Attention Healthcare and Life Science Startups: Deadline for INVEST Pitch Perfect Contest Submissions is Feb 21

We’re looking for biopharma startups focused on infectious diseases, medtech/diagnostics startups supporting chronic disease management, and health tech startups seeking to improve care navigation and coordination and developing AI tech. The post Attention Healthcare and Life Science Startups: Deadline for INVEST Pitch Perfect Contest Submissions is Feb 21 appeared first on MedCity News.

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Remembering Thomas E. Kurtz

By MIKE MAGEE This has been a challenging week for me, but not for the reasons you might think. Compartmentalization skills have allowed me to push the 2024 Presidential election into the back reaches of my mind as I worked to complete teaching a course on “AI and Medicine” at the Presidents College at the…

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California’s ‘Care Courts’ Are Falling Short

California’s controversial experiment to order mental illness and drug treatment for some of its sickest residents is rolling out statewide, but the latest data shows the new initiative is falling far short of early objectives. The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act — known as Care — recently expanded from 11 pilot counties to all…

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Startup Booster Therapeutics Launches to Usher In Next Wave of Protein-Degrading Drugs

Booster Therapeutics’ small molecules activate the 20S proteasome, a component of cells that gets rid of misfolded proteins. Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are potential disease targets for the startup, which launched with $15 million in seed financing. The post Startup Booster Therapeutics Launches to Usher In Next Wave of Protein-Degrading Drugs appeared first on MedCity News.

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