Life Sciences Industry News

Recursion Pharmaceuticals Secures $121 Million in Series C Financing

July 15, 2019– SALT LAKE CITY –Recursion, a next-gen biopharma company combining automated, experimental biology with artificial intelligence…
Trump Administration Withdraws Drug Rebate Plan, TV Ad Rule Blocked, “Favored Nation” Drug Pricing, What Next?

Rebate Rule Withdrawn Yesterday, the Trump Administration withdrew a controversial proposed rule aimed at ending many of the…
House Increases Funding for National Institutes of Health

On June 19, the House passed a package of health-related FY 2020 Appropriations bills. The legislation, H.R. 2740,…
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Modified Drug Patent Measure

On May 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved four bills with bipartisan support, all aimed at lowering prescription…
Senate HELP Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Health Care Costs, Drug Pricing Transparency

On June 26, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), approved by a bipartisan vote of…
Intermountain Healthcare and deCODE Genetics Launch Groundbreaking DNA Study of 500,000 People to Find New Links Between Genetics and Disease

Study Represents Largest DNA Mapping Effort Undertaken in U.S. From a Single Population Media Contacts: Intermountain Healthcare: …
Senate Hearings Held on Proposed Bill to Change Patent Law

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held hearings on June 4 and 5, on a bipartisan draft…
BioUtah Congratulates Merit Medical Founder and CEO Giant in our City Award Winner

Salt Lake City – BioUtah and Utah’s life sciences industry is proud to congratulate one of its own—Fred…
Utah’s Congressional Representatives Support Repeal of Tax on the Medical Device Industry

SALT LAKE CITY—Kelvyn Cullimore, President and CEO of BioUtah, issued the following statement on introduction in the House…
BioUtah, Navigen Advocate for Life Sciences in our Nation’s Capital

BioUtah’s President and CEO, Kelvyn Cullimore and Navigen, Inc. CEO and BioUtah board vice chair, Brandi Simpson, were…
RAPS Utah Holds Chapter Kick Off, Looks to the Year Ahead

On November 1, 2018, at the BioUtah Utah Life Sciences Summit (ULSS). the Regulatory Affairs Professionals (RAPS) Utah…
Congressman John Curtis Becomes the Newest Co-Chair of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus

Newswise— The Coalition for the Life Sciences, on behalf of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, is pleased to…