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Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics and SiO2 Materials Science Team Up to Develop 12 Millimeter Sample Transport Media for Higher Volumes of Automated Virus Testing

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Friday, October 1, 2021
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The transport tubes will allow large laboratories with high volumes of sample testing to pool 10 times more samples with 1/10th of the required materials.

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  • The transport tubes will allow large laboratories with high volumes of sample testing to pool 10 times more samples with 1/10th of the required materials.
  • The sample transport tubes are manufactured by SiO2 and are available now to labs for testing COVID-19, influenza, and other widespread viruses.
  • "We reached out to Longhorn in February because we view their sample collection technology as first-in-class when it comes to inactive sample testing.
  • SiO2 Materials Science is an advanced materials science corporation introducing breakthrough disruptive technology serving the biopharma, molecular diagnostic, and consumer healthcare industries.

DCHFA names Nikol Nabors-Jackson Chief of Staff

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) has a new Chief of Staff, Nikol Nabors-Jackson, a human services and affordable housing professional with more than 20 years of government and non-profit experience.

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  • Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) has a new Chief of Staff, Nikol Nabors-Jackson, a human services and affordable housing professional with more than 20 years of government and non-profit experience.
  • DCHFAs Executive Director/CEO Christopher E. Donald made the appointment this summer, Nikol is a proven leader who has operated across the human services and housing sectors.
  • Joining DCHFA allows me to renew my focus and career interests on housing while continuing to serve the residents of the District at a new agency.
  • Being the chief of staff will allow me to be involved in every facet of the DCHFA, said Nabors-Jackson.

New Report Shows 89% of Diabetics Worry About Broken Insulin Vials

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
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AUBURN, Ala., Sept. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SiO2 Materials Science , a privately owned U.S.-based advanced materials science company, today released the findings from its new report: The Impact of Broken Insulin Vials On Diabetics .

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  • AUBURN, Ala., Sept. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SiO2 Materials Science , a privately owned U.S.-based advanced materials science company, today released the findings from its new report: The Impact of Broken Insulin Vials On Diabetics .
  • From June 30 to July 8, 2021, 1,000 American adults with Type 2 diabetes who take insulin through a syringe injection were surveyed.
  • 56% regularly worry about breaking, cracking, or damaging insulin, and 33% are somewhat worried.
  • 68% have had a broken vial cause them to miss an insulin treatment.

Janux Therapeutics Appoints Ron Barrett, Ph.D., and Alana McNulty to Board of Directors

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Thursday, September 9, 2021
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Ms. McNulty has more than 30 years of experience in finance and business development for private and publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies.

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  • Ms. McNulty has more than 30 years of experience in finance and business development for private and publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies.
  • The Board and I welcome their complementary expertise as we continue to build the Company and look to advance our programs into the clinic.
  • Prior to Medikine he cofounded XenoPort, Inc., where he was the CEO and a Director for more than 15 years.
  • Janux is using its TRACTr platform technology to engineer product candidates designed to overcome these limitations.

Rani Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Eric Groen as General Counsel

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (Rani Therapeutics or Rani) (Nasdaq: RANI), a clinical stage biotherapeutics company focused on advancing technologies to enable the development of orally administered biologics, today announced the appointment of Eric Groen as General Counsel.

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  • SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (Rani Therapeutics or Rani) (Nasdaq: RANI), a clinical stage biotherapeutics company focused on advancing technologies to enable the development of orally administered biologics, today announced the appointment of Eric Groen as General Counsel.
  • Mr. Groen has more than 25 years of experience managing legal matters in corporate and private practice.
  • Most recently, he served as regional general counsel to Amgens commercial business in Canada, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
  • Rani Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotherapeutics company focused on advancing technologies to enable the development of orally administered biologics.

New Report Finds 59 Drugs Have Been Recalled Due to Glass-Related Issues Since 2014

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Monday, August 30, 2021
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The report then identified 59 instances where drugs were recalled due to glass-related issues between January 2014 and July 2021.

