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AVEVA Announces a Strategic Licensing Partnership with Aras

AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, and Aras, which provides the most powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, have entered into a strategic OEM partnership to deliver industrial “Asset Lifecycle Management” solutions. AVEVA will license the Aras Innovator® platform to deliver a series of scalable, Asset Lifecycle Management solutions, which will integrate Aras’ open and flexible portfolio of applications with AVEVA Unified Engineering and AVEVA Asset Information Management....
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Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Presents Update on AST-004 Clinical Program at 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., a private drug discovery and development company advancing novel cerebroprotective therapeutics for patients with brain injuries, today provided an update on the preclinical and clinical development of its lead drug candidate, AST-004, in preclinical brain injury studies and in an ongoing clinical Phase 1 study. Theodore Liston, Ph.D., Vice President of Research at Astrocyte, presented recent results during an oral session at the U.S. Defense Department's premier scientific meeting, the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held...
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Elizabeth Banks risks wet white shirt in tight black pants for ‘a little challenge’

Elizabeth Banks poses herself “a little challenge” as she risks soaking her white shirt while wearing tight black pants. The movie star took a twist on the basketball beer challenge in a promo for drinks firm Archer Roose Wine. In her zany Instagram video, Elizabeth tries to catch a can of bubbly after dropping it to the ground. The first clip shows her seeming to easily achieve the feat and smiling proudly at the camera. She is seen racing around...
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HYCU® and Wasabi Technologies Team to Combat Scourge of Ransomware

HYCU, Inc., a pioneering enterprise backup as a service (BaaS) company specializing in hybrid and multi-cloud data protection as a service, and Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, today announced a new strategic relationship to combat the rise of ransomware attacks. As protecting data becomes more critical than ever before, rapid recovery and ensuring backup data is safe is as well. With the power of immutable cloud storage with object lock built-in, Wasabi enables data to be impervious to...
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Akston starts small and likes it that way

Akston Biosciences Corp. emerged from a successful small company that was sold to a pharma major. For Todd Zion, that’s a back-to-basics move that suits him just fine. Zion co-founded Smartcells Inc. in 2003 with technology developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The company went on to develop the once-daily injectable self-regulating insulin product, Smartinsulin, and sold it to Merck & Co. in what was at the time one of the largest preclinical pharmaceutical acquisitions ever. Read more >>
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Pittsfield’s Elizabeth Banks Gives Hometown Shoutout in New Wine Ad

Elizabeth Banks isn't shy about letting you know that her hometown is Pittsfield, MA. And why would she be? Anyone who came from the Berkshires should want to brag about these surroundings! Of course, we've seen Banks in plenty of movies and TV shows. We've seen her in TV commercials as well. But now there's a brand new wine ad that has been making the rounds on the internet. Not only does she appear in the ad, but even gives...
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CytoAgents Announces Appointment of New Chief Medical Officer

CytoAgents, Inc., a clinical-stage therapeutics company developing a safe, effective treatment (CTO1681) for Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), today announced that it has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Arthur P. Bertolino MD, PhD, MBA, as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Bertolino is a seasoned senior pharmaceuticals executive who has led clinical development and business growth for early-stage biotechnology as well as mid-sized and large pharmaceutical companies. Through extensive domestic and international management and drug development experience, including C-level roles...
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Pyramid Biosciences Names Biren Amin as Chief Financial and Strategy Officer

Pyramid Biosciences, Inc., a Boston-based, clinical-stage, biotechnology company focused on developing new and highly differentiated precision therapies for cancer, today announced the expansion of its senior leadership team. Biren Amin, M.S., M.B.A. has joined the company as its Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. Mr. Amin comes to Pyramid Biosciences from Immuneering Corporation (NASDAQ: IMRX), where he previously served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). “We are delighted Biren has joined our leadership team, particularly at this time of significant...
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Aircuity Further Enhances Analytics Platform

Aircuity, a leader in creating healthy and sustainable buildings, has introduced an enhanced version of its data analytics platform, MyAircuity. These new features both enhance security and add further depth to Aircuity’s suite of analytic insights that help clients achieve their goals of real carbon reduction and healthier indoor air quality (IAQ). “We are continuously soliciting customer feedback to drive our innovation roadmap,” said Luca Mazzei, Chief Growth Officer, Aircuity. “We continue to see opportunities to enhance the value our...
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Vision-enhancing eyewear soon to be readily available at VA hospitals

New eyewear fitted with a camera that can help low-vision people see — known as eSight devices — will be much more readily available at Veterans Affairs hospitals thanks to a partnership with veteran-owned medical supplies company Marathon Medical. Retired Army Maj. Gen. Gale Pollock, the former acting surgeon general of the Army and an advocate for people with low vision, said eSight is “truly looking to improve the lives of the men and women and the boys and girls...
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