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FDA Approves Evofem?s ?On-Demand? Non-Hormonal Birth Control Gel

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On Friday, San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences said it received FDA approval for a new kind of contraceptive: a non-hormonal vaginal gel intended for use directly before intercourse. While treatments for many health conditions have undergone reinvention in the past two decades, birth control options haven’t changed much.

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Startup Pioneers EV-to-Grid Technology in Pilot at UC San Diego

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Nuvve , a San Diego cleantech startup, has begun a pilot project with UC San Diego that is intended to demonstrate the feasibility of using electric vehicles as a kind of collective energy storage reservoir for the power grid. After securing a $4.2 After securing a $4.2 Nuvve and its partners, which.

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Xconomy Awards On-Demand ‘Meet the Finalists’ Webcast Series Launches This Week

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The 2020 National Xconomy Awards complimentary two-week, 11-part, on-demand Meet the Finalists daily webcast series starts this Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. Registration is complimentary and includes access to a networking app with already more than 400 life science contacts. The daily series leads up to the Thursday, Sept.

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Gary Hayslip on the City of San Diego as Cybersecurity Test Bed

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When Xconomy convened a dinner discussion earlier this year that included prominent San Diego cybersecurity innovators, startup founders, and system administrators, I was stunned to learn that Gary Hayslip oversees an IT network that blocks an average of 800,000 cyber attacks a day. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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With $75M Alumnus Gift, UCSD Opens Data Science Institute

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Amid intensifying global demand for workers who can extract insights from zettabytes of data, the University of California, San Diego held a dedication ceremony Friday for its new Halicio?lu The center, made possible by a $75 million gift from UC San Diego alumnus and early Facebook employee Taner Halicio?lu,

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Xconomy Awards On-Demand ‘Meet the Finalists’ Webcast Series Continues This Week

Xconomy

The 2020 National Xconomy Awards complimentary two-week, 11-part, on-demand Meet the Finalists daily webcast series continues each day this week at 11 a.m. Registration is complimentary and includes access to a networking app with already more than 400 life science contacts. The daily series leads up to the Thursday, Sept.

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Givit Overwhelmed By FlipShare Users

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San Diego-based Givit , the online video sharing service kicked off by VMIX Thursday, reported last night that it is seeing "temporary delays" due to overwhelming demand for the service. The company said, in a blog post, that the response was "overwhelming" for the service, which caused its services to be a "little slow".

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