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Prominent San Diego biotech agency Canale acquired by billion-dollar communications group
The local agency, founded by industry leader Carin Canale-Theakston, has been embedded in San Diego’s biotech scene for nearly a decade […]
Month: November 2019
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Celebration of Life Service for Bradley Fikes : Dec 12, 2019
San Diego Union Tribune biotech reporter Bradley Fikes died November 21st, please join us for his memorial service.https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/story/2019-11-21/beloved-union-tribune-biotech-writer-bradley-j-fikes-dies-at-62 &… […]
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SheFounders Holiday Tea : Dec 09, 2019
Details and registration https://sdsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/12511
From Dec 09, 2019 11:30AM to Dec 09, 2019 01:30PM at […]
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SDAC Pitch Deconstruction : Dec 11, 2019
Details and registration https://sdsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/12423
From Dec 11, 2019 05:30PM to Dec 11, 2019 08:30PM at […]
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SDAC Application Deadline : Dec 18, 2019
See https://www.thesdangels.com/entrepreneur/ to apply
From Dec 18, 2019 12:00AM to Dec 19, 2019 12:00AM at […]
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Women in Bio Holiday Party : Dec 11, 2019
It?s that time of year again! The WIB-Southern California Chapter would be delighted to have you join us for appetizers, dessert, drinks, some laughs, and tunes to celebrate the holiday season. Members, non-members, and friends are invited to our holid… […]
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Biotech vet Paul Brennan takes helm at regenerative med biotech; Axcella names CFO
Paul Brennan
? Regenerative medicine company, NervGen Pharma ? focused on the treatment of nerve damage ? has tapped Paul Brennan to head the helm of the company as CEO and president. Brennan is the successor to Ernest Wong, who will continue to serve … […]
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Equillium to Present Translational Data on Itolizumab for Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease at 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Equillium, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company leveraging deep understanding of immunobiology to develop products to treat severe autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, today a… […]
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La Jolla Pharma?s Share Price Halves On Trial End, CEO Departure
La Jolla Pharmaceutical is turning its focus to its lone FDA-approved product and another one in the pipeline after an experimental drug for a rare blood disease failed a late-stage study. On Monday, La Jolla Pharma (NASDAQ: LJPC) said it was halting a… […]
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Two UC San Diego Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows
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PhoenixMD Adds Seed Funding to Test Experimental Breast Cancer Drug
Phoenix Molecular Designs, a biotech developing kinase inhibitors to treat cancer, has brought in an undisclosed amount of financing?boosting its total seed funding raised to $12 million. The San Diego-based biotech says the proceeds will help fund the… […]
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La Jolla CEO decamps just as biotech faces a reckoning for iron overload drug
Months after touting how LJPC-401 appears to significantly lower excess iron levels in a small study involving patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, La Jolla Pharmaceutical is reconsidering its plans as the drug flopped for beta thalassemia patient… […]
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La Jolla CEO decamps just as biotech faces a reckoning for iron overload drug
Months after touting how LJPC-401 appears to significantly lower excess iron levels in a small study involving patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, La Jolla Pharmaceutical is reconsidering its plans as the drug flopped for beta thalassemia patient… […]
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Five Questions With a16z?s Vijay Pande on AI and Making New Drugs
In startup world these days, the word ?biotech? is increasingly accompanied by ?computational? and two, two-letter initialisms: AI and ML. Those tools?artificial intelligence and machine learning, respectively?have been around for decades, but in recen… […]
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Shares of Adamis crater on CRL; Boris Johnson promises to double dementia research funding
? San Diego-based Adamis $ADMP saw its shares crater on the news that the FDA has rejected its application to market high-dose naloxone injection for the treatment of opioid overdose. The stock dropped about 50%, falling deep into penny stock territory… […]
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Akcea and Ionis Announce Initiation of NEURO-TTRansform Phase 3 Clinical Trial for AKCEA-TTR-LRx in Patients with Polyneuropathy Driven by Hereditary TTR Amyloidosis
BOSTON and CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKCA), a majority-owned affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IONS), today announced initiation of the NEURO… […]
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Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. Received and Rejected Unsolicited All Cash Acquisition Proposal
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRNE, “Sorrento” or the ?Company?), confirmed today that on November 23, 2019, it received an unsolicited, non-binding term sheet proposal submitted by two biopharmaceu… […]
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Artelo Biosciences Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARTL), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics that modulate the endocannabinoid system, today reported financial and … […]
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Artelo Biosciences Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARTL), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics that modulate the endocannabinoid system, today reported financial and … […]
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Beloved Union-Tribune biotech writer Bradley J. Fikes dies at 62
The SDSU graduate was known for his love of science and his extraordinary ability to explain […]
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Seven Salk professors named among most highly cited researchers in world
LA JOLLA?Salk Professors Joanne Chory, Joseph Ecker, Ronald Evans, Rusty Gage, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Terrence Sejnowski and Reuben Shaw have been named to the?Highly Cited Researchers list?by Clarivate Analytics. The list selects researchers fo… […]
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Brain biomarker predicts compulsive drinking
LA JOLLA?Although alcohol use is ubiquitous in modern society, only a portion of individuals develop alcohol use disorders or addiction. Yet, scientists have not understood why some individuals are prone to develop drinking problems, while others are n… […]
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Genapsys finally unveils vaunted sequencer, but can it dent Illumina?
Hesaam Esfandyarpour holds what looks like a mini-cooler up to the computer screen in his California office.
Esfandyarpour is in his late-30s, with crows feet creeping up against a youthful face. He wears a gray polo and the device in his hand ? with i… […]
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Non-Coding DNA Located Outside Chromosomes May Help Drive Glioblastoma
Cell study, extra DNA scooped up and copied alongside cancer-causing genes helps keep tumors going ? elements that could represent new drug targets for brain tumors and other cancers notoriously difficult to trea… […]
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Axiom Real-Time Metrics to Sponsor SDEE?s November Networking Happy Hour
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Axiom Real-Time Metrics (?Axiom?), premier provider of unified eClinical solutions and services will be sponsoring The San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (?SDEE?) Happy Hour, a monthly event that aims to cre… […]
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Illumina to Webcast Upcoming Investor Conference Presentations
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)—- $ILMN #ILMN–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that its executives will be speaking at the following investor conferences and invited investors to participate via webcast. Evercore ISI HealthCONx Conference in … […]
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SDBN BUZZ Podcast: Illumina is Growing an Audience with its Genomics Podcast
Paul Bromann is a Senior Manager of Scientific Affairs at Illumina. He also hosts the Illumina Genomics podcast. In this episode he explains why Illumina started a podcast and what the goals are. Because he […]
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Boundless Bio Announces Publication in Nature Elucidating the Role of Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) Structure in Cancer Biology
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boundless Bio announces publication in the journal Nature elucidating the role of extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) structure in cancer biology. […]
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