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MassBio President Bob Coughlin speaks about the Co-Pay Assistance Bill on Greater Boston (WGBH)
July 9, 2010 —
MassBio President Bob Coughlin explains how this bill will help the patient population of Massachusetts.
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FDA, CMS Memorandum of Understanding Released
July 8, 2010 —
The FDA and CMS have released their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The text is below and can also be found online here.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGBETWEENUNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG…
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Gaming for Good at Summer Camp
July 6, 2010 —
Microsoft, MassBioEd and Children’s Hospital Boston Host Week-long Learning Video Game Camp for Massachusetts Students
School’s out and few students statewide will be able to say they spent a week of their summer vacation learning…
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International partnership brings fresh faces
June 29, 2010 —
From the Summer 2010 issue of the MassBio News
There will be four new faces at the Novartis labs in Cambridge this summer, as part of an international partnership with the non-profit Seeding Labs and Kenyatta University.
Drs. Sauda Swaleh,…
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Supreme Court decides Bilski Case
June 29, 2010 —
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled on the Bilski v. Kappos case regarding the patenting of business processes. Read the opinion online here.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit’s holding that Bilski’s business method was…
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Governor Patrick and Life Sciences Leaders Urge Massachusetts Companies to Apply To Federal Therapeutic Tax Credit Program
June 18, 2010 —
Application period opens on June 21stBoston, MA – Governor Patrick, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, MassBio and MassMEDIC today urged qualifying companies to apply for the Therapeutic Discovery Tax Credit, a new federal program created…
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Therapeutic Discovery Tax Credit Program Application Released
June 18, 2010 —
The application for the Therapeutic Discovery Project tax credit has just been released!
Applications must be postmarked by July 21, 2010.
Download the application (Form 8942)
Download the Project Information Memo (required with application)
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Q&A: Mark Levin
June 17, 2010 —
MassBio asked Mark Levin, a partner at Third Rock Ventures for his thoughts on the economic climate, the future of venture capital and hot new science. Here's what he had to say.Q: It has been said that Third Rock looks for “Big Science” to…
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o2h continues its collaboration with senexis to support patent filing by senexis limited
June 15, 2010 —
Executives from Senexis Limited (Cambridge,UK) signed an agreement with O2h (Ahmedabad, India) under which O2h will provide Senexis with chemistry services to support a patent filing on a novel chemical series that have shown potential in pre-clinical…
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Virtify Addresses Global Disclosure Complexity for Life Sciences With New Software Release
June 14, 2010 —
Virtify CTRR Enterprise 2.0 with XML Rules Injection™ Delivers U.S. Compliance Today, and a Platform for Rapidly Expanding Global Registries
Washington, D.C., from the DIA Annual Meeting – June 14, 2010 – Virtify, Inc. today announced the…
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