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Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies, Inc. Announces $2.5M Series A Investment by Spectrum Financial
February 11, 2021 GMT
Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies ACT-IOP-003 iontophoresis chemotherapy delivery system (Photo: Business Wire)
RALEIGH, N.C. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 10, 2021
Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies, Inc., a clinical-stage drug delivery company, announced today that it has closed a Series A investment of $2.5 million with Spectrum Financial. This investment is in addition to the previously announced Series A investment of $5.5 million lead by Khosla Venture. The capital will be used to fund initial clinical development of the company’s ACT-IOP-003 local chemotherapy system for the treatment of locally advanced non-resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.
COVID-19: The Vaccine Chapter with JAX on Feb. 17
COVID-19: The Vaccine Chapter with JAX on Feb. 17
ELLSWORTH – The Jackson Laboratory and Ellsworth Public Library are collaborating to present an online program for the local community titled “COVID-19: The Vaccine Chapter” on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.
Jackson Lab President and CEO Edison Liu and Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative Medical Director Jens Rueter will be the speakers for this special event. They will discuss their views on the safety of the vaccine, its impact on the course of the pandemic and their predictions for 2021. Attendees are welcome to submit questions during the event. Representative Nicole Grohoski will moderate the discussion.
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, the Elaine Marks WARF Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died on Thursday, February 4 in Madison. She was 74.
Born in Zabrze, Poland, Brenner moved to Israel with her family in 1956. She studied at the Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and the University of York in Toronto before coming to Madison, where she joined the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies in 1992. In addition to chairing the department from 2004 to 2007, Brenner was an active member of the George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, the Middle East Studies Program, and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. She was also a senior fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities.
Wake Technical Community College
As part of a statewide program, ACTS team members will work with similar programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University to share best practices in support of community college transfer students. Additionally, NCA&T will expand its ACTS partnerships to include other North Carolina community colleges that have articulation and dual enrollment agreements with the university.
“It is exciting to see this important investment in bridging the gap and advancing academic STEM opportunities in a way that has regional and statewide significance, leveraging the strength of NCA&T and our community college system,” said Nancy Johnston, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Office of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
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