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Building a Life Sciences Pipeline: Access to Capital
The past several years culminated into one of the most secure and vigorous periods for capital investment access, and Colorado life sciences companies were able to take full advantage. The Colorado life sciences industry has consistently raised more than a billion investment dollars annually for the past six years, topping $2 billion in 2021. (CBSA) From state grants to larger venture investments, the Colorado healthcare innovation ecosystem has been well-funded and poised for breakthroughs, and Fitzsimons Innovation Community is proud to be the home of many members of that ecosystem.
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Building a Life Sciences Pipeline: Cell and Gene Therapy Momentum
Ideas become cures when academia and industry connect.
When you talk to Terry Fry, M.D., about why the Gates Institute is one of the best locations in the country to work in cellular and gene therapy, he has a lot of insight. As the executive director of the Gates Institute, a pediatric oncologist, and a pioneer in the development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies, Dr. Fry has an intimate understanding of what it takes to get a drug from initial research phases to commercial manufacturing. And often what it takes is the right facilities with the right partners working together at each stage of development.
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Discoveries Meet Momentum: A Year in Review
Fitzsimons Innovation Community releases its Second Annual Innovation Report focused on the momentum our Community members build on our campus to take their discoveries and projects from idea to market.
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Atara claims first world approval for off-the-shelf T-cell therapy
The company’s off-the-shelf or ‘allogeneic’ therapy tabelecleucel – now given the Ebvallo trade name – has been approved by the European Commission as a second-line treatment for a rare and potentially deadly cancer that afflicts some organ or bone marrow transplant recipients.
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CU Anschutz Ranked Globally as a Top University for Innovation
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has been named one of the top academic institutions in the world for innovation, according to Nature’s 2022 Innovation Index report. The report ranked CU Anschutz in the top four universities globally for forging the strongest innovations links.
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Colorado Life Sciences Companies Raise $1.6 Billion in 2022
Colorado BioScience Association today announced annual fundraising totals for the state’s life sciences ecosystem. Companies, organizations, and researchers in the state’s life sciences community raised $1.6 billion in 2022, marking the sixth year fundraising totals hit more than $1 billion. The numbers are consistent with life sciences funding trends across the U.S., with activity remaining…
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Fitzsimons Innovation Community Wins CSBA Building Momentum Award
The award recognizes the investments Fitzsimons Innovation Community is making to advance Colorado’s life sciences community and better position the entire ecosystem for growth
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Bioengineering Lab Advances New Approaches to Congenital Heart Surgery
Rather than just redirecting flow, implantations provide therapy to heart cells and drive new tissue
