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Being an Underdog with Laurel Taylor

Underdog stories are everywhere — in film, TV, the news, and all manner of books. They are classic heroic tales about the ones no one bet on (and many bet against) coming out on top. Laurel Taylor is the Founder and CEO of FutureFuel.io. She learned to embrace being underestimated and treated that rejection as a catalyst for something more. Read more >>
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Advancing Platelet-Based Therapeutics for Patients

Platelet BioGenesis (PBG) reports that it is working with the Canadian Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) and GE Healthcare Life Sciences to develop customized media formulations that will enable efficient differentiation of stem cells to platelet-based treatments, thereby avoiding the reliance on blood donors in the future. Read more >>
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Corbus Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage drug development company pioneering transformative medicines that target the endocannabinoid system, today announced that it plans to offer and sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten registered public offering. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Corbus. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or the actual size or terms of...
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New project to advance platelet-based therapeutics for patients

There is a chronic global shortage of platelets to treat patients who are actively bleeding due to trauma or surgery, those undergoing treatments for cancer, or those with low platelet counts due to a variety of conditions – essentially anyone who needs to prevent life-threatening bleeding. Platelet BioGenesis (PBG) is working with CCRM and GE Healthcare Life Sciences to develop customized media formulations that will enable efficient differentiation of stem cells to platelet-based therapeutics, thereby avoiding the reliance on blood...
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Aircuity Celebrates 20 Years – Company celebrates the impact made on the environment

Aircuity announced that 2020 marks the company’s 20-year anniversary. “Our founder, Gordon Sharp, is truly an industry pioneer and was ahead of his time when creating Aircuity in 2000,” said Aircuity CEO, Dan Diehl. “We thank our progressive and demanding clients who believed in Aircuity early on and who have helped us continually evolve and improve.”Read more >>"
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OpenText goes retail with Carbonite acquisition

Carbonite is a well-known cloud security provider, and the endpoint security side of its operation came from the acquisition of Webroot earlier in 2019. OpenText executive vice president and chief product officer Muhi Majzoub told iTWire that the acquisition of Carbonite was the company's first significant move into the consumer and SMB markets. Read more >>
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Hundreds of Retail Brands Will Soon Reward Shoppers with Cash Back to Crush Student Debt

Simply shop online and automate cashback to your student debt, through FutureFuel.io's platform. The platform, which helps users crush student debt, and was previously only available as an employer benefit, today announced it is partnering with more than 450 retailers to launch a first-of-its-kind program to help all student debt holders take action to pay down student debt faster. Read more >>
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