SciBac (FAST Fall 2016): CLSI FAST Graduate Wins up to $3.76M from CARB-X | Read More
MicroSynbiotiX (FAST Fall 2017) shows feasibility of their microalgae platform to deliver oral vaccines to fish | Read More
FAST grad (Fall 2017) Pheronym was awarded a $500,000 USDA-AFRI (United States Department of Agriculture – Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) research grant to expand their breakthrough nematode bio-remediation technology to other nematode species | Read More
FAST grad (Spring 2015) Magnetic Insight received NIH award of $1.5M Phase II SBIR grant to support the first commercial multimodal preclinical magnetic particle imaging system | Read More
Ligandal(FAST Spring 2016) listed in top 9 CRISPR startup companies changing the future of biotech and medicine | Read More
FAST grad (Fall 2013) Xcell Biosciences announced a collaboration with Carolina BioOncology Institute to further pre-clinical development of true personalized medicine therapies | Read More
CLSI and CTIC Capital are joining forces to present a conference on September 30 pairing early and mid-stage therapeutics companies with Chinese investors. If interested please visit: http://cticcapital.com/ and Register Here
The FAST Advisory Program provides select entrepreneurs with intensive team review and coaching to perfect their business model, product development plans, and to build a compelling commercialization strategy. Experienced entrepreneurs, product and business experts (which may include clinical development, regulatory, reimbursement and business development specialists) will advise selected Fellows during a twelve-week program, culminating in a Final FAST Showcase to a broad audience that includes potential investors and partners.
Rosenman D-Series: The First Dollar: Strategies and Ethics of Seed-Stage Fundraising, San Francisco Register Here
CARB-X
Powered by CARB-X company, Talis Biomedical was awarded a $5.6M grant from NIAID/NIH to fund the development of a clinically impactful Point-of-Care diagnostics for antimicrobial resistant bacteria | Read More
Powered by CARB-X company, Achaogen announced the FDA approved ZEMDRI™ (plazomicin) for adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), including pyelonephritis, caused by certain Enterobacteriacea in patients who have limited or no alternative treatment options | Read More
Powered by CARB-X company, T2 Biosystems featured in STAT News article: Sepsis is the third leading cause of death. Can a new blood test change that? | Read More
Powered by CARB-X company,Antabio SASannounced it has extended its Series A financing round with an additional €5.2 million with new investors BNP Paribas Development and Sham Innovation Santé, and from existing shareholder Galia Gestion | Read More
Powered by CARB-X company, Spero Therapeutics announced that it was awarded up to $54.2 million from BARDA and DTRA to support the development of SPR994, an oral carbapenem for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections | Read More
Powered by CARB-X company, ContraFect Corporation announced the pricing of $10 million public offering of common stock | Read More
Powered by CARB-X company, BugWorks raised $9M Series A funding to take its first-in-class antibiotic into the clinic | Read More
CARB-X awards up to $4.5 million to Summit Therapeutics to support the development of a new class of antibiotic compounds addressing a novel target to treat gonorrhea Read More Shortly after, Summit also announced it has been awarded an additional $12 million under its contract with BARDA for Phase 3 development program of ridinilazole for the treatment of C. difficile infection | Read More
The Department of Health and Social Care announced the launch of a £10 million research competition to fund innovations to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans | Read More
Bay Area and Boston-based start-up Arc Bio is launching a proprietary antimicrobial resistance software, Galileo™ AMR to identify and annotate gram-negative bacteria antimicrobial resistance in less than five minutes | Read More
As Novartis terminates its antibacterial research at its Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) campus, who will make new antibiotics? | Read More
CARB-X is a non-profit public-private partnership dedicated to accelerating antibacterial research to tackle the global rising threat of drug-resistant bacteria. With more than $500 million to invest, CARB-X funds the best science from around the world. The CARB-X portfolio is the world’s largest early development pipeline of new antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics and other products to prevent and treat life-threatening bacterial infections. CARB-X operates through Boston University. Other partners include RTI International, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, MassBio, and the California Life Sciences Institute (CLSI). http://www.carb-x.org/
CLSI helps build the next generation of life science professionals by bringing industry and institutions of learning together to improve STEM education in California and to inspire and develop life science careers. CLSI also works to ensure that the current and anticipated talent needs of the industry are met, and that the workforce pipeline for the industry remains strong.
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