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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.
Priovant Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapies for patients with severe autoimmune disease.
BiOptix Diagnostics is a privately held firm based in Boulder, Colorado, with leading investments from Boulder Ventures, Remeditex and Rusnano. BiOptix has developed a new class of analytical biosensor instrumentation utilizing a patented high-throughput label-free technology known as ESPR – Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance. BiOptix instrumentation allows researchers to study label-free protein-protein and protein-small molecule interaction—with high sensitivity and high throughput. Applications include: Protein-small molecule interactions, protein-protein kinetics, antibody affinities and epitope mapping, oligosaccharide characterization, nucleic acid (DNA-DNA or DNA-RNA) hybridization and biomolecule concentration measurements.
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery and development of protein therapeutics that block cancer and inflammatory disease processes. The company`s product candidates include FP-1039/GSK3052230, a protein therapeutic is in PhaseIb clinical trials for trapping and neutralizing cancer-promoting fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) involved in cancer cell proliferation and new blood vessel formation; FPA008, an antibody that inhibits colony stimulating factor-1 receptor; and FPA144 is an antibody for inhibiting FGF receptor 2b, as well as to treat patients with gastric cancer and potentially other solid tumors. It has collaboration and license agreements with GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Glaxo Group Limited, GSK-HGS, Pfizer Inc., and UCB Pharma S.A. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
LabConnect is a global provider of clinical trial laboratory services, established in 2002 and based in Seattle, Washington. The company specializes in central laboratory solutions and functional service provider (FSP) support, partnering with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and clinical research organizations. LabConnect has successfully managed over 1,900 clinical studies across 93 countries, emphasizing agility and innovation through a network of more than 30 laboratory locations worldwide. The company offers a range of services, including project management, a global testing network with over 10,000 validated tests, and comprehensive logistics and biorepository solutions. LabConnect also provides bioanalytical expertise and customized staffing for scientific project management. Its product offerings include customized lab kits for trial sites and integrated data management systems for real-time analytics. With a strong client portfolio that includes major pharmaceutical firms, LabConnect is positioned as a reliable partner for complex clinical trials.