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Medical Alley’s startup community raised over $3 billion in capital in the public and private markets in 2021, cementing the region as one of the top health innovation ecosystems in the world. Past Medical Alley investment leader Bright Health Group went public in April, raising $924 million, one of four public offerings in the year. […]
More than a billion dollars of mergers and acquisitions and more than $347M million of public and private capital to fund new developments fueled a strong first quarter in Medical Alley. Boosted by the return of the Angel Tax Credit Program (ATCP), 43 companies raised $109 million in private capital and $238 million was raised […]
Blue Cross CEO Craig Samitt to retire in May Cancer Genetics and StemoniX Announce Merger Closing Great North Labs Starts Raising a Second Fund, Has Raised $13.9M Coloplast Awarded Ostomy Products Contract with Vizient Ecolab Introduces New Digital Training Solution to Improve Operating Room Cleanliness and Turnaround Time Bio-Techne Announces Receipt of COVID-19 Innovation Award […]
Introduction from Bobby Patrick, VI, Vice President of Strategic Growth and Strategy Welcome to the first edition of At The Table: Federal! This monthly newsletter highlights the policy and advocacy work of the Medical Alley Association and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the events, issues, and decisions happening in our nation’s capital that impact our […]
2020 started like any other year. We were focused on increasing the value of membership, telling the Medical Alley story, and growing the region’s influence and impact. We were looking forward to our sold-out sixth Annual Dinner, presented by Bind Benefits, featuring Michael Phelps and Patrick Kennedy, as well as our full slate of in-person […]
Bright Health, Bind Benefits account for half of venture capital invested nationally. 2020 was a record year for investment in Medical Alley startups. The region raised $1.4 billion, exceeding $1 billion by Q3, on the heels of breaking $1 billion in 2019. Health plan startups Bright Health and Bind Benefits, along with digital device company […]
Medical Alley, MN – The Medical Alley Association is thrilled to announce the election of new officers to its executive committee and six new board members, effective January 1, 2021. James Rogers, Chief Business Development Officer of Mayo Clinic, has been elected as incoming chair of the Medical Alley Association Board of Directors. Rogers has […]
Mayo Clinic Establishes New Grant Fund for Racial Equity Medibio Partners with US Company for New Clinical Trial FDA clears Apple Watch Sleep App that Intervenes to Stop Nightmares Caused by PTSD Community Learning Pods Get Boost with Allina Health Office Space Donation Aldevron Names Shawn McCormick Chief Financial Officer Osterholm Asked to Join Biden’s […]
MAPLE GROVE, MN and SAN DIEGO, CA November 12, 2020 — StemoniX, Inc. announced the publication of a new research paper, “Screening for modulators of neural network activity in 3D human iPSC-derived cortical spheroids,” in the journal PLOS ONE. The research describes how the StemoniX microBrain 3D platform can be used in functional high-throughput screens to […]
Max Planck Innovation licenses process for the generation of organ-like tissue aggregates to biotech company StemoniX November 03, 2020 – Sometimes hundreds of thousands of potential therapeutics need to be tested in large-scale, fully automated experiments to identify a single effective drug. Most compounds do not work as desired, and some are even toxic. Since […]