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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-12-21 ( 16 items )  
Arbor Biotechnologies Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for ABO-101 for the Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1 (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Arbor Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company that says it discovers and develops genetic medicines, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * RedePHine phase 1/2 clinical trial initiation expected in first half of 2025 * * * Arbor Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company discovering and developing the next generation of genetic medicines, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Investigational New more PR

GE Vernova's Advanced Research Center Supplies Wind Turbine to NREL in Research Collaboration to Accelerate Critical Wind Technologies (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * * GE Vernova's Advanced Research Center supplies a 3.4 MW-140m wind turbine to NREL for use in energy research and experimentation * Turbine will serve as the research turbine for ongoing and new joint research projects between GE Vernova and NREL * This event underscores the potential for government and private sector cooperation to drive innovation and progress in critical areas o more PR

Goodwin Advises Berenberg on Financing of the Acquisition of BSI Software Group (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin has advised Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG ("Berenberg") on super senior aspects for the financing of the acquisition of BSI Software Group ("BSI"). Funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital ("BU") have acquired a majority stake in the company, which is based in Baden, Switzerland. Berenberg was founded in 1590 and is today one of Europe's leading private banks with its Wealth and Asset Managem more PR

Goodwin Advises T-Robotics in $5.4 Million Seed Funding (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Technology team advised T-Robotics FPC, Inc. ("T-Robotics") in its $5.4 million Seed funding round, co-led by The Engine Fund III, L.P. and Emergent Ventures III, LP with BSF II, LP (Berkeley Skydeck) and Raisewell Ventures Fund, I L.P. participating. T-Robotics will use the fresh capital to expand its U.S. and E.U. operations. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in San Francisco (USA), T-Robotics missi more PR

Mass. A.G. Campbell Announces $2 Million Settlement With SaVida Health to Resolve Allegations of False Billing to MassHealth (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * Substance Use Treatment Provider Allegedly Billed for More Expensive Levels of Service Than Provided and for Medically Unnecessary Drug Tests * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has reached a $2 million settlement with SaVida Health, P.C. (SaVida), a physician group specializing in behavioral health and substance use treatment services with loc more PR

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Street Smarts (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Andres Sevtsuk applies new sources of data to creating more sustainable, walkable, and economically thriving city spaces. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Dozens of major research labs dot the streets of Kendall Square, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, neighborhood in which MIT partially sits. But for Andres Sevtsuk's City Form Lab, the streets of Kendall Square themselves, an more PR

MIT Affiliates Receive 2025 IEEE Honors (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Five MIT faculty and staff, along with five alumni, are honored for electrical engineering and computer science advances. * * * By Alex Shipps, Joanna Chen, Daniel Darling, Anne McGovern, MIT CSAIL, MIT News, Department of Biological Engineering, Lincoln Laboratory The IEEE recently announced the winners of their 2025 prestigious medals, technical awards, and fellowships. more PR

MIT Welcomes Frida Polli as Its Next Visiting Innovation Scholar (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The neuroscientist turned entrepreneur will be hosted by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and focus on advancing the intersection of behavioral science and AI across MIT. * * * By Terri Park, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Frida Polli, a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, investor, and inventor known for her leading-edge contributions at the crossroads of behaviora more PR

MIT: Lara Ozkan Named 2025 Marshall Scholar (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in the UK at Cambridge University and Imperial College London. * * * By Julia Mongo, Office of Distinguished Fellowships Lara Ozkan, an MIT senior from Oradell, New Jersey, has been selected as a 2025 Marshall Scholar and will begin graduate studies in the United Kingdom next fall. Funded by the British government, the Marshall  more PR

MIT: Making Classical Music and Math More Accessible (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * In math and in music, senior Holden Mui values interesting ideas, solving problems creatively, and finding meaning in their structures. * * * By Benjamin Daniel, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Senior Holden Mui appreciates the details in mathematics and music. A well-written orchestral piece and a well-designed competitive math problem both require a cert more PR

MIT: Need a Research Hypothesis? Ask AI (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * MIT engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Crafting a unique and promising research hypothesis is a fundamental skill for any scientist. It can also be time consuming: New PhD candidates might spend the first year of their program trying to d more PR

MIT: New Autism Research Projects Represent a Broad Range of Approaches to Achieving a Shared Goal (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * At a symposium of the Simons Center for the Social Brain, six speakers described a diversity of recently launched studies aimed at improving understanding of the autistic brain. * * * By David Orenstein, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory From studies of the connections between neurons to interactions between the nervous and immune systems to t more PR

MIT: Startup's Autonomous Drones Precisely Track Warehouse Inventories (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Corvus Robotics, founded by Mohammed Kabir '21, is using drones that can navigate in GPS-denied environments to expedite inventory management. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Whether you're a fulfillment center, a manufacturer, or a distributor, speed is king. But getting products out the door quickly requires workers to know where those products are located in their warehou more PR

Novo Holdings Completes $16.5 Billion Acquisition of Catalent (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Private Equity and Public M&A teams advised Novo Holdings A/S ("Novo Holdings") on the completion of its acquisition of Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT) in an all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $16.5 billion. In connection with the transaction, Novo Holdings will sell three of Catalent's nearly 50 global sites to Novo Nordisk A/S ("Novo Nordisk"). The three fill-finish sites more PR

Ropes & Gray Advises Bain Capital on IPO of Kioxia Holdings (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Bain Capital as a selling shareholder in the initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and concurrent international offering outside Japan of Kioxia Holdings Corp., which closed on December 18. Upon completion of the global offering, Kioxia's aggregate market capitalization was more than $5 billion. Bain Capital continues to hold a stake of 51.3% in Kioxia, while Toshiba  more PR

Tikehau Capital and CVC Credit Partners Financed Coexya's Acquisition by Talan (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Goodwin Paris Debt Finance Team advised Private Debt funds managed by Tikehau Capital and CVC Credit Partners on the financing of the acquisition by Talan group of Coexya's group, an independent leader in digital integration, software publishing, and consulting. Talan is an international consulting group focused on transformation through technology, data and innovation. For over 20 years, Talan has be more PR