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Deanna Pogorelc

Deanna Pogorelc

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Deanna Pogorelc is a Cleveland-based reporter who writes obsessively about life science startups across the country, looking to technology transfer offices, startup incubators and investment funds to see what’s next in healthcare. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ball State University and previously covered business and education for a northeast Indiana newspaper.

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32 life science and health IT startups will compete in MassChallenge 2013

32 life science and health IT startups will compete in MassChallenge 2013

May 23, 2013 5:08 pm by | 0 Comments

Who will win this year’s MassChallenge? The Boston accelerator is set to get its fourth session underway with the announcement of the 128 new startups that will participate. A quarter ... Read more
Nephosity’s medical image viewing app gets FDA nod for use in remote diagnosis

Nephosity’s medical image viewing app gets FDA nod for use in remote diagnosis

May 23, 2013 2:14 pm by | 0 Comments

The FDA has given the OK to digital health startup Nephosity to market its image viewing mobile app for diagnostic purposes.Nephosity said it receive 510(k) clearance for use of its ... Read more
After a restructure and an axed Merck deal, Acumen gains $20M for novel Alzheimer’s drug

After a restructure and an axed Merck deal, Acumen gains $20M for novel Alzheimer’s drug

May 23, 2013 10:29 am by | 0 Comments

It’s been 17 years in the making, but Acumen Pharmaceuticals hasn’t given up hope for its approach to a disease-modifying drug for Alzheimer’s disease. After restructuring to become a virtual ... Read more
Mayo Clinic-Cancer Genetics joint venture will put next-gen sequencing to work in diagnostics

Mayo Clinic-Cancer Genetics joint venture will put next-gen sequencing to work in diagnostics

May 22, 2013 4:58 pm by | 0 Comments

Now that next-generation DNA sequencing is fast enough, cheap enough and commercially available, the next challenging for innovators is finding ways to effectively apply it to everyday medicine outside of ... Read more
Fearless teen scientists are building PCR machines & finding better ways to detect cancer

Fearless teen scientists are building PCR machines & finding better ways to detect cancer

May 22, 2013 1:30 pm by | 0 Comments

At one point during my trip to FutureMed earlier this year, I found myself seated next to a young man — noticeably younger than many of the entrepreneurs and doctors-in-training ... Read more
Here’s a look at Scanadu’s Tricorder, which has raked in $100K in just a few hours on indiegogo

Here’s a look at Scanadu’s Tricorder, which has raked in $100K in just a few hours on indiegogo

May 22, 2013 9:58 am by | 0 Comments

Scanadu, one of the most high profile participants vying for the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, today lifted the veil on the design of its medical scanner via an ... Read more
RAND: As hospital gatekeepers, ER docs play a critical role in controlling healthcare costs

RAND: As hospital gatekeepers, ER docs play a critical role in controlling healthcare costs

May 21, 2013 5:38 pm by | 0 Comments

Insightful new healthcare research from the RAND Corp. emphasizes the growing influence on healthcare spending based on decisions made by the 4 percent of U.S. physicians who work in emergency ... Read more
Biotech spinoff using rabbit antibody platform to develop new cancer drugs raises $15M

Biotech spinoff using rabbit antibody platform to develop new cancer drugs raises $15M

May 21, 2013 12:08 pm by | 0 Comments

A spinoff of Epitomics (now owned by Abcam) that’s using the biotech’s rabbit monoclonal antibody technology to discover and develop new cancer drugs has raised at least $15 million.According to ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic and Doximity join up to make earning CME credits more social, flexible

Cleveland Clinic and Doximity join up to make earning CME credits more social, flexible

May 21, 2013 7:33 am by | 0 Comments

Digital health startup Doximity and the Cleveland Clinic are collaborating on a new digital platform that would give physicians a more flexible and social way to earn continuing medical education ... Read more
Single sign-on provider is on a mission to “remove excess clicks” from hospital IT

Single sign-on provider is on a mission to “remove excess clicks” from hospital IT

May 20, 2013 2:56 pm by | 0 Comments

While some hospitals claim to be seeing benefits of electronic medical records, others are still complaining that they’re cumbersome and time-consuming. Keeping digitized personal health information private and secure, while ... Read more
GE offers an inside look at how it’s innovating in cancer care (video)

GE offers an inside look at how it’s innovating in cancer care (video)

May 20, 2013 10:34 am by | 0 Comments

Remember back in the fall of 2011 when GE committed $1 billion to cancer research and development? A new video put out by the GE Global Research Center commemorating National ... Read more
The crowdfunding floodgates are (kind of) open. Now another healthcare investing portal is jumping in

The crowdfunding floodgates are (kind of) open. Now another healthcare investing portal is jumping in

May 17, 2013 4:54 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s been just over one year since the JOBS Act was passed, which makes equity- and debt-based crowdfunding legal for accredited and nonaccredited investors. Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange ... Read more
Biotech, meet service provider. This startup strives to streamline the process of outsourcing

Biotech, meet service provider. This startup strives to streamline the process of outsourcing

May 17, 2013 11:26 am by | 1 Comments

The “virtual” business models that have become common in many biotech startups may allow companies to operate with less capital, but they also present their own set of challenges.One of ... Read more
Qualcomm CTO explains why telecomm & the BRAIN Initiative are actually a good fit

Qualcomm CTO explains why telecomm & the BRAIN Initiative are actually a good fit

May 16, 2013 5:27 pm by | 0 Comments

Telecomm giant Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is no stranger to the world of connected health, but its interest in healthcare actually reaches much further than that.Today, Qualcomm CTO Matt Grob was ... Read more
Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

May 16, 2013 3:39 pm by | 1 Comments

 When a company sets out to enter a market inhabited by heavyweights like LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics, it better have something good. Good Start Genetics has applied next-generation DNA sequencing ... Read more