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Supreme Court Rejects Gene Patents

June 13, 2013 — **MassBio is holding a Member Briefing on Thursday, June 20 at 3pm. Learn more & register here.***   The Supreme Court ruled today that human genes cannot be patented. The court’s unanimous decision in Association for Molecular…
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BioPharm America™ 2013 program leads with plenary on drug development pipeline “The Chameleon Rubik’s Cube”

June 7, 2013 — EBD Group’s BioPharm America™, hosted by MassBio, will kick off its 2013 program with an Opening Plenary entitled “Strategic R&D Planning: The Chameleon Rubik’s Cube” on Tuesday, September 17. The plenary features moderator…
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Science Takes Center Stage for Hundreds of MA High School Students

June 6, 2013 — 400 students from across the state shadow scientists and industry execs on biotechnology Job Shadow Day  June 6, 2013 (CAMBRIDGE, MA) – Today, more than 400 Massachusetts high school students shadowed life sciences professionals…
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Governor Patrick & MLSC Announce $100M+ in Capital Grants for Western Mass

June 6, 2013 — Governor Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) today announced over $100 million in grants for life-sciences-related capital projects in western Massachusetts, including $95 million for the University of Massachusetts (UMass)…
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Acceleron Named to the “Best Places to Work” List by The Scientist Magazine

June 4, 2013 — Acceleron recognized among survey of more than 200 companies Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan diseases, today announced that it was named to the 2013 “Best Places to…
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MassBio Appoints 51 Industry Leaders to New Advisory Board & Working Groups

May 29, 2013 — May 29, 2013 (Cambridge, MA) -- MassBio has named 51 industry leaders to new advisory groups within the organization that will drive and oversee programming. The new groups were named to support the new MassBio Forums, panel and networking…
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MassBio Innovation Services Thriving

May 29, 2013 — Just three years after the release of the 2015 Strategic Report, which identified the need to better align the research community with opportunities for commercialization, MassBio can report making significant headway. By introducing the MassCONNECT…
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"Golden Age" for Research

May 29, 2013 — EARLY 400 INDUSTRY LEADERS GATHER FOR 2013 ANNUAL MEETING BY MEAGHAN CASEY Declaring it a golden age for biomedical research, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg appealed to the nearly 400 biotechnology industry leaders…
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Q&A With Sen. Elizabeth Warren

May 29, 2013 — Congratulations on your appointments to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. As you delve deeper into your Committee…
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Celebrating Life and the Patient

May 28, 2013 — By Meaghan Casey Diagnosed with Pompe disease as a young mother of three active children, Deb Beaudette was originally told she would never live long enough to  meet her grandchildren. That was 20 years ago. Today, she has a granddaughter…
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