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Kansas City University announced June 4 its plans to open a College of Dental Medicine on its Joplin, Missouri, campus, with an anticipated groundbreaking in 2020. The goal is to seat a class of 80 students in 2022.
Locana is a RNA-targeting gene therapy company
Groninger USA is a Charlotte, NC-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Mid Atlantic Technology and Enviromental Research In is a Castle Hayne, NC-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Univercells is a technology company offering novel biomanufacturing platforms, aimed at increasing the availability and affordability of biologics – recombinant proteins and vaccines - for all. Univercells designs innovative production processes to significantly decrease the size of the necessary equipment and facility, for a lower capital and operational cost. The company`s process intensification and integration technology entails smaller footprint and unit cost while offering flexible capabilities, from small to large batches. Deployment of affordable production units enables `in-country, for-country` biologics production, creating value for manufacturers and healthcare systems with cost efficiency and local supply while increasing patients` access to healthcare. Univercells was founded in 2013 by experienced entrepreneurs Hugues Bultot, CEO, and José Castillo, CTO, who bring close to 25 years of expertise in the biotechnology and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Gosselies (Belgium), Univercells benefits from support from the Walloon region, and received €3 million from Takeda in 2015. Most recently, the company was awarded a $12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.