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October 13, 2018 | by Nqaba Matshazi
New York State Partners OpGen And ILUM For Antimicrobial Research
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October 13, 2018
New York State Partners OpGen And ILUM For Antimicrobial Research
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has partnered with OpGen and ILUM Health
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October 10, 2018
European Biotech Firms On Course To Hit $8 Billion Funding Mark
Funding for European biotech firms is expected to reach $8 billion this year, a new record for
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October 10, 2018
Healthcare AI Startup Allogene Raises New Funds for Anti-Cancer Therapy
According to Renaissance Capital, the IPO assigns Allogene a fully diluted market value of $2.1
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October 07, 2018
Abbott’s Tiny Clip, a Huge Helper for Patients with Severe Heart Failure
A small device made by Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories can greatly reduce death rates in
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October 04, 2018
UnitedHealthcare Exploring Digital Health
UnitedHealthcare is deepening its focus on digital health, touting its solutions as a game changer
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October 03, 2018
AI, Robotics, Apps At Heart Of AstraZeneca’s China Strategy
Pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca is looking to tighten its grip on the Chinese market by using
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September 29, 2018
UChicago startup, on cusp of developing a drug to prevent kidney stones
A University of Chicago biotech startup was awarded a $2.3 million grant that would speed up the
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September 27, 2018
FDA Lifts Holds on Epizyme Cancer Candidate
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted a partial clinical hold on Epizyme’s
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September 19, 2018
UnitedHealthcare Deepens Focus on Digital Health
UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurer in the U.S., says the need to reduce healthcare costs
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September 19, 2018
FDA Approves a High-Performance Stent – First of its Kind in Nearly Two Decades
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved a new covered coronary stent device meant to
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September 17, 2018
Vital Therapies’ Stock Plummets After Phase 3 Trial For Liver Disease Flops
Biotech company, Vital Therapies’ stock plunged by almost 89 percent after a Phase III trial of
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September 17, 2018
Atreca’s $125M round brings new immunotherapy closer to clinical trials
Atreca, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapeutics based on a deep
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September 13, 2018
OncoResponse Raised $40M for Unique Drug Candidates Clinical Studies
OncoResponse, a biotech startup formed with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in
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September 13, 2018
Controversy Over Funds for Emergency Pharmacy Benefits in Illinois
The Rauner administration is once again under fire. This time, three Illinois lawmakers seek
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September 13, 2018
4D Molecular Therapeutics Raises $90M; Clinical Testing for Gene Therapies
Gene therapy firm, 4D Molecular Therapeutics (4DMT) is on the verge of taking its therapies for
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September 12, 2018
Inscripta Acquires Solana As It Accelerates Commercialization Drive
Genome editing company, Inscripta has announced the acquisition of life sciences firm, Solana
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September 10, 2018
Pfizer puts a stop on its clinical studies for a potential DMD drug
Patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and their families received
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September 08, 2018
Researchers On The Verge Of Universal Vaccine Breakthrough
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania believe they are on the verge of taking a
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September 07, 2018
RootPath Raises $7 Million Seed Funding For Cancer Immunotherapy Programs
A Cambridge Massachusetts based immuno-oncology startup, RootPath, has raised $7 million in a seed
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September 07, 2018
Team at MIT Develops Wireless Systems to Track Tumors and Dispense Drugs
MIT scientists have developed a system capable of locating ingestible implants inside the body
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September 05, 2018
Humana sues generic drug manufacturers for price fixing
Health insurance giant, Humana, is suing dozens of pharmaceutical companies it accuses of price
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September 04, 2018
The Hottest Healthtech Startups Featured At Y Combinator’s Demo Day
For tech entrepreneurs looking for their big break, the Y Combinator’s biannual Demo Days is one
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September 01, 2018
Arvinas goes public to bring its PROTAC-based anticancer drug to the market looking at an $100 mn IPO
On August 30th Arvinas, a preclinical biotech that is developing protein therapies for metastatic
