BioSpace News Archive

Genetown

Electronic Glasses Deliver Visual Independence for People With Severe Vision Loss

Massachusetts-based Zoomax (USA) Inc. announced today the introduction of Acesight, brand new wearable electronic glasses that deliver true visual independence for the millions of people in the USA and worldwide who suffer from severe vision loss.

January 3, 2019
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Business

Lilly to Participate in J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) will participate in the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. David A. Ricks, Lilly’s chairman and chief executive officer, will participate in a fireside chat from 6:00 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. Eastern time.

January 3, 2019
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Biotech Bay

Verily Announces $1 Billion Investment Round to Fund Growth and Innovation

Verily, an Alphabet company, today announced a $1 billion investment round, led by Silver Lake, as it advances plans on business strategies that are additive and complementary to its current life sciences portfolio.

January 3, 2019
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2 min read
Biotech Beach

Global Genes® to Host Third Annual RARE In The Square January 7-9, 2019

Coinciding with J.P. Morgan’s annual Healthcare Conference, stakeholders of rare disease assemble in San Francisco’s Union Square to catalyze partnerships

January 3, 2019
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2 min read
BioCapital

Novartis Provides Data to SPARK, Pew’s Platform for Antibiotic Discovery Research

The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Novartis has shared data from its antibiotic research programs on Pew’s open-access Shared Platform for Antibiotic Research and Knowledge (SPARK)

January 3, 2019
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3 min read
Business

Vision Insurance Is Differentiator to Millennials in Job Search

National employee benefits provider finds that cutting vision health insurance benefits may lead to one-third of working millennials to look for a new job.

January 3, 2019
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1 min read
Business

Cantel Medical to Present at the 21st Annual Needham Growth Conference

Cantel Medical Corporation (NYSE: CMD) announced today that Peter Clifford, Executive Vice President and CFO, will be presenting at the 21st Annual Needham Growth Conference at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York.

January 3, 2019
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