits $48M for Antibiotic Resistance R&D
A public-private partnership is spending $48 million in grants to biotechnology companies for research on treatments and diagnostics to counter antibiotic resistance, with half of that amount distributed immediately.
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Challenge Seeks GI Tract Drug Delivery in Animals
A new challenge offered through InnoCentive is aiming for solutions to protect biological drugs delivered into the gastrointestinal, or GI, tract of animals.
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Heart Assoc, Amazon Partner on Precision Medicine Data
American Heart Association and Amazon Web Services are collecting data from researchers to advance precision medicine in cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
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Organ Transplant Start-Up Gains $38M in Early Funds
A one year-old company applying genome editing to make animal organs fit for human transplantation is raising $38 million its first venture funding round.
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Medical Robotics Company Crowdfunding IPO
A medical robotics company spun-off from labs at MIT is issuing its initial public stock offering through equity crowdfunding, aiming to raise $15 million.