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November 2008

 
Events Column
11/12 - 11/14  2008 National SBIR Conference. Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford. more
11/13  3:30 pm - 6:30 pm. CURE/Yale BioHaven Special Panel: "Unexpected Outcomes: Navigating Scientific and Management Landmines." Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven. more
11/21  9:30 am - 5:00 pm. 10th Annual Skirball Institute Symposium: "Inflammation & Host Defense." Farkas Auditorium, NYU Langone Medical Center, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY. more
12/2  5:00 pm - 5:45 pm. CURE Annual Meeting. 300 George Street, New Haven. Watch for details.
12/2  5:45 pm - 7:30 pm. CURE Holiday Party. 300 George Street, New Haven. Watch for details.
3/25  3:30 pm - 6:30 pm. CURE/Yale BioHaven: CellDesign. Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven. more
4/23  3:30 pm - 6:30 pm. CURE/Yale BioHaven: Cara Therapeutics. Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven. more
5/6  3:30 pm - 6:30 pm. CURE/Yale BioHaven: Affomix. Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven. more
Obama Victory Bolsters Stem Cell Initiative as 2009 Legislative Session Looms
From the desk of Paul Pescatello, President and CEO of CURE
The focus of the 2009 Connecticut legislative session will be the budget.  The January to June session will be difficult and contentious as lawmakers contend with a $300 million deficit in the context of a deteriorating state and national economy. As lawmakers seek to bolster revenues, we will be diligent in making the case for Connecticut biopharma economic development.
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Humacyte Opens New CURE/Yale BioHaven Season 
Scientists and business people gathered in Yale's Anlyan Center October 16 to hear the opening seminar of this season's CURE/Yale BioHaven Entrpreneurship Series, a presentation by Humacyte, Inc. Jon Soderstrom, managing director of Yale's Office of Cooperative Research, introduced Dr. Laura Niklason, M.D., Ph.D., Founder and CSO. and Geoffrey Erickson, Ph.D., President and CEO, of Humacyte.
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Cara Therapeutics Biggest Q3 Venture Capital Stake
The largest single venture capital investment in Connecticut in the third quarter of 2008 went to Shelton-based biotech Cara Therapeutics, according to the MoneyTree™ report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. 
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Massachusetts Sales Environment Ranked Last 
The National Association of Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives (NAPSRx®) has ranked Massachusetts as the worst state for pharmaceutical sales and marketing. The ranking follows the state's passage of a Healthcare Industry Transparency Law. This risks exposure of product development plans to competitive firms, the NAPSRx® maintains.
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CURE Member News Digest
 454 Life Sciences launches GS FLX Titanium Series
 Bayer HealthCare reports approval of Kogenate® prophylaxis
 Boehringer Ingelheim surbey on Parkinson's care
 Bristol-Myers Squibb  reports positive BARRACLUDE® results
 CellDesign subject of feature article 
 CGI and Genentech agree on therapeutics
 GlaxoSmithKline to acqute BMS Egyptian business
 Hartford Hospital first with new breast cancer treatment

 Ipsogen in pact with Quest Diagnostics
 Johnson & Johnson reports new schizophrenia option
 Neurogen reports positive results for aplindore
 Pfizer says SPIRIVA
® shows sustained lung function improvement
 Rib-X Pharmaceuticals CEO named to CT Women's Hall of Fame
 UConn Health Center sees bacteria role in MS
 Yale describes mTOR biological "traffic signal"

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