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BioMidwest

Hormel Foods Donates 1,000 Cancer Carepacks to the Cancer Nutrition Consortium

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) today announced a donation of 1,000 Hormel Vital Cuisine™ Carepacks to the Cancer Nutrition Consortium (CNC).

October 30, 2018
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Job Trends

Strategic Healthplan Consulting: How CFOs can purchase Healthcare Services like everything else in their company

Healthcare costs are rising at unprecedented and unsustainable rates for U.S businesses. For most companies, it is the 2nd highest expense on their P&L, next to wages. And it’s increasing at a rate significantly higher than the average wage increase of 0-3%.

October 30, 2018
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2 min read
Drug Development

Alzheimer’s Association Awards M3 Biotechnology, Inc. with Part the Cloud to RESCUE Grant to Support Phase 2 Clinical Trials of NDX-1017 to treat Alzheimer’s

M3 Biotechnology, Inc., today announced receipt of a Part the Cloud to RESCUE grant from the Alzheimer’s Association.

October 30, 2018
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3 min read
Job Trends

Avance Biosciences Completes Successful FDA Inspection

Avance Biosciences, Inc., a leading biological testing company supporting drug development and manufacturing, announced today that its Houston facility was inspected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 01 through October 04, 2018.

October 30, 2018
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2 min read
Policy

Messner Reeves LLP Adds Prominent Healthcare Attorney David J. Mortensen

Messner Reeves LLP is pleased to announce David J. Mortensen has joined the firm’s Las Vegas office as a partner in their Litigation and Healthcare Practice Groups.

October 30, 2018
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2 min read
Job Trends

Long-term side effects similarly low for once-weekly and conventional breast radiation therapies, trial finds

In a 10-year study of women who received radiation therapy to treat early-stage breast cancer, those receiving fewer, larger individual doses experienced similarly low rates of late-onset side effects as those undergoing conventional radiation therapy.

October 30, 2018
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6 min read
Genetown

Cambridge-based biotech firm expanding to Woburn

WuXi NextCODE Genomics USA Inc. is expanding its Massachusetts presence, complementing its Kendall Square headquarters with a lab in nearby Woburn.

October 30, 2018
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1 min read
BioMidwest

Clarigent Health Brings New Suicide-Prevention Technology to Meet Mental Health Needs

Cincinnati Children’s, CincyTech, Serial Entrepreneurs Reunite to Improve Mental Health

October 30, 2018
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2 min read
Business

Lung Cancer: Not What You Think

The American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE and Cancer Treatment Centers of America are collaborating on a bold campaign to raise awareness around the #1 cancer killer

October 30, 2018
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4 min read
Biotech Beach

MassRoots’ Rewards Program, WeedPass™, Reaches 100 Participating Dispensaries

MassRoots, Inc. announced today that its recently launched rewards program for cannabis consumers, WeedPass™, has on-boarded more than 100 participating dispensaries.

October 30, 2018
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3 min read