The National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health has awarded scientists of the Jupiter-based Scripps Research Institute a grant of about $1.8 million.
The grant will be used to develope a series of drug candidates to treat a number of ailments, including heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis and several neurodegenerative disorders.
The Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) will receive nearly $300 million in public-private investment from leading manufacturers, universities, nonprofit organizations and the federal government to develop scalable manufacturing processes for engineered tissues and organs.
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Jupiter Orphan Therapeutics has secured $2 million in financing from an Australian investor as it continues to work on developing treatments for rare diseases.
The Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Chapter of BioFlorida is having their 2017 kickoff event Monday, January 30th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Hear from the president and chief executive officer for Jupiter Medical Center, key spokesperson for the FAU Jupiter Life Sciences Initiative and lead counsel for Sancilio & Company, a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company. Also, experience robotic surgery first-hand through a demo of the da Vinci Robotic Surgery System.
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Specialty-specific health information technology company Modernizing Medicine, Inc. today announced that EMA™, modmed Ophthalmology’s™ EHR system developed by practicing ophthalmologists, now includes several product enhancements, as well as an interface with FlexSys to enable an optical inventory solution.
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Boca Raton, Fla. – December 12, 2016 – Specialty-specific health information technology company Modernizing Medicine, Inc. today announced the modmed Pledge to support its clients with the upcoming transition to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and value-based healthcare. Modernizing Medicine’s confidence is due to the company’s successful track record for Meaningful Use (MU) attestation and Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) – measures that collectively make up 85% of the 2017 MIPS composite score as defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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