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BioMidwest

Study Show Chicago’s Older Voters Considering Leaving City; Concerned About Affordability, Crime, Education

Release of Survey Highlighting Voters’ Top Concerns Prior To Mayoral Election

January 28, 2019
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CSPA Group, Inc. Announces CannaStrips™ Entering the Marketplace with its First Delivery to lbs. Distribution

Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc. announces that its subsidiary, CSPA Group, Inc., received a purchase order from lbs. Distribution for distribution of CannaStripsTM into the California cannabis market.

January 28, 2019
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3 min read
BioMidwest

Medical Cannabis Experts Launch Licensing Boot Camp for Minority- and Women-Owned Business Owners; Kickoff Events February 16 and 17 to Answer Questions for Cannabis Entrepreneurs in Missouri

Oaksterdam University, Green Rush Consulting, and Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) are partnering to launch the Cannabis Business Licensing Boot Camp (CBLB) program created specifically to help minority- and women-owned businesses prepare to obtain a cannabis business license in Missouri, which overwhelmingly passed Amendment 2 to make medical cannabis legal in the state.

January 28, 2019
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4 min read
Biotech Bay

Medable Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification to Manage Risk, Improve Security Posture and Meet Compliance Requirements

Medable Inc. a leading provider of the end-to-end platform for digitally enabled and data-driven clinical trials, today announced the organization’s Cortex application and infrastructure has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.

January 28, 2019
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2 min read
Business

Health Mart Welcomes President Nimesh Jhaveri

Nimesh Jhaveri, MBA, RPh, joins the Health Mart family of community pharmacies as president.

January 28, 2019
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3 min read
BioMidwest

NIC Inc. Awarded a Contract to Provide the State of Maryland a New Prescription Drug Monitoring Platform

NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV), the nation’s leader of innovative digital government solutions, has been selected to provide its RxGov prescription drug monitoring platform to the State of Maryland to help combat the prescription opioid epidemic. F

January 28, 2019
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3 min read
Biotech Beach

Masimo Announces FDA Clearance of RRp®, Respiration Rate from the Pleth, on the MightySat™ Rx Spot-Check Fingertip Pulse Oximeter

Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today FDA clearance of the measurement of respiration rate from the pleth (RRp®) on the MightySat™ Rx spot-check fingertip pulse oximeter, as well as its indication for use in the home environment.

January 28, 2019
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7 min read
Pharm Country

New Study Finds Plasmapore®XP Surface Enhancement Demonstrates Enhanced Osseointegrative Properties

Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC today announced the publication of “Porous titanium-coated polyetheretherketone implants exhibit an improved bone–implant interface: an in vitro and in vivo biochemical, biomechanical, and histological study” in Medical Devices: Evidence and Research

January 28, 2019
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4 min read
Biotech Beach

New Study Suggests Surgical Stapler May Play Important Role in Reducing Common Complication Associated with Lung Surgery

A recent study has found significant differences between surgical stapler technologies when it comes to the impact the devices have on the rate of air leaks, one of the most common complications associated with lobectomies, a type of thoracic surgery to treat lung cancer.

January 28, 2019
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6 min read
Policy

Pennsylvania Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Urges a Steel Mill Worker or Veteran with Mesothelioma in Pennsylvania to Call Them for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst for a Conversation About Compensation

According to the Pennsylvania Mesothelioma Victims Center, “We want a current or former steel mill worker, a US Navy Veteran, or a person with recently diagnosed mesothelioma or asbestos exposure lung cancer anywhere in Pennsylvania to call us anytime at 800-714-0303 for direct access to Erik Karst, f

January 28, 2019
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