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Cambridge immunotherapy firm Jounce plots $75M IPO
Cambridge-based Jounce Therapeutics, which struck a massive deal with Celgene earlier this year to develop cancer drugs, said on Friday that it now plans to raise up to $75 million in an initial public...
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DNA company buys RTP land for $3.4M
Coralville, Iowa-based Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has purchased roughly 25 acres of land in Research Triangle Park for north of $3.4 million, according to county records. The company – which...
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Former Apple chief Sculley discusses 2017 plans for two of his companies
This week I spoke with former Apple CEO John Sculley. No, I didn't ask him about his notorious firing of Steve Jobs in 1985. Instead, we looked ahead to 2017. After all, it's almost New Years Eve....
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Shawnee Mission Health brings primary care closer to home
Shawnee Mission Health will expand its primary care services to bring physicians closer to patients. The network recently hired on four new physicians to serve patients in Johnson County, and plans to...
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Glade Run Lutheran Services to close one program
Glade Run Lutheran Services, a youth home nonprofit based in Zelienople with locations across the area, will close one of its programs and lay off about 90 of its more than 450 workers. According to...
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The most popular baby names at Providence hospitals in Oregon were ...
For some reason, it’s always fascinating to see what baby names are trending each year. In “my” day, Lisa and Jennifer and Allison would probably have risen near the top of the girls’ list and David,...
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7 San Antonio biotech companies to watch in 2017
The takeaway from 2016, at least as it relates to San Antonio’s health care and bioscience industry, is that it was a year of emergence on an international stage — for the city and several of its...
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Health Roundup: Vincari expands, UAB identifies potential brain tumor therapy
American Family Care has been named a finalist for the "Best Franchises to Buy," one of Franchise Times Zor Awards. The list recognizes the best companies in 10 different industry segments. Winners...
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Cloud medical records firm Valant Medical Solutions pulls in $7.5M
Valant Medical Solutions, which offers cloud-based electronic medical records for behavioral health clinics, has raised another $7.5 million in equity funding, according to a recent filing with the...
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Hey, readers! What will be the biggest health care story of '17?
Barring anything unforeseen, the biggest health care story of 2017 will be the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. We know this is coming because President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in the...
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A field guide to the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference — and beyond
The biotech industry next week involves umbrellas and walking shoes. The 35th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference — with roughly 10,000 attendees — rolls into (or over) San Francisco from Monday...
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North End neighbors happy that Spaulding nursing home will be sold, not closed
Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center will sell its North End facility, addressing the concerns of neighbors and residents who were outraged at plans announced last summer to close the location....
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Portland vaccine developer acquired by 'immune programming' startup
A San Francisco-based biotechnology company that publicly launched today has acquired Portland-based TomegaVax Inc., an Oregon Health & Science University spinoff that is pursuing an HIV vaccine....
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Health record startup expanding in St. Louis County, adding 52 jobs
Health record startup BlueStrata EHR is investing $138,000 and adding 52 new jobs in its expansion in Creve Coeur, Gov. Jay Nixon's office announced Friday. BlueStrata, founded in 2012 and led by...
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Los Angeles kidney transplant program is merging with Midwest company
Explore Transplant, a Los Angeles-based kidney transplant education program founded by a former Washington University faculty member, is merging with St. Louis-based Health Literacy Media. HLM, led by...
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Biotech icon George Scangos returns to Bay Area with big startup
George Scangos is back in the Bay Area, targeting HIV and other infectious diseases. The former Exelixis Inc. CEO — who spent the past six-plus years leading Boston-area biotech Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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Spectrum Health Systems layoffs and closures follow loss of DOC contract
Spectrum Health Systems has closed 19 Washington locations and laid off 79 employees after losing its substance abuse treatment contract with the Washington Department of Corrections' correctional...
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Buffalo addictions center to accept problem gamblers for inpatient treatment
In a bid to increase treatment for addicted gamblers, the state has granted a waiver to allow inpatient treatment at a Buffalo addictions facility and five others across New York. The waivers by the...
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Influenza at ‘widespread’ levels in the Bay Area
Public health departments in the Bay Area say influenza activity is at “widespread” levels. Highest levels of the flu in the U.S. occur between December and February, maybe continuing until May. Public...
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CTI Biopharma stock revived after FDA ruling, reverse stock split
CTI BioPharma Corp.’s stock is up ten-fold this week after the Food and Drug Administration lifted a year-long clinical suspension and the company executed a reverse stock split. CTI’s share price has...
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