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• Florida Governor proposes “accountability and performance measures” for cancer & biomedical researchers receiving state funds

  May 10, 2012

  Mr. Timothy M. Goldfarb
  Chief Executive Officer
  Shands Hospital
  Post Office Box 100326
  Gainesville, Florida 32610

  Dear Mr. Goldfarb:

  Since 2007, Florida taxpayers have funded between $30 – $50 million annually for cancer and biomedical research. This funding has helped support ongoing research programs at three cancer centers and funded [...]

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• Juan F. Rodriguez Appointed as Chief Financial Officer at OPKO

  OPKO Health has appointed Juan F. Rodriguez as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rodriguez replaces Mr. Rao Uppaluri who is retiring.

  Mr. Rodriguez brings to OPKO over 20 years of financial and business leadership experience, with over half of that in the life sciences field. Most recently, Mr. [...]

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• Alachua’s AxoGen Makes First Commercial Shipment of Avance® Nerve Graft to Distributor in Italy

  AxoGen, a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development and commercialization of products and technologies for peripheral nerve reconstruction and regeneration, today announced approval by the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute of its first commercial shipment of Avance® Nerve Graft to MD for Life, its new distribution partner in Italy. Avance [...]

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• Jacksonville’s NovaBone awarded patent

  The United States Patent Office has notified The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) that patent application 11/724,255 (Ceramic Composition for Filling Bone Defects) has been allowed, and the patent will publish in September 2012. NovaBone Putty® was jointly developed between MTF and NovaBone Products of Jacksonville, Florida. The patent is [...]

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