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August 31, 2018
$93 Million for TraceLink to Further Global Development to Fight Counterfeit Drugs
TraceLink Inc. announced August, 21 that it has closed a $93 million investment round led by
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August 27, 2018
Natural Food and Supplement Guru Spots Hot Products and Companies
By Dan Shomon America has come a long way since the consensus piece of nutritional advice was,
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August 27, 2018
Scientists Develop Model To Predict Enterovirus Outbreaks 2 Years In Advance
Researchers at the United Kingdom’s Imperial College London have developed a mathematical model
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August 24, 2018
UK Biotech Company Raises $84 Million for Novel Cancer Therapies
A United Kingdom based biotechnology company focusing on novel cancer therapies has secured $84
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August 23, 2018
Healthcare Trends: Principia BioPharma Goes Public to Raise Money for New Drug
The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Principia Biopharma, which researches and develops
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August 23, 2018
The FDA Approved the First Direct Generic Competitor to the EpiPen
EpiPen, the biggest name-brand injector drug used to treat patients with life-threatening allergic
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August 21, 2018
Entasis Therapeutics Might Help Patients Battling Drug Resistant Bacteria as Early as Next Year
Privately owned Entasis Therapeutics, a company working on new antibacterial drugs to treat
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August 21, 2018
$150 Million in Series C Funding To Drive Orchard Therapeutics Commercialization
United Kingdom-based biotech firm, Orchard Therapeutics has closed a successful Series C financing
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August 17, 2018
Startup Akouos Raises Millions for Sensorineural Hearing Loss Treatment
After raising $50 million from new investors, Boston based startup, Akouos, is set to begin
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August 17, 2018
Therachon Gets $60 Million for Rare Genetic Disease Treatment
Swiss-based biotech company, Therachon, which focuses on developing rare genetic disease
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August 16, 2018
Ambys Gets $140 Million Series A Funding to Cure Liver Disease
A new biotechnology company, Ambys Medicines, which is developing regenerative medicines for liver
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August 13, 2018
Bright Prospects for Regenerative Medicine Industry, as Samumed Raises $438 Million
Drugmaker Samumed last week announced that it had closed its A-6 round of equity issuance with
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August 10, 2018
See Which 10 Healthcare Startups Secured Over $1.7 Billion in Funding
It’s no surprise that healthcare startups are synonymous with future of the industry. The
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August 08, 2018
SQZ Biotech Raises $72 Million to Develop New Cell Therapy Treatments
A Series C funding round by SQZ Biotech – a cell therapy firm developing new treatments
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August 06, 2018
Injection Drug Use Endemic Spawns Increase in Illinois Hepatitis C Cases
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced that the prevalence of hepatitis C
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August 01, 2018
Alector Receives $133 Million Towards Developing Treatments for Alzheimer’s
On Wednesday, Alector, a startup that focuses on developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s
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July 31, 2018
Artificial Intelligence Startup Healx Gets $10 Million to Find Cures for Rare Diseases
On July 26th, Healx, a four-year-old Cambridge (UK) technology company that develops innovative
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July 31, 2018
Secretive Biotech Startup Gossamer Bio Bags $230 Million in Series B Funding
Gossamer Bio raised $230 million in a Series B financing round – following a $100 million
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July 30, 2018
Great News for Big Pharma: BenevolentAI Uses New Funds to Prepare ALS Drug Clinical Trials
This spring, an investor-backed British artificial intelligence start-up, BenevolentAI, received
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July 23, 2018
Saving Patients & Hospitals Millions with Government Programs
Healthcare Weekly recently interviewed Doc&I CEO, Brad Becker. Brad has vast operational
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July 20, 2018
Verge Genomics Wants to Use Artificial Intelligence to Cure Diseases (and Gets $32M in Funding to Get There)
Drug discovery is a long and tedious enterprise. According to Tufts Center for the Study of Drug
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July 20, 2018
3 Exciting Advances in Biotechnology
Biotechnology has profoundly changed the way people are being diagnosed and treated. Medical trail
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July 12, 2018
5 Innovations That Will Change the Treatment of Heart Disease
The functions of the human heart continue to challenge physicians worldwide. A quick glance at
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