BioSpace News Archive

BioForest

Community Awards in Support of Diversity and Inclusion Announced for 2018 Internet2 Technology Exchange

Internet2 announced today five recipients of scholarships aimed at increasing the meaningful participation of underrepresented information technology professionals

October 17, 2018
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Job Trends

EDCare Expands Opportunities For Military Service Members And Their Families Through Acceptance Of TRICARE Insurance

EDC is pleased to announce it is now in network with Colorado TRICARE insurance, held by most active and retired military and their families, for the treatment of eating disorders.

October 17, 2018
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Biotech Bay

Gauss raises $20 million in Series C from Northwell Health and SoftBank Ventures Korea for AI-Enabled Platform for the Operating Room

Gauss Surgical, an AI-driven healthcare technology company, raised $20 million in Series C funding from Northwell Health and SoftBank Ventures Korea, the global early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group, as well as from the LS Polaris Innovation Fund and seven other leading US health systems.

October 17, 2018
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6 min read
BioMidwest

AbbVie Announces Supplemental New Drug Application Accepted for Priority Review by U.S. FDA for IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) in Combination with Obinutuzumab (GAZYVA®) for Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Abbvie announced that FDA has accepted its supplemental New Drug Application

October 17, 2018
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14 min read
Business

Akero Therapeutics Expands Leadership Team

Akero Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing transformational treatments for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and other serious metabolic diseases, today announced the appointment of Kitty Yale as chief development officer.

October 17, 2018
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2 min read
Business

‘Perfect Money-Making Model’ Video Sheds Critical Light on Health-Care’s Lack of Transparency

To raise awareness about the health-care industry’s lack of price transparency, the Association of Independent Doctors, a national nonprofit trade association, today released a short video satire called “The Perfect-Money-Making

October 17, 2018
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Bicycle Therapeutics Announces Presentation at the Royal Society

Bicycle Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycles™) product platform, announced that Chief Executive Officer Kevin Lee, Ph.D., will give a presentation at the “Delivery of Novel Therapies in the 21st Century”

October 17, 2018
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Policy

EVIO Canada’s Keystone Labs Invests in Significant Expansion and Upgrades

Ready to meet testing demands for Cannabis Legalization

October 17, 2018
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4 min read
Bio NC

NCBiotech Grant to Support Economic Development in Alamance County

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, City of Burlington, LabCorp, Alamance Community College and Illumina will partner to train local talent for new bioscience jobs

October 17, 2018
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7 min read
Policy

Ascensia Diabetes Care Receives Amended Health Canada License for Contour Next Link 2.4 for Use With the Minimed 670g Insulin Pump System

Ascensia Diabetes Care today announced the receipt of an amended license from Health Canada for the CONTOUR® NEXT LINK 2.4 blood glucose meter to be used with the new Medtronic MiniMed™ 670G insulin pump system with SmartGuard™ algorithm.

October 17, 2018
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3 min read