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MedImmune, AbPro collaborate to develop novel bispecific antibody

MedImmune, AbPro collaborate to develop novel bispecific antibody

MedImmune, a global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, and Abpro, an integrated life sciences company at the forefront of synthetic biology, announced…

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Tufts and Johns Hopkins win $25 million NIH award to build new trial innovation center | EurekAlert! Science News

Tufts and Johns Hopkins win $25 million NIH award to build new trial innovation center | EurekAlert! Science News

Investigators at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) and Tufts Clinical and Translational Science…

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Whither the CMS Innovation Center under Trump? – MedCity News

Whither the CMS Innovation Center under Trump? – MedCity News

Joint replacements. Cardiac care. Chemotherapy. What do those things have to do with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act? Economists and policymakers think…

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Five-year reauthorization of SBIR/STTR gains – New Hampshire Business Review – December 9 2016

Five-year reauthorization of SBIR/STTR gains – New Hampshire Business Review – December 9 2016

A five-year extension of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs took a big step forward at the…

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Marriott Hotels Launches Its Own Tech Startup Accelerator

Marriott Hotels Launches Its Own Tech Startup Accelerator

Marriott Hotels in Europe has launched an accelerator program for tech companies to enhance the travel and hospitality experience. Each startup will be given expert…

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Thermo Fisher buys MTI-GlobalStem upping stem cell and media offering

Thermo Fisher buys MTI-GlobalStem upping stem cell and media offering

Thermo Fisher has bolstered its stem cell technology and reagent business through the acquisition of MTI-GlobalStem. {iframe}http://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Bio-Developments/Thermo-Fisher-buys-MTI-GlobalStem-upping-stem-cell-and-media-offering{/iframe}

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AstraZeneca, Bicycle Launch $1B+ Bicyclic Peptide Collaboration – GEN

AstraZeneca, Bicycle Launch $1B+ Bicyclic Peptide Collaboration – GEN

AstraZeneca will partner with Bicycle Therapeutics to develop respiratory, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease treatments based on Bicycle’s proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle®) product platform through…

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The next act in healthcare private equity – McKinsey & Company

The next act in healthcare private equity – McKinsey & Company

Buyout firms have taken an increasingly large role in healthcare, investing in the full range of companies: insurers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical-technology firms, and…

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NOT-HL-16-472: Request for Information (RFI): NHLBI Translational Research

NOT-HL-16-472: Request for Information (RFI): NHLBI Translational Research

This request for information (RFI) seeks comments regarding early translational research activities supported by NHLBI. Background NHLBI seeks to facilitate and accelerate the development…

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Video: Merck selects Alexandria Real Estate to develop research facility

Video: Merck selects Alexandria Real Estate to develop research facility

Alexandria Real Estate CEO Joel Marcus on the company's deal to develop Merck's new research facility in California. {iframe}http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/watch/merck-selects-alexandria-real-estate-to-develop-research-facility/vi-AAkXjoR{/iframe}

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FACT SHEET: Celebrating President Obama’s Top 10 Actions to Advance Entrepreneurship, and Announcing New Steps to Build on These Successes | whitehouse.gov

FACT SHEET: Celebrating President Obama’s Top 10 Actions to Advance Entrepreneurship, and Announcing New Steps to Build on These Successes | whitehouse.gov

America’s entrepreneurial economy is the envy of the world.  Young companies account for almost 30 percent of new jobs, and as we have fought…

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MedImmune, Abpro to Develop Bispecific Antibody – GEN

MedImmune, Abpro to Develop Bispecific Antibody – GEN

MedImmune and Abpro said today they will partner to develop a preclinical, novel, bispecific antibody targeting angiopoietin-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor (Ang2-VEGF). Through…

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The Promise and Challenge of Big Data for Pharma

The Promise and Challenge of Big Data for Pharma

The emergence of big data, as well as advancements in data science approaches and technology, is providing pharmaceutical companies with an opportunity to gain novel…

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CoapTech, LLC, And University of Maryland, Baltimore Set Stage To Commercialize Novel Procedure For

CoapTech, LLC, And University of Maryland, Baltimore Set Stage To Commercialize Novel Procedure For

University of Maryland (UM) Ventures and CoapTech, LLC, announced today that the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has granted CoapTech exclusive licensing rights for…

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Stephen Moret leaving LSU Foundation for economic development job in Virginia

Stephen Moret leaving LSU Foundation for economic development job in Virginia

Stephen Moret, the head of LSU's major fundraising arm and a former key adviser to then-Gov. Bobby Jindal, is leaving Louisiana for Virginia. Moret…

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