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BioMidwest

Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center is the First Hospital in the Western United States to Perform a Total Knee Replacement Procedure with THINK Surgical’s Leading Robot System

THINK Surgical, Inc., an innovator in the field of orthopedic robotic surgery, proudly announced Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center became the first facility in the western United States to utilize the latest iteration of the TSolution One robot from THINK Surgical.

March 17, 2022
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Genetown

Volta Labs Launches with $20 Million in Series A

Volta Labs, a bioautomation company developing solutions to streamline the upstream workflows in genomic sequencing, announced it raised $20 million in a Series A funding.

March 17, 2022
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Business

Genomic and Cancer Diagnostic Veteran Bill Stevens, Joins Capsulomics Leadership Team

Capsulomics, an early detection cancer diagnostic company, announced the appointment of Bill Stevens as Chief Financial Officer.

March 17, 2022
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Business

Rebus Biosystems Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Key Appointments

Rebus Biosystems Inc, an Illumina Ventures-backed life science technology company creating revolutionary tools to advance spatial omics research, announced that Arnold Kriegstein, M.D., PhD. and Kun Zhang, PhD., have been appointed to the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board.

March 17, 2022
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Pharm Country

Purdue Pharma L.P. to Provide Opportunities for Investigator-Initiated Research to Examine Opioid Overdose Reversal in Emergency Medicine Settings

Purdue Pharma L.P. is accepting proposals for investigator-initiated research (IIR) to assess opioid overdose reversal in Emergency Department (ED) and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) settings.

March 17, 2022
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Policy

Health Canada Authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine in Children (6-11 Years)

Moderna, Inc. announced that Health Canada has approved the use of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, SPIKEVAX™, in a two-dose series of 50 µg per dose for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in children aged 6 to11 years.

March 17, 2022
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Business

Mission Bio Names Stuart Essig Chair of its Board of Directors

Mission Bio Inc. , the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, today announced it has appointed Stuart Essig, PhD, as Chair of its Board of Directors.

March 17, 2022
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Business

enGene Appoints James C. Sullivan, PhD as Chief Scientific Officer

enGene Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering novel non-viral gene therapies for local administration into mucosal tissues enabled by its proprietary DDX platform, today announced the appointment of James C. Sullivan, PhD, as its Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).

March 17, 2022
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Infection Control in Hospitals Still Promises to Grow | Expert view

Infection control is an essential process of every healthcare organization. As there is a constant rise in infectious diseases around the world, infection control professionals are facing various challenges.

March 17, 2022
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Bio NC

Drug Acceleration Experts Launch New Biotech Startup With Eye on Cancer Treatments, Global Partnerships for Patients

The team of entrepreneur physician-scientists who first developed the novel therapeutic RABI-767 for the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis have launched a new biotech startup to accelerate the development of novel therapeutics for major unmet needs and difficult-to-treat diseases.

March 17, 2022
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