Tag: biomedical
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Biotech Gains $53.7M Infectious Disease Test Award
A maker of diagnostics for infectious diseases is receiving a $53.7 million contract to develop and validate reliable home molecular tests for Covid-19 and flu infections.
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Trial Shows Plant-Based Drug Helps Reduce Vaping
First results of a clinical trial show a drug derived from plants to aid in smoking cessation helps cut the use of e-cigarettes among non-smokers of burning tobacco.
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New Funds to Invest in Digital Health Start-Ups
A venture capital company supporting developers of digital technologies in health care says it raised $460 million to invest in early-stage digital health businesses.
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Cancer Cell Therapy Biotech Launches, Raises $10M
A start-up company with a process for harvesting large quantities of cells that infiltrate and kill solid tumors is raising $10 million in seed venture funds.
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Biotech Group Blasts Reproductive Drug Ruling
A biotechnology industry group calls Friday’s ruling in a Federal district court to suspend approval of the drug mifepristone “an assault on science.”
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Health, Tech Venture Investor Adds $850M Fund
A venture capital company specializing in early-stage investments in life science, health, and technology start-ups announced a new $850 million fund.
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Trial Okayed for Glaucoma Treatment Implant
A developer of treatments for eye diseases says it received clearance from FDA to begin a clinical trial of a sustained-release implant therapy for glaucoma.
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Investor Backing Nanotech Drug Discovery Advances
A life science venture investor is funding further development of a lower-cost molecular-level drug discovery process using nanoscale synthetic DNA strands.
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Biotechs Partner to Boost mRNA Manufacturing
Two companies working in synthetic biology are advancing a new process they say increases the scale and reduces costs of messenger RNA manufacturing.
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Self-Applied Patch Shown Feasible for Vaccine Delivery
A clinical trial shows a microneedle patch device for vaccine delivery applied by participants to their own arms works as well in the skin as when administered by clinicians.