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Topic: life sciences

Patients with rare brain cancer get new hope with breakthrough device

Patients with rare brain cancer get new hope with breakthrough device

May 30, 2013 3:57 pm by | 0 Comments

Novocure Ltd. may be the most successful Israeli life sciences company which you have never heard of. The company, which has taken care to stay below the radar, has developed ... Read more
Lots of early-stage tech deals show how St. Louis became a tech town

Lots of early-stage tech deals show how St. Louis became a tech town

May 26, 2013 7:35 am by | 0 Comments

In spite of being home to some of America’s most successful companies, as varied as Anheuser-Busch, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Purina and Energizer, St. Louis has never been perceived as a bastion ... Read more
Ohio business leader Baiju Shah to depart BioEnterprise for biotech investment fund

Ohio business leader Baiju Shah to depart BioEnterprise for biotech investment fund

July 18, 2012 6:20 pm by | 0 Comments

Updated to add comments from ShahBaiju Shah, for years a central public face in Greater Cleveland’s push to build its life science sector, is leaving his post in the region’s ... Read more
Early stage life science investor Catalyst Health Ventures looks to raise $33M

Early stage life science investor Catalyst Health Ventures looks to raise $33M

May 31, 2012 11:10 am by | 1 Comments

It appears that Catalyst Health Ventures, an investor in early stage healthcare companies, is looking to raise a new fund.The firm disclosed a $33 million securities offering — with the ... Read more
7 tips for women working in the life sciences industry

7 tips for women working in the life sciences industry

April 25, 2012 6:40 pm by | 0 Comments

The number of women working in the life sciences may not have grown significantly in recent years, but if the advice shared by a group of executives in a panel ... Read more
Science Center to raise $15 million endowment for proof-of-concept program

Science Center to raise $15 million endowment for proof-of-concept program

December 12, 2011 6:01 pm by | 0 Comments

The University City Science Center is set to launch a fundraising effort next year for a $15 million endowment in support of a program to facilitate commercial investment in early ... Read more
Tech transfer competition awards 3 early stage life sciences teams $200K

Tech transfer competition awards 3 early stage life sciences teams $200K

December 12, 2011 3:49 pm by | 0 Comments

Bacteria-resistant textiles for hospitals to ward off hospital-acquired infections, a diagnostic test for pancreatic cancer and a portable oxygen system were the winning technologies proposed by teams from three Pennsylvania ... Read more
Philadelphia life sciences and tech incubator adds to startup office space

Philadelphia life sciences and tech incubator adds to startup office space

December 9, 2011 12:21 pm by | 0 Comments

Belgian company Biologistics Consulting is one of the first tenants of a new office space for startups at the University City Science Center‘s Port Business Incubator.The space that offers the ... Read more