After meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, President Donald Trump wrote in a tweet that “there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea” to the U.S.
Other elected leaders disagree. “Saying it doesn’t make it so,” Sen. Chuck... Read more »
San Antonio—The intellectual property of WiseWear, the bankrupt company that sold fashionable wearable devices, may be sold to the new employer of WiseWear founder Jerry Wilmink.
CarePredict, a Plantation, FL-based business that sells wearable devices and software to assisted... Read more »
Teva Pharmaceutical’s bid to add a new therapeutic application for its experimental migraine-prevention drug has faltered in a late-stage study.
Israel-based Teva (NYSE: TEVA) said Friday that it is stopping a Phase 3 clinical trial testing its drug, fremanezumab, for... Read more »
30Ventures, one of the newest additions to Wisconsin’s venture capital scene, quietly revealed plans this week to raise up to $15 million for its debut fund, which will back healthcare and water and chemistry-related technologies in the Midwest.
The Madison, WI-based... Read more »
This week brought a sobering reminder of how far away we are from true gender equality in the life sciences. An industry party held during BIO’s annual meeting in Boston last week featured scantily clad women with company logos painted on... Read more »
Cassandra Trimnell has sickle cell disease. She also loves to travel. For her 30th birthday last year, she and her husband planned a trip to Indonesia, and she figured she would be fine. Growing up in Iowa, she was sick all... Read more »
Bluebird Bio has new clinical data this morning that, while early and only from a handful of patients, are the most significant evidence to date that gene therapy might help people with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder without an effective... Read more »
Here are some of the latest headlines from the Boston-area tech community:
—Seattle-based Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA) said it acquired Empirical Systems, an automated statistical analysis startup that spun out of MIT’s Probabilistic Computing Project. The price wasn’t disclosed in... Read more »
Austin—Ambiq Micro, which makes energy-efficient chips and sells them internationally, has raised $11.4 million in an equity funding round, according to a securities filing. The company may raise up to $20 million, the filing says.
Austin, TX-based Ambiq sells... Read more »
[Updated 6/14/18 5:58 p.m. See below.] Fasetto, a Superior, WI-based company that develops solid-state storage drives and cloud-based software for instantly sharing files, on Thursday announced a new product aimed at helping users store and broadcast digital presentations.... Read more »
Helen Greiner, the robotics expert and entrepreneur who co-founded iRobot, quietly left her most recent startup, the drone venture CyPhy Works, a few months ago, and she is now working with the U.S. Army on robotics and artificial intelligence initiatives.
Greiner... Read more »
In another month or two, a General Electric (NYSE: GE) subsidiary is expected to complete the installation of an intelligent lighting system in San Diego that’s been billed as “the world’s largest municipal Internet of Things.”
The Boston-based subsidiary, Current... Read more »
New immunotherapy approaches to cancer treatment, and the CRISPR technology for editing genetic material in cells, are among the most sophisticated research strategies scientists are using in their quest to defeat disease.
But as researchers develop these techniques based on manipulating... Read more »
Mindstrong Health, a technology company that wants to help treat neurological conditions by tracking a person’s smartphone use, announced this morning it has closed a $15 million Series B round of funding.
The Palo Alto, CA-based company is using the new... Read more »
San Antonio—Cities across the country are offering Amazon billions of dollars in incentives to locate its second headquarters there, from Maryland’s $8.5 billion in tax breaks and credits to Atlanta’s reported offer of $1 billion and the title of mayor... Read more »
Summer is here, and with it, plenty of tech news from across Michigan. Startup Week Detroit kicks off on Monday, while other programs have fast-approaching application deadlines; grants have been awarded; milestones have been achieved; and new hires have been announced.... Read more »
Let’s get caught up with the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas.
—Strangeworks, an Austin, TX-based quantum computing startup, announced it has raised $4 million in a seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to a press release. Ecliptic... Read more »
Biotech party organizers don’t seem to have learned the lesson from two years ago, when an infamous life science party in San Francisco with hired models in short dresses sparked outrage. This time, a biotech industry party held last week... Read more »
In an article published yesterday, National Institutes of Health leaders detailed how the NIH will spend the $500 million it got from Congress earlier this year to fight the opioid addiction epidemic.
The plan, called HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term),... Read more »
Flex Pharma, a company formed four years ago by serial biotech executive Christoph Westphal to develop treatments for muscle cramps, will layoff more than half of its staff and look to sell itself after suffering another setback in clinical testing.
Boston-based... Read more »
Summer is quickly approaching, and Xconomy has one last biotech event lined up to kick it off. On Thursday, June 21, we’re presenting “New York Biotech: Bringing Back the Expats.” Register today with our procrastinator’s special and save $75!
The New... Read more »
In case you’ve missed it, the Indianapolis tech community is booming.
Indy is one of 20 finalists for Amazon’s second American headquarters, Salesforce’s 2015 acquisition of homegrown startup ExactTarget continues to have ripple effects as former execs seed new startups... Read more »
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