New space, CEO for onetime Martin Shkreli biotech fixer-upper
The South San Francisco company once headed by scorned biotech investor Martin Shkreli, and now wending its way through bankruptcy court, has a new CEO. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTC: KBIOQ) said...
View ArticleIQ Award winner: AssistRx
Outstanding Innovation, health company: AssistRx Headquarters: Orlando Employees: 103 Description: Supports providers in expediting patient access to prescribed specialty therapies. The company’s...
View Article5 takeaways from Health Republic's bold legal move
Health Republic Insurance Co. may have been one of Oregon’s newest and smallest health insurers before it decided to close its doors at the end of last year. But it made an outsize statement last week...
View ArticleOregon seeks new way of paying for 'health-related' services
After a major brouhaha last year over rate setting, the Oregon Health Authority is asking the federal government for permission to adjust the way it pays for services to allow for more flexibility....
View ArticleBrooks, TLC Health to affiliate under Kaleida Health
Two of the region’s struggling, independent rural hospitals will reunite after a rocky split, affiliating together under Kaleida Health with help from a $57 million state grant. Funding for the...
View ArticleThis Tucson startup won latest Venture Madness
A Tucson biotech company beat out 63 startups to win the third annual Venture Madness early-stage business competition in Scottsdale. NuvOx Pharma won a total of $110,000 in grants and investment...
View ArticleDallas doctor and Forest Park co-founder guilty in $10M medical fraud scheme
Dr. Richard Ferdinand Toussaint Jr., who co-founded the Forest Park Medical Center system that has spiraled into bankruptcy, faces up to 70 years in prison after being found guilty of committing a $10...
View ArticleUC loses startup visionary to biotech incubator, venture fund he helped create
Douglas Crawford, an architect of the University of California's effort to swing biotechnology from academic lab benches to commercial partners and spinouts, has left UC to work full time at a...
View ArticleHow events like SXSW can become your destination for innovation
South by SouthWest (SXSW), the annual self-described “ premiere destination for discovery,” is a combination of conferences and festivals that draws a crowd of upwards of 30,000 artists, technologists,...
View ArticleEffort to lower Colorado mountain-town insurance rates could sting Denverites
In an effort to bring down sky-high insurance premiums in Colorado’s mountain towns, a group of legislators want the state Division of Insurance to study a potential solution that most industry...
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