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April 18, 2024
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Recursion Appoints Najat Khan, PhD, as Chief R&D Officer and Chief Commercial Officer

Dr. Khan, formerly the Chief Data Science Officer and Global Head of Strategy and Portfolio, Innovative Medicine R&D at Johnson & Johnson (J&J), will also join Recursion’s Board of Directors

April 18, 2024
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CancerVax Announces Promising New Drug to Treat a Deadly Children’s Cancer

Company plans to launch FDA IND enabling studies needed to apply for approval to proceed with human trials

April 18, 2024
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One Utah Summit

Utah’s life sciences industry was front and center at this year’s One Utah Summit held April 12, in Salt Lake City, 3 Helix and nView Medical participated in the Startup State Entrepreneur Challenge (see related article). During the afternoon session, Gov. Spencer Cox recognized excellence in several fields handing out the 2024 Governor’s Awards. bioMerieux […]

April 11, 2024
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Co-Diagnostics Opens New Facility in South Salt Lake

Co-Diagnostics (Co-Dx) yesterday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s new manufacturing facility, located at 3222 S. Washington St. in South Salt Lake. South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood, Lance Soffe and Jim Grover with the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, David Carlebach with World Trade Center Utah, representatives from […]

April 11, 2024
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Multiplier partners with Tideline to scale health impact investing

Multiplier Advisors and Tideline today announced a strategic partnership to support health-focused impact investors—such as healthcare organizations, insurers, and foundations—that are directing investable assets to address social determinants of health (SDOH) while targeting the alignment of financial, business, and community impact performance. Through this partnership, Multiplier and Tideline are aiming to unlock $5 billion of […]

April 11, 2024
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Canary Speech And CareLink360 Partner To Support Family Caregivers And The Aging Adults They Care For

Canary Speech and CareLink360 Form Partnership to Support Family Caregivers and the Aging Adults They Care For. Flemington, NJ – April 8, 2024 – Today we are excited to announce a new partnership between Canary Speech, an AI-driven vocal biomarker health company and CareLink360, a digital health, AgeTech, and data analytics insights company, to support family […]

April 11, 2024
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CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING DEVICE WINS ANNUAL BENCH TO BEDSIDE COMPETITION

The C-Blu team’s device provides greater visual contrast to potentially cancerous lesions, enabling improved accuracy for clinicians during the screening process. Despite a crowded field of over 30 other entries, the C-Blu team rose to the top to be named the Grand Prize Winner at the 14th Annual Bench to Bedside Competition on Monday night […]

April 11, 2024
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NUSANO TO PRESENT AT JEFFERIES RADIOPHARMA INNOVATION SUMMIT

VALENCIA, Calif. – April 10, 2024 – Nusano, a physics company transforming the production of medical radioisotopes, today announced it will attend and present at Jefferies Radiopharma Innovation Summit in New York City on Thursday, April 11, 2024. In his presentation, Nusano CEO Chris Lowe will provide an update on the company’s commercialization plans, including […]

April 11, 2024
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Myriad Genetics Research Shows Reduction in Hospitalizations for Patients with Depression after GeneSight Testing

Fewer patients were prescribed medications with gene-drug interactions after taking the GeneSight test SALT LAKE CITY, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, revealed results from a multi-year, real-world study of nearly 21,000 patients that indicated those with major depressive disorder had reduced […]

April 11, 2024
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Renalytix Announces Financing with Expected Size of up to $4 Million

LONDON and SALT LAKE CITY, April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Renalytix plc (NASDAQ: RNLX) (LSE: RENX) announces a registered direct offering of ordinary shares at a purchase price equivalent to $0.75 per NASDAQ ADS ($0.375 per common stock share) (£0.0025 each) (the “Ordinary Shares”) (the “Fundraise”) to DB Capital Partners Healthcare, L.P. (the “Purchaser”), […]

April 11, 2024
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BD Named a Best Employer for Excellence in Employee Well-Being

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that it will receive the Business Group on Health “Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being Award” for its commitment to advancing employee well-being through comprehensive and innovative benefits and initiatives. BD also […]

April 11, 2024
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STUDY OF NFL ALUMNI COHORT FINDS MAJORITY SUFFER FROM HEART DISEASE WITHOUT KNOWING IT

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) announced the release of data from the HUDDLE study that examined the prevalence of heart disease and associated risk factors among members of the National Football League (NFL) Alumni Association and their families. The findings of this study, which identified a significant discrepancy between participant self-awareness and actual prevalence […]

April 11, 2024
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Leash Biosciences Announces $9.3 Million Seed Financing to Pioneer AI-Driven Medicinal Chemistry

– Financing will support development of a foundational machine learning model of medicinal chemistry that can accurately predict small molecule drug candidates for any protein – – Releases unprecedented dataset publicly to address critical challenges in drug discovery with machine learning – SALT LAKE CITY, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leash Biosciences, an artificial […]

April 4, 2024
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BioTech Nation Podcast: Fighting Inflammation, and Alzheimer’s: Dr. David Bearss, President & CEO Halia Therapeutics

BioTech Nation Podcast: Fighting Inflammation, and Alzheimer’s: Dr. David Bearss, President & CEO Halia Therapeutics

April 4, 2024
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Jennifer Arnold, COO of Transit Scientific, promoted to President & CEO

Jennifer Arnold, COO of Transit Scientific, promoted to President & CEO

April 4, 2024
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Anbex Awarded Bid from Hong Kong’s Department of Health

Anbex Awarded Bid from Hong Kong’s Department of Health

April 4, 2024
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CancerVax Launches $5 Million Funding Round

Proceeds from the SEC qualified Reg A+ offering will allow the Company to continue work on its breakthrough cancer treatments

April 4, 2024
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New ARUP University Business Unit Focuses on Patients and Services at University of Utah Health

Dan Albertson, MD, will serve as president of the University Business Unit.

April 4, 2024
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VAREX ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY OF $155 MILLION

Varex Imaging has entered into a senior secured revolving credit agreement for an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $155 million.

March 28, 2024
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New Survey Reveals Patients Receive Too Many Needlesticks

Most Americans Unaware of Challenges from Common Hospital Procedures

March 28, 2024
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BD Named Among Fortune’s Most Innovative Companies

BD Named Among Fortune’s Most Innovative Companies

March 28, 2024
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Dual 510(k) clearance and CLIA-waiver approval for the BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® R/ST Panel

Dual 510(k) clearance and CLIA-waiver approval for the BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® R/ST Panel

March 28, 2024
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PhotoPharmics Launches Largest Phototherapy Trial for Parkinson’s Disease

Pivotal Trial for Improving Overall Function and Quality of Life

March 28, 2024
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Spectrum Solutions® Releases the New SimplyPERIO™ Saliva Test Powered by SimplyTest®

Spectrum Solutions® Releases the New SimplyPERIO™ Saliva Test Powered by SimplyTest®