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Biotech Beach

Mesa Biotech Named 2019 Frost & Sullivan Price/Performance Value Leader in Global Influenza Point-of-Care Testing

Mesa Biotech Inc., is a privately held, molecular diagnostic company that developed an affordable and easy to operate polymerase chain reaction testing platform designed specifically for point-of-care infectious disease diagnosis.

March 20, 2019
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Business

Canopy Growth announces multi-year extraction agreement with Victoria-based HollyWeed North Cannabis Inc.

Canopy Growth Corporation and HollyWeed Manufacturing & Extracts Inc. are pleased to announce today they have entered into a multi-year processing and extraction agreement.

March 20, 2019
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7 min read
Deals

Flagship Pioneering Expands Growth Capabilities, Announces Capital Raise of $824MM

Flagship Pioneering, a unique life sciences innovation enterprise, announced it has secured $824 million in a new capital pool to support the growth of human health and sustainability companies originated by its Flagship Labs unit.

March 20, 2019
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4 min read
BioCapital

Q BioMed’s Diagnostic Kit Designed to Serve Unmet Need for 70 Million Glaucoma Sufferers

Goldman Small Cap Research, a stock market research firm specializing in the small cap and microcap sectors, announced that it has released a new Company Spotlight article on high profile biomedical company Q BioMed Inc..

March 20, 2019
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7 min read
Genetown

Leading Analytics Vendors’ Capabilities Expand the Value of Healthcare Provider Data and Reach of Applications to Address Enterprise Performance Management

Healthcare providers are recognizing the value of increasing volumes of data they hold and expanding their use of mainstream and advanced analytics solutions to more use cases and more user groups

March 20, 2019
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4 min read
Deals

Summit Healthcare REIT, Inc. acquires an interest in 14 skilled nursing/assisted living facilities in Indiana

Summit Healthcare REIT, Inc. announced that it has acquired an interest in 14 skilled nursing/assisted living facilities throughout Indiana on March 13, 2019.

March 20, 2019
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2 min read
Biotech Bay

Breath Therapeutics Announces Presentations at Upcoming Scientific Conferences

Breath Therapeutics, a private company developing advanced inhaled therapeutics in severe pulmonary orphan diseases, announced presentations at three upcoming scientific conferences.

March 20, 2019
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6 min read
Biotech Beach

LAM To Present Data For Cell-Free DNA Methylation Assay For Non-Invasive Diagnosis Of Liver, Breast And Colorectal Cancers At AACR Annual Meeting 2019

Data Showcase the High Diagnostic Potential of LAM’s Circulating Cell-Free DNA Methylation Assay for the Early Detection of Multiple Cancers

March 20, 2019
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MYM Increases Stake in Colombia Organica to 80%

Colombia Organica currently holds 3 licenses which include: production of cannabis derivatives, cultivation of psychoactive cannabis, and cultivation of non-psychoactive cannabis.

March 20, 2019
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4 min read
Job Trends

Canary Speech Announces New Patent for Its Technology in Using Voice to Detect Medical Conditions

Canary Speech, a speech and language company known for its novel approach to identifying disease and human conditions through the creation of mathematical models to rapidly and accurately identify biomarkers from a limited vocal sample, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted to Canary Speech a patent for broader claims for its inventions.

March 20, 2019
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