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  • The report then identified 59 instances where drugs were recalled due to glass-related issues between January 2014 and July 2021.
  • The causes identified include recalls for delamination, particulate matter, breakage, ethylene oxide residuals and adhesive issues.
  • "This year we've already seen 18 recalls due to glass-related problems," said Lawrence Ganti, President at SiO2 Materials Science.
  • This report confirms our belief that it's time for the pharma industry to rethink the use of glass."

Four-Person Advisor Team Joins UBS in Santa Barbara, CA

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Monday, August 30, 2021
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UBS Wealth Management USA announced today that a four-person advisor team have joined the firm in Santa Barbara, California.

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  • UBS Wealth Management USA announced today that a four-person advisor team have joined the firm in Santa Barbara, California.
  • The team is led by Financial Advisor Mark Brenner, CIMC, and also includes Financial Advisor Kip Paulson, CFA, Senior Wealth Strategy Associate Shawn Hill, CFP, and Registered Client Associate Nathan Cha.
  • Mark Brenner joins UBS as a Financial Advisor and Portfolio Manager, after more than twelve years at Merrill Lynch.
  • Kip Paulson joins UBS as a Financial Advisor and Portfolio Manager, after previously serving in a similar role for nearly four years at Merrill Lynch.

Rendever Receives $2M NIH Phase II Grant to Further Research the Impact of Virtual Reality on the Aging Population

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021
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The research evaluates the impact of VR-based virtual family engagement for seniors and the differences in effect across various levels of cognitive impairment (MCI, mild to moderate AD/ADRD).

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  • The research evaluates the impact of VR-based virtual family engagement for seniors and the differences in effect across various levels of cognitive impairment (MCI, mild to moderate AD/ADRD).
  • The Phase II Grant builds on Rendevers previously awarded Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Grant to measure the impact of Rendevers engagement platform.
  • The initial pilot data confirmed the positive impact that virtual family engagement has on both residents and their family members living at a distance.
  • We see the first-hand effects of our virtual reality platform every day through our community partners.

LoopChat Opens up the College Circle for Users at Five Universities

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Thursday, April 22, 2021
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b'BERKELEY, Calif., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading college social platform, LoopChat, has today opened its College Circle to all students from five universities.

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  • b'BERKELEY, Calif., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading college social platform, LoopChat, has today opened its College Circle to all students from five universities.
  • The universities are University of California at Santa Barbara, University of California at San Diego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, University of North Texas, and University of California at Berkley.\nThis move marks the opening of the College Circle to all LoopChat users on the social platform at the five universities.
  • The College Circle is a popular image-heavy social feed on LoopChat, where users share an image accompanied by a description of anything of interest to the college community.\n"Opening up the College Circle to the large community of LoopChat users at these five universities is an important milestone for us," said Kashish Juneja, the College Circle project lead.\n"For a while, the feature was in beta, and users joined by invitation.
  • We are excited about opening up the College Circle to users at these five universities to start with.

Lystek International Limited Food Waste-to-Energy Project Showing Results in Goleta, California

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Fairfield, CA / Cambridge, ON, May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Multi-Year Partnership with Goleta Sanitary District, University of California-Santa Barbara, and California Energy Commission introduces First-of-its-Kind technology in the United States for food-waste-to-energy conversion

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  • Fairfield, CA / Cambridge, ON, May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Multi-Year Partnership with Goleta Sanitary District, University of California-Santa Barbara, and California Energy Commission introduces First-of-its-Kind technology in the United States for food-waste-to-energy conversion
    May 6, 2020 Fairfield, CA/Cambridge, ON For Immediate Release | Lystek International Limited (Lystek) multi-year food waste-to-energy demonstration project in Goleta, California has been showing positive results.
  • As the lead project proponent, Lystek is working with the Goleta Sanitary District (GSD), University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the California Energy Commission (CEC).
  • The Smicon unit is easy to use, and we are pleased with the quality of the slurry from food waste says Jim Dunbar, Lystek General Manager for California Operations who oversees the project.
  • Lystek International is a leading provider of biosolids and organics management solutions across North America with their proven technology Lystek THP .