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Topic: South Carolina

S. Carolina lures Israeli innovations with new R&D partnership, neurotech startup investment

S. Carolina lures Israeli innovations with new R&D partnership, neurotech startup investment

May 14, 2013 12:00 pm by | 0 Comments

South Carolina is joining the ranks of Massachusetts and New York in formalizing a partnership that could benefit local biomedical and health IT companies by allowing them to tap into ... Read more
Iron Yard sets up first digital health accelerator in Southeast US

Iron Yard sets up first digital health accelerator in Southeast US

May 7, 2013 12:00 pm by | 0 Comments

Digital health entrepreneurs in the Southeast now have a new source of help for launching a company: The Iron Yard in Spartanburg, SC. The organization has already had one class ... Read more
New health exchanges unlikely to end insurance monopolies in some states

New health exchanges unlikely to end insurance monopolies in some states

April 25, 2013 10:37 am by | 0 Comments

In Alabama, if you get your health insurance through your employer and you lose your job, you quickly realize there aren't a lot options for purchasing coverage on your own. ... Read more
Video documentation company raises $10 million to add another dimension to EMRs

Video documentation company raises $10 million to add another dimension to EMRs

February 1, 2013 9:08 am by | 0 Comments

Documentation takes a doctor’s time and attention away from the patient, and it also doesn’t capture what happens when the nurse or physician leaves the room. Filling those gaps and ... Read more
South Carolina state workers challenge Governor Haley’s financial maneuverings

South Carolina state workers challenge Governor Haley’s financial maneuverings

August 17, 2012 3:02 pm by | 0 Comments

After the South Carolina legislature budgeted a raise for state workers and an appropriation to cover increased healthcare costs, Gov. Nikki Haley changed the deal to split the cost of ... Read more
Cell cultures in 3-D — KIYATEC raises $2.8M for novel testing platform

Cell cultures in 3-D — KIYATEC raises $2.8M for novel testing platform

May 24, 2012 1:05 pm by | 0 Comments

Cell culture testing technology developed by KIYATEC aims to help drug developers find out in preclinical trials whether a drug candidate will work in humans.Now, the Clemson University spinout is ... Read more
New blindness treatment envisioned by MUSC spinoff; MitoChem raises $2M

New blindness treatment envisioned by MUSC spinoff; MitoChem raises $2M

April 3, 2012 5:53 pm by | 0 Comments

A Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) spinoff researching a treatment for degenerative retinal conditions such as macular degeneration is closing in on a drug candidate that could slow vision ... Read more
Diagnostics firm Lab21 licenses molecular diagnostics technology

Diagnostics firm Lab21 licenses molecular diagnostics technology

January 25, 2012 11:22 am by | 0 Comments

Molecular diagnostics technology developed by Cooperative Diagnostics has caught the eye of United Kingdom firm Lab21 Limited, which has signed an exclusive worldwide license to develop the technology into new ... Read more
Synthetic biology firm Intrexon starts $50M fundraising round

Synthetic biology firm Intrexon starts $50M fundraising round

January 13, 2012 10:25 am by | 0 Comments

Biotechnology company Intrexon has launched a new fundraising round aimed at bringing in $50 million in new investment.The DNA technologies company has raised $17 million in equity financing in the ... Read more
Cancer pathways firm PathForward appoints first CEO

Cancer pathways firm PathForward appoints first CEO

November 1, 2011 10:33 am by | 0 Comments

Cancer care pathways company PathForward Oncology has named health insurance executive Brian Litten as the new company’s first CEO.Bluffton, South Carolina-based PathForward is a new joint venture formed by benefits ... Read more
Human antibodies biotech firm Immunologix acquired by Intrexon

Human antibodies biotech firm Immunologix acquired by Intrexon

October 24, 2011 1:19 pm by | 0 Comments

South Carolina biotechnology company Immunologix has been acquired by Virginia DNA technologies company Intrexon, which earlier this year raised $100 million in a series E round of fundraising.Charleston, South Carolina-based ... Read more
Blood glucose technologies company Glytec raises $8.2M

Blood glucose technologies company Glytec raises $8.2M

September 19, 2011 3:15 pm by | 0 Comments

Glytec, a company whose technology helps diabetics monitor and manage their blood glucose levels, has raised $8.27 million in equity financing that the company will use to support growth in ... Read more
Human antibody company Immunologix starts raising $1.1 million

Human antibody company Immunologix starts raising $1.1 million

July 22, 2011 1:28 pm by | 0 Comments

South Carolina biotech company Immunologix has raised nearly $250,000 in a financing round targeting $1.1 million, according to securities filings.Charleston, South Carolina-based Immunologix has developed technology that produces human antibodies ... Read more
Electronic medical records system may include video

Electronic medical records system may include video

January 28, 2011 12:03 pm by | 1 Comments

Electronic medical records may include video, if South Carolina startup CareCam Innovations has its way. The company wants to make video the standard way of recording and storing information for ... Read more