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		<title>Debate Swirls Around SBIR Program</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Congress returns next week, reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program will be one of the many decisions policymakers need to address. BioWorld Today explored the VC loophole in a story today (“Squabbling Over VC Loophole Leaves SBIR Program in Limbo”). The article fairly presents both sides of the argument regarding whether [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hopesandcures.org&blog=2976501&post=293&subd=hopesandcures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>BIO Applauds New NIH Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Institutes of Health unveiled two new grant programs this week for small research companies that will be supported by stimulus funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery &#38; Reinvestment Act of 2009.  “These new programs will help provide much-needed resources to biotech companies, who are at the cusp of many medical [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hopesandcures.org&blog=2976501&post=286&subd=hopesandcures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VC looking for women-led biotechs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your life sciences company led by women?
Springboard Enterprises is looking for women-led science companies to present at AllThingsLifeSciences 2009 &#8212; a venture forum showcasing early and later stage biotech, medical device, health care IT, products &#38; services and other life science companies.
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		<title>Specter Proposes Cures Acceleration Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A two-time cancer survivor and a perennial Republican swing voter, Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), urged the creation of the Cures Acceleration Network, a new agency to provide grants to help biotech companies develop new treatments, reports Reuters and The Boston Globe:

I believe that we can live not only longer lives, but healthier lives, by harnessing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hopesandcures.org&blog=2976501&post=276&subd=hopesandcures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs Call on Congress to Save SBIR</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Josh Green, general partner at MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures and three entrepreneurs visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify before the House Small Business Committee about the need to reauthorize the SBIR program. 
 
The Wall Street Journal’s Venture Capital Dispatch blog reported, 
 

“Companies receiving venture funding may have other innovation in the pipeline worth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hopesandcures.org&blog=2976501&post=269&subd=hopesandcures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mass Medical Angels</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new regional investor angel fund has sprouted up in the New England area &#8212; Mass Medical Angels (MA2) is devoting all of its funds to backing life science startups. The group says its focus is on early stage life science companies looking to raise $250K to $3.0M.

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		<title>Google to get into the biotech biz</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The economic news this week wasn’t all doom and gloom – Google announced Google Ventures, a new venture capital fund that will finance biotechnology start ups, among other things.

According to Google Blog:

At its core, Google Ventures is charged with finding and helping to develop exceptional start-ups. We&#8217;ll be focusing on early stage investments across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hopesandcures.org&blog=2976501&post=249&subd=hopesandcures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SBIR Can Be Key to Accessing Financing in a Troubled Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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With Congress knee-deep in legislation to help stimulate the economy and arguing over the budget, things are starting to heat up for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) as well. The current credit crunch has made obtaining funding for biomedical research even tougher. Researchers are facing unprecedented challenges. Unfortunately for some in biotech, slow cash flow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hopesandcures.org&blog=2976501&post=240&subd=hopesandcures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nominate Someone Who Gives You Hope for the Biotech Humanitarian Award</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know anyone who deserves recognition for their advocacy work?  There are so many people in our community who fight against diseases every day, working towards a cure, but rarely receive recognition.  Many of those fighting do it because they care about ending human suffering, not because they want accolades or praise. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hopesandcures.org&blog=2976501&post=219&subd=hopesandcures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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