Congresswoman Mia Love to Spotlight Scientific and Economic Development Advancements in Utah

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Aug. 3, 2018 19:39 UTC

--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Congresswoman Mia Love will join leaders of Utah’s biomedical innovation community for a tour of Tolero Pharmaceuticals

The group will discuss prospects for, and impediments to, the continued growth of this important Utah industry.1 The Congresswoman also will discuss how federal biotech and economic policies impact biomedical innovation.

       
WHAT:     Tour and Q&A at Tolero Pharmaceuticals
       
       
WHO:     Congresswoman Mia Love (Utah's 4th congressional district)
      David J. Bearss, Founder and CEO, Tolero Pharmaceuticals
      Rob Etherington, President & CEO, Clene Nanomedicine
      Michael Paul, President & CEO, Lineagen
      Brandi Simpson, CEO, Navigen
      Kelly Slone, President & CEO, BioUtah
      Other members of the Utah bioscience community
       
WHEN:     Tuesday, August 7, 2018
       
       
WHERE:     Tolero Pharmaceuticals
      3900 No. Traverse Mountain Blvd.
      Lehi, UT 84043
       

Media requested to RSVP to George Goodno, ggoodno@bio.org

1 https://www.bio.org/sites/default/files/UT-BIO2018%20-%20state%20profile.pdf

About Tolero Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Tolero Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company researching and developing treatments to improve and extend the lives of patients with oncological and hematological diseases. Our diverse pipeline targets important biological drivers of blood disorders to treat leukemias, anemia, and solid tumors, as well as targets of drug resistance and transcriptional control. Tolero Pharmaceuticals is based in the United States and is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., a pharmaceutical company based in Japan.

About BIO

BIO is the world's largest trade association representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIOtechNOW is BIO's blog chronicling “innovations transforming our world” and the BIO Newsletter is the organization’s bi-weekly email newsletter. Subscribe to the BIO Newsletter.

 

Contacts

Biotechnology Innovation Organization
George Goodno, 202-962-6660

 

 
 

Source: Biotechnology Innovation Organization

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