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The Cleveland Clinic announced the launch of its Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program, a competitive program designed for startup companies aiming to explore quantum computing applications in healthcare and life sciences.
- Cleveland Clinic plans to select up to four early- and growth-stage life sciences and healthcare technology companies through a competitive application process.
How The Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program Works
Awarded startups will
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Survey Shows Burdens on Clinical Research Sites Sharply Increasing Since 2018
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- Advarra, a prominent player in regulatory review solutions and clinical research technology has released findings from its 2023 Study Activation Survey. Since 2018, nearly 60% of clinical research sites have experienced an increase in study volume. The survey reveals sites are also managing more sponsor-provided technology, which is now perceived as a higher burden than contracting and budgeting.
- The 2023 Study Activation Survey aimed to capture the perspectives
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Verana Health Partners with Foundation Fighting Blindness to Integrate Genetic Testing Data into Real-world Evidence Research
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Verana Health® (Verana), a digital health company helping to revolutionize patient care and clinical research by unlocking the potential of real-world data, and the Foundation Fighting Blindness – the world’s leading organization committed to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases—announce a partnership focused on providing the life sciences community with deeper and broader data to optimize and expedite clinical trials.Under the
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SubjectWell Acquires PatientCentra, Expanding Ability to Recruit for Rare Disease/Oncology Indications
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- SubjectWell, a patient access marketplace connecting individuals with chronic health conditions to healthcare options, has acquired PatientCentra, a company specializing in global patient recruitment and personalized recruitment journeys. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- This strategic acquisition enhances SubjectWell's capacity to serve patient recruitment needs for international clinical studies and further extends its
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M&A: Viome Acquires Naring Health
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Viome Life Sciences, a longevity company committed to translating scientific advancements into actionable and individualized health solutions, today announced the acquisition of Naring Health, a digital health and wellness company providing access to individualized clinical and molecular data to empower informed decisions.Under Naring Health, Viome will also be acquiring DiscernDX, a company making regular health monitoring, early disease detection, and
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United Therapeutics to Acquire Miromatrix Medical for $91M
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- United Therapeutics Corporation and Miromatrix Medical Inc. announced today a definitive agreement for United Therapeutics to acquire Miromatrix for $91M.
- The acquisition of Miromatrix will expand United Therapeutics’ existing complementary platform of organ manufacturing programs, which include ex-vivo lung perfusion, xenotransplantation, 3-D bioprinting, and regenerative medicine approaches with the objective of creating an unlimited supply of tolerable,
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3 Ways for Government to Help Spur Biomedical Innovation
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the biomedical community took on the task of developing and deploying critical interventions to address an unprecedented public health emergency. In a remarkable display of collective effort, stakeholders from government and industry came together to produce safe and effective mRNA vaccines as well as therapeutics– a groundbreaking achievement reached in record time. As the biomedical community looks to the future, government agencies have a tremendous
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Georgiamune and Verily Partner to Advance Novel Cancer Treatment
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- Georgiamune, a privately held, clinical stage biotechnology company, and Verily, an Alphabet precision health technology company forms a strategic partnership to advance novel therapeutics for patients with cancer.
- Through this partnership, Verily and Georgimune will focus on identifying the patient population that could potentially benefit the most from Georgiamune’s GIM-122, a first-in-class dual-functioning antibody that has the potential to help patients with
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M&A: PicnicHealth Acquires Rare Disease Platform AllStripes
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- Patient-centered health data company PicnicHealth today announced it has acquired AllStripes, a healthcare technology company dedicated to unlocking new treatments for people with rare diseases. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
- Founded in 2017, AllStripes has developed a technology platform that generates research-ready evidence to accelerate rare disease research and drug development, as well as a patient application that empowers
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Pangea, FibroFighters Partner to Advance Rare Liver Cancer Treatment
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Pangea Biomed, the startup behind the innovative treatment response predictor, ENLIGHT, today announced its partnership with patient-centric advocacy organization FibroFighters to advance treatment for fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) patients.Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is a rare liver cancer that typically presents in young adolescents and young adults at a median age of 22 who have no history of liver disease. There is no clear standard of care for the disease, and in
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