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Friday, November 16, 2018 3:06 PM
NewLink Genetics Corp. announced Thursday that Merck has begun the submission process that brings the companies a step closer to regulatory approval of NewLink’s Ebola vaccine.
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Friday, November 16, 2018 10:51 AM
The Iowa Economic Development Authority is considering a settlement this morning that calls for DuPont to repay $10.5 million in incentives after closing a cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:22 PM
Mercy Foundation announced today it has been awarded nearly $93,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a project that will enable Mercy Health Network to expand telemedicine services at nine of its affiliate rural hospitals in southern Iowa.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:39 PM
Boeing made a $6 million commitment to Iowa State University, with a “significant portion” dedicated to the construction of the upcoming Student Innovation Center, ISU announced this morning.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:37 PM
The Iowa Innovation Corp. has hired Jim Register as president and CEO to lead IICorp as the entity transitions into a new Iowa biosciences development center, reports the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:37 PM
The Ag Startup Engine’s seven initial agricultural startup companies have collectively raised more than $10 million in follow-on investments, the organization announced today.
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Monday, November 12, 2018 2:40 PM
Established in 2003, the state’s venture capital initiative "Iowa Fund of Funds" is slowly winding down after the Iowa Executive Council voted 4-0 to dissociate the fund with its governing entities, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Monday, November 12, 2018 2:39 PM
The ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, the Ames Chamber of Commerce and America’s Small Business Development Center at Iowa State are co-hosting a free workshop aimed at members of the public interested in establishing their own small business.
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Monday, November 12, 2018 8:00 AM
The Technology Association of Iowa will celebrate women who inspire change, forge new paths, and ignite technology innovation in the state of Iowa, on Dec. 4 at Catalysts Live from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Tea Room in downtown Des Moines.
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Friday, November 9, 2018 3:47 PM
The University of Iowa named Jon Darsee as the first chief innovation officer to lead UI’s research commercialization and economic development activities, amid recent restructuring of the university’s research and economic development branches.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:34 PM
Like founder Nancy Mwirotsi, the nonprofit Pi515 thrives on a couple of key traits: ingenuity and independence, yet with a strong sense of community. Every volunteer instructor, fundraiser and supporter fills a role to support Pi515’s youth.
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Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:35 PM
Coralville-based KemPharm this week announced it has entered into a license agreement with KVK Tech Inc. for U.S. commercial rights to its FDA-approved prodrug, Apadaz.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 9:18 AM
Trivia fact: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak met his current wife in Des Moines. He also was an enthusiastic and voracious reader of the Tom Swift Jr. series, charting Tom’s wildest inventions and alien interactions from the early 1950s to 1971. In the early Apple days, he once built a floppy disk in two weeks to earn a spot on the company trip to Las Vegas (despite being a founder).
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Monday, October 29, 2018 3:45 PM
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Monday, October 29, 2018 9:08 AM
A Russia-based global cybersecurity firm reports that universities are a prime target for online frauds, and the University of Iowa is the third-most targeted school observed, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports.
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