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$100M For Talaris Gives Surgeon a Shot to Reinvent Organ Transplants

Xconomy

When Novartis dissolved its gene and cell therapy unit a few years ago, a bunch of projects the Swiss pharma giant had incubated were tossed aside. One of them was the work of surgeon Suzanne Ildstad, who has spent decades trying to develop a new way to improve the health outcomes of patients who need organ transplants.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

We’ve also seen a substantial inflow of venture capital from all over the world.”. Meanwhile, UCSD in San Diego has a deep bench of biotechnology expertise stemming from its proximity to the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, the Salk Institute, and the Scripps Research Institute.

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Biotech Roundup: BIO on Racism, AbbVie Antibodies, IPO Surge & More

Xconomy

At the start of 2020 thousands of biotechies anticipated spending the second week of June in San Diego, hobnobbing at the annual conference hosted by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. There, topics once as unanticipated as the remote nature of the meeting shared top billing: COVID-19 and racism.

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Hungry for Innovation, Big Food Firms Seek Alliances With Startups

Xconomy

The firms include stalwarts like Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC ) , which has an incubator and accelerator program called Springboard , and relative newcomers like the Greek-style yogurt maker Chobani , which operates an incubator that makes $25,000 investments in startups with no equity stake.

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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

socalTECH

Matthew Jenusaitis: Overall, I am real happy with the first year, both from a personal point of view, as well as for the organization. I have also been very happy with our organization. Launchpad is a virtual incubator and accelerator, where we put companies in and give them quantitative and qualitative feedback and mentorship.

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In Boston’s Shadow, Rhode Island Fights for Life Science Jobs, Respect

Xconomy

Worse: After World War II, one Providence neighborhood became the nerve center of New England organized crime and one of its mayors the ne plus ultra of civic corruption—twice elected, and twice a felon. But the same mayor, Vincent A.

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

The legislation allows United States universities, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations to retain intellectual property rights of inventions developed from federal government-funded research. That law helped kick-start the modern tech transfer field. The results?

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