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BioMidwest

Green Peak Innovations Approved For Operation Of 12 Medical Cannabis Cultivation Licenses In Michigan

The State of Michigan Medical Marihuana Licensing Board unanimously voted today to issue the operational approval of 10 class C cultivation licenses to Green Peak Innovations (GPI)

December 10, 2018
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Business

Medshift Announces Five Year Partnership with Merz North America

MedShift, a leader in aesthetic medical equipment and technology, is excited to announce a five-year long strategic partnership with Merz North America.

December 10, 2018
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Job Trends

HIV Activists Announce Alternative 2020 Conference in Mexico City

An alliance of key population-led networks, networks of people living with HIV, treatment activists, and supporters has formed to organize an international community-led conference titled HIV2020: Community Reclaiming the Global Response.

December 10, 2018
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Genetown

Stealth BioTherapeutics Granted Fast Track Designation for Elamipretide for the Treatment of Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Geographic Atrophy

Stealth BioTherapeutics (Stealth), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to treat mitochondrial dysfunction, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for its lead investigational candidate, elamipretide,

December 10, 2018
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3 min read
Pharm Country

New Sandy Hook Promise PSA to Premiere as Most Violent Year on Record for America’s Schools Comes to a Close

This year has been the worst on record for violence in schools with the highest incidents of K-12 school shootings since 1970, when records on school shootings begin, according to research published by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security in partnership with and sponsored by FEMA.

December 10, 2018
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BioMidwest

Fresenius Kabi Announces U.S. Availability of Omegaven® (fish oil triglycerides) Injectable Emulsion

Fresenius Kabi, a global health care company that specializes in medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition, announced today that Omegaven® (fish oil triglycerides) injectable emulsion is now commercially available in the United States.

December 10, 2018
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5 min read
Bio NC

GeneCentric Therapeutics Enters Bladder Cancer Research Collaboration with University of North Carolina

GeneCentric Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) to assess patient response to immunotherapeutic drugs such as PD-1 and PDL-1 inhibitors based on bladder cancer subtypes.

December 10, 2018
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BioMidwest

UnitedHealthcare Expands Navigate4Me to Bring Personalized, Holistic Care to More People

UnitedHealthcare announced that it will significantly expand its Navigate4Me program to bring the benefits of personalized, holistic care to more people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans.

December 10, 2018
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5 min read
Pharm Country

Advanced Video Technology Bringing Virtual Santa Visits to Shriners Hospitals for Children

Global technology services and solutions provider, Dimension Data, and Shriners Hospitals for Children will bring virtual visits with Santa Claus to young patients and their families across four Shriners Hospital locations on Dec. 11 and 12.

December 10, 2018
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Inuit Tuberculosis Elimination Framework Released

Today, the Inuit Tuberculosis Elimination Framework was released by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami as a next step in ongoing efforts to address staggeringly high rates of tuberculosis (TB) among Inuit living in Inuit Nunangat

December 10, 2018
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