RSB Spine raises $1.5M, plans U.S. sales expansion
Medical device firm RSB Spine LLC has raised $1.5 million in a private offering.
Medical device firm RSB Spine LLC has raised $1.5 million in a private offering.
Ohio and its neighboring states need a massive venture capital fund that pumps money into businesses, says a white paper, Turning up the Heat: How Venture Capital Can Help Fuel the Economic Transformation of the Great Lakes Region, released today by the Brookings Institution.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Ohio researchers take note: An experimental artificial pancreas soon will be tested in diabetes patients and could be commercially available in four years.