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    • Gemstone Biotherapeutics Awarded Grant from National Science Foundation
      The Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins spinout committed to developing technologies for skin regeneration was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant by America’s Seed Fund. The program, powered by the National Science Foundation, provides seed money to the most promising science and technology startups across the country.

 

    • Perceptive Navigation awarded $3M in federal funding
      The Johns Hopkins spinout was awarded the National Institutes of Health Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research grant to commercialize its ultrasound system that provides medical imaging from within the body. The company will work to further develop the product and conduct studies as it works toward regulatory approval to market its device.

 

    • Clear Guide Medical gets $2M grant to develop tools for pediatrics
      The Johns Hopkins spinout has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to apply its imaging tools to pediatrics. The company’s SCENERGY device is offered as an accessory to ultrasound systems, and helps provide imaging and guidance of a needle during medical procedures like biopsies, epidurals and tissue removal.

 

 

 

    • Hopkins licensee Allakos Inc. announces pricing of its IPO
      The clinical stage biotechnology company announced the pricing of its initial public offering of more than 7.1 million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $18 per share. Allakos has raised more than $140M in venture funding to advance a pipeline of drug treatment candidates for various gastrointestinal diseases.

 

 

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