News Articles and Montana BioScience Alliance Newsletters

MONTANA BIOSCIENCE ENTERPRISES IN THE NEWS

Montana State University and Montana Department of Agriculture
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June 10, 2023

Montana State University Extension and the Montana Department of Agriculture were recently announced as partners in a $30 million U.S. Department of Agriculture effort to establish a regional center to create opportunities for food producers and increase food security.

TNX-4300’s Mechanism of Restoring Neuroplasticity Supports Development as a First-in-Class Oral Therapy for Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease

Extends patent protection for Microbion’s proprietary inhaled pravibismane for the treatment of pulmonary infections to 2039.

Montana Innovative Partnership
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May 13, 2023

News, events, and SBIR/STTR Solicitations for May

A scientific team that includes University of Montana biologist Mark Grimes recently used artificial intelligence to better understand how protein groups in lung cancer cells regulate cell division and metabolism. The work may lead to greater understanding of lung cancer vulnerabilities and future anti-cancer therapies.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

National Cancer Institute, SBIR Development Center
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August 30, 2023

Are you working to develop an innovative cancer technology? Take a step forward in your commercialization journey through the newly released FY2024 SBIR Contract Solicitation! This funding opportunity aims to provide early-stage funding to small businesses that are developing cancer technologies in areas defined by the National Cancer Institute.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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July 16, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration converted Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb), indicated to treat adult patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, to traditional approval following a determination that a confirmatory trial verified clinical benefit.

National Institutes of Health
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July 15, 2023

The PHS 2023-2 omnibus solicitations of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications have been released. The first application due date is Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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June 22, 2023

The panel’s decision moves the U.S. one step closer to making jabs against respiratory syncytial virus available to the public this fall, when the disease typically begins to spread at higher levels.

The biennial report provides a national snapshot of the most pressing current and anticipated talent needs of the nation’s dynamic life science industry. This year’s report distills a set of key themes sourced from 185 executive interviews and nearly 700 survey responses from companies in eighteen states and Puerto Rico, as well as an assessment of nearly 2.8M job postings from life science companies over the last four years.

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July 28, 2023

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April 28, 2023

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