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S’pore’s billion-dollar biotech firm: Life sciences scholar leads start-up to list in HK
Home-grown start-up Mirxes is going places, but co-founder is firmly rooted in Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...
The sleep switch: How one brain signal turns sleep on and off
People spend about a third of their lives asleep. Yet, surprisingly little is known about how our brains control falling asleep and waking up. Now, researchers led by Prof. Henrik Bringmann at the ...
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Hillstar Bio Appoints Maude Tessier COO & Expands Leadership Team
Hillstar Bio, a leading biotechnology company focused on developing immunology therapies for autoimmune diseases, appointed ...
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Biotech company once valued at $700 million slashes entire workforce
(KRON) — The future of one biotech company on the Peninsula is drastically changing. Unity Biotechnology is laying off its entire workforce, the company announced Monday in a press release.
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National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology’s Final Report Includes Recommendations to Boost Economy and Protect National Security
1.1a Congress must establish a National Biotechnology Coordination Office (NBCO) within the Executive Office of the President with a director, appointed by the President, who would coordinate ...
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SF biotech company, once worth nearly $1 billion, plans to shut down
After San Francisco biotech company Third Harmonic Bio slashed its staff by half in February, it’s now taking a more drastic step. The inflammatory disease research company’s directors have ...
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Federal Commission Calls for Multibillion-dollar Biotech Funding Boost
The bill would support the report’s recommendations by creating a National Biotechnology Coordination Office within the Executive Office of the President, a new role of principal advisor to the ...
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America can’t afford to fall behind China in the race for biotech dominance
Earlier this week, the congressionally-mandated National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology released its major report, titled “Charting the Future of Biotechnology.” The bipartisan ...
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US report warns of ‘frightening’ China biotech rise, urges action to boost local industry
A US congressional commission has urged lawmakers to take action to counter China’s “frightening” ascent in biotechnology, flagging Chinese firms including WuXi AppTec and BioMap ...
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China’s Biotech Advances Threaten U.S. Dominance, Warns Congressional Report
China is moving fast to dominate biotechnology, and the U.S. risks falling behind permanently unless it takes action over the next three years, a congressional commission said. Congress should ...
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Congressional commission urges $15B, more action to maintain US biotech advantage over China
“Twenty years ago, the [Chinese government] made biotechnology a strategic priority ... M.D., former acting FDA commissioner and former principal deputy commissioner of food and drugs ...
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Understanding the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology Report
The comprehensive report from the bipartisan National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) delivers a “sobering, even frightening,” conclusion: that China is quickly ascending to ...