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INSPIRA-Technologies Announces New Medical Advisory Board Member - Dr. Avraham Abutbul - Specialist in Internal Medicine, General Intensive Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine

INSPIRA Technologies Ltd., a leader in breakthrough respiratory medical technology, announced that Avraham Abutbul, MD, head of Hadassah Medical Center for COPD, has joined the clinical advisory board of INSPIRA-Technologies.

June 16, 2021
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Biotech Beach

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Oncomine Clinical Research Grant Program Call for Submissions to Support Research in Immuno-oncology

Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced that submissions are now open for the Oncomine Clinical Research Grant program to support clinical research projects in oncology.

June 16, 2021
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3 min read
Biotech Bay

New study confirms that social determinants of health challenges are prevalent among commercially-insured populations

Castlight Health, Inc. (NYSE: CSLT), a leading health navigation platform, today announced the results of a new study on the impact of social determinants of health (SDoH) factors on workforce health.

June 16, 2021
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4 min read
Biotech Bay

Amyris to Present at the Jefferies Virtual Consumer Conference on June 23, 2021

Amyris, Inc. today announced that John Melo , President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate at the Jefferies Virtual Consumer Conference on Wednesday, June 23rd at 3:15 pm ET .

June 16, 2021
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Pharm Country

Merck Announces the Kenneth C. Frazier Award for Maternal Health Equity to Accelerate Progress towards Improved Birth Outcomes for All

Merck announced today the creation of the Kenneth C. Frazier Award for Maternal Health Equity, a grant award that will be bestowed annually to one organization in recognition of its commitment to and progress toward more equitable, high-quality maternal health care.

June 16, 2021
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6 min read
Policy

Kytopen Awarded NIH Grant of Up to $2M to Unlock the Power of Engineered Natural Killer (NK) Cells via Flowfect® Platform

NIH/NIAID SBIR Fast Track grant accelerates the company’s commercial activities towards a non-viral delivery platform that alleviates current limitations on NK cell gene editing

June 16, 2021
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5 min read
Genetown

U.S. Government Purchases Additional 200 Million Doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq: MRNA) today announced that the U.S. government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, including the option to purchase other COVID-19 vaccine candidates from Moderna’s pipeline.

June 16, 2021
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8 min read
Business

n-Lorem Foundation Announces Partnership with Nitto Avecia to Strengthen Development of Personalized Medicines for Patients with Ultra-Rare Diseases

n-Lorem Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides free, lifetime supplies of individualized RNA-targeted medicines to patients with ultra-rare diseases, today announced a new partnership with Nitto Avecia, the world’s largest oligonucleotide therapeutics manufacturer.

June 16, 2021
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4 min read
Genetown

Mustang Bio to Present at the Raymond James Human Health Innovation Conference

Mustang Bio, Inc. today announced that Manuel Litchman, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Raymond James Human Health Innovation Conference, taking place virtually from June 21 - 23, 2021.

June 16, 2021
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3 min read
FDA

Multi-Site Contributor Headlands Research Congratulates Biogen on FDA Approval of Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s Disease

Headlands Research (www.headlandsresearch.com), a global next-generation clinical research site organization, is pleased to have supported Biogen with its efforts to obtain FDA accelerated approval of Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease.

June 16, 2021
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