Category Archives: Biotech

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JangoBio to Fight Effects of Aging

Story provided by Alex Moe, WisBusiness.com JangoBio is working on a stem cell treatment that could hold the key to halting, and even reversing, the effects of aging. The natural process…

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Exact Sciences Releases 4Q Stats

Exact Sciences recently announced its fourth quarter numbers, which included revenues between $34.9 million – $35.4 million and 82,000 completed Cologuard tests, an increase of 142 percent and 114 percent…

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2017 BioForward Board Announced

Five new members were voted onto the BioForward board of directors, the organization announced today. Serving a 2017-19 term from Madison are Exact Sciences CIO Gary Frings and HealthMyne Chief Strategy…

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SHINE Lands $20.9M Agreement

SHINE Medical Technologies has been awarded $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) as part of a $20.9 million cooperative agreement, the company announced…

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Cellectar Biosciences Receives Patent

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Cellectar Biosciences a patent that covers the method of use for CLR 1603 to treat breast, lung, colorectal and prostate cancers as…

Cologuard Offered to Humana Members

Beginning Jan. 1, Exact Sciences’ Cologuard will be included for Humana members, the company announced today. Humana has nearly 10 million beneficiaries and is the nation’s fifth largest commercial insurer. “As demand…

PhylloTech Nabs SBIR Grant

PhylloTech, a biopesticide developer and plant biotechnology company, announced today that it is the recipient of the second phase of a National Science Foundation SBIR contract worth $750,000. According to a…

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Cellectar Sees Benefits in Study

Cellectar Biosciences announced recently a clinical benefit rate of 80 percent from its Phase I clinical study of CLR 131 in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. “The efficacy…

Propeller, MIR to Collaborate

Propeller Health announced today that it will collaborate with Medical International Research (MIR), a global leader in spirometry, oximetry and telemedicine, to integrate several of MIR’s mobile and clinical spirometers into the…

OnLume Earns $300K SBIR Grant

OnLume, a medical device company developing surgical lighting technology, is the recipient of a Phase I SBIR grant through the National Cancer Institute SBIR worth $300,000. “At OnLume, we believe…