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Vets First Choice buys two pharmacies to boost network
(Reprint from Mainebiz 8/11/2017) – After getting a $223 million public capital infusion in mid July, Direct Vet Marketing, doing business as Vets First Choice, made good on its promise to expand by acquisition on Thursday, announcing on its website that it had bought two pharmaceutical practices to boost its prescription management business. Read more…
Ler mais »This Startup Aims to Swap Blood Draws for Saliva Samples
(Reprint from TECH.CO 8/9/2017) – Portland, Maine-based biotech company Abogen, founded in 2012, has developed a method and accompanying technology to extract blood cells from saliva, allowing for the potential replacement of up to 80 percent of the five billion invasive, needle-necessary blood samples drawn annually. The company is selling its product, but so far…
Ler mais »Softbank invests $7.5M in MIT-based aerostat startup Altaeros
(Reprint from techseen 8/9/2017) – Altaeros, a startup launched out of MIT that develops autonomous aerostats, has raised $7.5 million in new funding from Japanese telecommunications carrier, SoftBank Group. With this funding, the startup aims to bring low-cost wireless broadband to regional areas via its SuperTower. Read more here.
Ler mais »Jackson Laboratory gets $3.3M grant to study ALS
(Reprint from Mainebiz 8/9/17) – Targeting a disease that affects about 20,000 Americans, The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor has received a five-year, $3,322,009 federal grant to research new mouse models that may shed light on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease. Read more here.
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