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BioCapital

Pancreatic Cancer Advocates From All 50 States, Including 110 Survivors, Travel To Washington, D.C., To Advocate For Increased Federal Research Funding

With a five-year survival rate still at just 9 percent, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) mobilized more than 600 pancreatic cancer survivors, caregivers and advocates from across the country to urge their congressional representatives to fund more research into the world’s deadliest cancer.

June 25, 2019
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Drug Development

Imbrium Therapeutics Advances Insomnia Pipeline Through Initiation of a Phase 2 Study of Potential First-in-Class Molecule for Insomnia Associated with Alcohol Cessation

Latest research on drug safety supports continued development of novel small molecule, IMB-115

June 25, 2019
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6 min read
Business

Medison Establishes Canada’s Only Innovative Pharma Commercial Company

Joe O’Neill Announced as General Manager of Medison Canada

June 25, 2019
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4 min read
Job Trends

National Charity Provides 8,618 Free Medical Flights for Sick Children

The nation’s leading medical flight charity Miracle Flights announced a record 8,618 free flights provided in its fiscal year ending April 30, 2019, up nearly 4 percent from last year’s previous record of 8,299 flights.

June 25, 2019
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2 min read
Business

Cannabics Pharmaceuticals Appoints Two Independent Directors

Cannabics Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it has appointed two new independent directors to its board of directors, Dr. Estery Giloz-Ran and Eran Ballan, Esq.

June 25, 2019
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4 min read
Biotech Bay

Frontier Medicines launches with $67 million to develop novel medicines that drug the “undruggable” targets driving human disease

Frontier Medicines today announced the closing of a Series A Preferred Stock financing round of $67 million led by Deerfield Management, Droia Oncology Ventures and MPM Capital, with participation from DCVC Bio (an affiliated fund of DCVC), RA Capital Management and other investors.

June 25, 2019
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4 min read
Pharm Country

YPrime Named One of the Best Places to Work in Philadelphia

YPrime, a global leader of cloud-based eClinical solutions, was recently named to Philadelphia’s 100 Best Places to Work for 2019 in the mid-sized company category by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

June 25, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

Tyto Care Expands Availability of TytoHome to Best Buy Stores in California, Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota

TytoHome, now available for retail exclusively in 30 Best Buy stores and already available nationwide at BestBuy.com, provides users more convenient access to health care with at-home, on-demand medical exams and virtual physician visits

June 25, 2019
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3 min read
Business

3M and Discovery Education Announce National Finalists and State Merit Winners in 2019 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Top Ten Finalists Compete for $25,000 Grand Prize and Title of “America’s Top Young Scientist”

June 25, 2019
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7 min read
Biotech Bay

Survey Shows Reducing Doctor Visits will Drive Remote Patient Monitoring Adoption

VivaLNK, a leading provider of connected healthcare solutions, announces today the results of a survey that paints a clear picture of what drives today’s patients to adopt health wearables

June 25, 2019
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2 min read