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San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: MedCrypt, LunaDNA, Dynacure & More

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Let’s catch up with the latest life sciences news in San Diego. The company says it will use the new funds to hire new salespeople and engineers and further develop its technology, which medical devices vendors use to secure data traveling between or stored on devices. million Series A funding round.

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San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: MEI Pharma, Turning Point, & More

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It was a relatively quiet week in the San Diego life sciences community, but local companies and organizations continue working away. —MEI Pharma, a late-stage cancer drug developer, presented updated data from a Phase 1b study of its lead drug candidate, ME-401, which is designed to inhibit a molecular pathway called PI3K delta.

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As Alzheimer’s Conference Kicks Off, All Eyes Are on Biogen’s Drug

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It’s the “era of neuroscience”; an industry “turning point”; and “an amazing time”—superlatives were flowing freely as the 11th annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease Congress (CTAD) kicked off in rainy San Diego late Wednesday afternoon. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Retrophin Sinks as Drug “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Co-Invented Fails

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Retrophin, the drug developer founded by jailed former biotech executive Martin Shkreli, has failed its first big test. The San Diego-based company’s experimental drug fosmetpantotenate failed a Phase 3 trial, FORT, in patients with a rare and deadly neurological disorder called pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, or PKAN.

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Wind Startup Evokes Puerto Rico’s Plight, Wins EvoNexus Pitch Event

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San Diego’s Uprise Energy won the audience vote for best presentation at EvoNexus Demo Day, with a pitch that highlighted how its mobile wind turbines could help alleviate the plight of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria’s apocalyptic devastation. Uprise Energy’s wind turbine is designed “to.

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Esports Startup Cayke Wins Audience Vote at EvoNexus Demo Day

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Cayke, a San Diego startup that has developed video editing software to automate the process of creating GIFs and highlight clips from long-running video game streams, was the top vote-getter of seven startups that presented at the EvoNexus Spring Demo Day.

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Organovo to Test “Patches” for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplants

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San Diego-based Organovo (NASDAQ: ONVO ) said today it plans to use its 3D bio-printing technology to produce living human liver tissue “patches” that can be transplanted in patients with fatal liver disease. The conference is making a webcast of his presentation available here. liver transplant waiting list.

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