Archive for November 13, 2019
Seven appointed to Georgia commission overseeing new medical marijuana program
Georgia’s rollout of legislation legalizing the growth of marijuana for medicinal use and the manufacture and sale of cannabis oil produced from the leaf crop can now begin, more than four months after the law took effect. Gov. Brian Kemp has named Dr. Christopher Edwards, principal surgeon at the Atlanta Neurological & Spine Institute, to chair…
Read MoreGeoVax Vaccine Selected to Participate in Development of Potential HIV Functional Cure
Clinical Trial Expected to Commence in Early 2020 ATLANTA, GA, November 13, 2019 – GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTCQB: GOVX) announced today its participation in a collaborative effort led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to develop a combinational therapy aimed at inducing remission in HIV-positive individuals (a “functional cure”). The studies will be…
Read MoreThe First Person Voice of the Pediatric Patient at the 2019 Georgia Bio Innovation Summit
“Patient centricity” lands way at the top of the healthcare buzzword bingo scoring chart. How exactly do patients fit in the middle of an equation that includes 20 percent of the U.S. economy, shareholder demands, venture capital ROI, physician and hospital shortages and perhaps the most confusing insurance system on Earth? We don’t have all…
Read More40 Under Forty 2019 nomination for Georgia Bio’s Maria Thacker-Goethe
We are delighted to announce that Maria Thacker-Goethe, President & CEO of Georgia Bio and Executive Director of Georgia Global Health Alliance, has been selected by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as a 40 Under Forty 2019 honoree. More than 400 nominations were submitted this year and her professional and personal accomplishments secured her place alongside…
Read MoreQuick Clip Interview: Two minutes with Dr. Jay Yadav
With the development, commercialization and eventual $450 million sale of CardioMEMS, Dr. Jay Yadav demonstrated the magnitude of what is possible in Georgia’s medtech and life sciences ecosystem. Fast forward more than five years and we find him at the helm of MiRus, LLC. MiRus “is focused on the design of innovative solutions for treatment…
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