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ONCO, Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership with Oncora Medical to Launch Data-Driven Software Automation to Enhance Patient Care and Oncology Data Management.

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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PHILADELPHIA and WALL, N.J., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ONCO Inc. (ONCO), a market leader in the oncology software and services space for over 40 years, is announcing a strategic alliance with Oncora Medical (Oncora), a startup company building an innovative patient care and research platform used by world-leading cancer centers. Founded by Dr. David Lindsay during his medical school training at Penn, Oncora provides their Oncora Patient Care and Oncora Analytics software to a collection of top-tier cancer centers across the US. Together, ONCO and Oncora have entered into a commercial partnership and plan to develop advanced cancer registry, reporting, and analytics software, combining the best technology from both companies into a single platform to provide groundbreaking data automation capabilities to cancer centers while enabling comprehensive and personalized care for patients.

Key Points: 
  • Founded by Dr. David Lindsay during his medical school training at Penn , Oncora provides their Oncora Patient Care and Oncora Analytics software to a collection of top-tier cancer centers across the US.
  • Similarly, Oncora will offer ONCO's services and software to Oncora customers, to realize immediate improvements to cancer registry abstraction and public health reporting.
  • Companies talk constantly about the value that AI will bring to patient care, but the critical prerequisite to AI is high quality data.
  • This partnership integrates the strengths of two experienced and thoughtful industry leaders, marking a significant stride towards a brighter, technologically-driven future in cancer care.

Global mRNA Vaccine Market Research Report 2023: On-going Clinical Trials, Drug Pipeline, Mergers & Acquisitions, & Product Launches - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, November 3, 2023
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Global mRNA vaccine market is poised to grow at an impressive rate to 2028 on account of the various benefits of mRNA vaccine over DNA vaccine in terms of production, safety, efficacy, and distribution, among others.

Key Points: 
  • Global mRNA vaccine market is poised to grow at an impressive rate to 2028 on account of the various benefits of mRNA vaccine over DNA vaccine in terms of production, safety, efficacy, and distribution, among others.
  • The global mRNA vaccine market experiences growth driven by the increasing occurrence of cancer, genetic anomalies, and viral infections.
  • This has prompted numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, along with academic and research institutions, to engage in research, development, and clinical trials for various mRNA vaccines.
  • This, in turn, creates promising prospects for the global mRNA vaccine market during the forecast period.

McClure Company Announces New Leadership Team

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Monday, October 30, 2023
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- McClure Company, one of Pennsylvania's largest mechanical contracting and energy services firms, headquartered in Harrisburg, is pleased to announce that Shayne Homan, P.E., is promoted to President and CEO effective January 1, 2024. Chip Brown, P.E., President and CEO of McClure Company since 2001, will transition to President of Soesco, the holding company for McClure Company effective January 1, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Chip Brown, P.E., President and CEO of McClure Company since 2001, will transition to President of Soesco, the holding company for McClure Company effective January 1, 2024.
  • "McClure Company's growth in revenue, services, and impact is due in large measure to Chip's remarkable leadership," says Homan.
  • Additionally, McClure Company is pleased to announce that Matt Dixon is promoted to Executive Vice President of Building Services.
  • These leadership promotions represent nearly 100 years of McClure Company expertise and signify the promise of a bright future of sustainability both within the company and as we reimagine the future of energy solutions for our clients and the built environment," says Homan.

Cimeio Therapeutics Announces Research Collaboration With the University of Pennsylvania to Conduct Preclinical Studies of a CD45 Universal CAR T Cell Therapy for Patients With Blood and Bone Marrow Cancers

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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The Penn team will combine Cimeio Therapeutics’ proprietary epitope-editing and CD45-targeting technologies with Penn Medicine’s epitope-editing and CAR T cell technology to create a CD45-targeting CAR T cell therapy and paired epitope-edited hematopoietic stem cell (HSC).

Key Points: 
  • The Penn team will combine Cimeio Therapeutics’ proprietary epitope-editing and CD45-targeting technologies with Penn Medicine’s epitope-editing and CAR T cell technology to create a CD45-targeting CAR T cell therapy and paired epitope-edited hematopoietic stem cell (HSC).
  • Given that CD45 is highly expressed on nearly all blood cells, this therapy could be a universal CAR T cell therapy for blood cancers.
  • Recent findings have demonstrated the ability to epitope edit CD45, which is a receptor broadly expressed on the surface of healthy HSCs as well as many blood and bone marrow cancers.
  • The company plans to develop that therapy with CD45 epitope shielded cells for blood cancers and autoimmune diseases among other indications.

David Sable Joins Stagwell (STGW) as Vice Chair

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced the appointment of David Sable as Vice Chair, effective immediately. In this role, David will drive new solutions for clients, leverage his diverse network of contacts, and work with existing clients to boost value by expanding the depth and range of services they utilize across Stagwell to help them maximize business outcomes.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced the appointment of David Sable as Vice Chair, effective immediately.
  • Sable is a recognized global marketing leader with a career spanning four decades at top global agencies.
  • Sable will be based at Stagwell's global headquarters at 1 World Trade Center in New York and report to Chairman and CEO Mark Penn.
  • I've known and worked with David for over 20 years and am excited to add him to our senior leadership team."

Hilco Redevelopment Partners Announces Advisory Board

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP), a vertically integrated real estate investment and redevelopment company that reimagines, remediates, and redevelops complex industrial sites across the United States, today announced the appointment of four national leaders to the company's corporate advisory board: Dr. Judith Rodin, President Emerita of the University of Pennsylvania and former President of the Rockefeller Foundation; Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick (Ret.), former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Ron DeGregorio, former CEO of NET Power and President of Exelon Power; and Michael K. Ohm, leading environmental attorney and former Managing Partner of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

Key Points: 
  • Leading Transformational Redevelopment Company Names Former Penn President; Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General; National Energy Industry and Environmental Law Leaders to Corporate Advisory Board
    CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP), a vertically integrated real estate investment and redevelopment company that reimagines, remediates, and redevelops complex industrial sites across the United States, today announced the appointment of four national leaders to the company's corporate advisory board: Dr. Judith Rodin, President Emerita of the University of Pennsylvania and former President of the Rockefeller Foundation; Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick (Ret.
  • "HRP is a transformation company and we are privileged to have these transformational leaders join our team," said HRP CEO Roberto Perez.
  • The HRP advisory board will leverage their broad expertise to counsel the company on all facets of business and corporate strategy.
  • Additionally, the advisory board will assist the company with key growth initiatives and help HRP continue to enhance its holistic approach to development and progress its core principles of economic, environmental, and community sustainability.

Trintech and Whitley Penn Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform and Automate Finance and Accounting Processes

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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DALLAS, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trintech, a leading global provider of cloud-based financial close solutions for the Office of the CFO, today announced a strategic partnership with Whitley Penn, a full-service public accounting and consulting firm. The partnership enables Whitley Penn to offer and implement Trintech's market-leading cloud-based finance and accounting solutions to businesses in the US. Companies looking to transform and automate their reconciliation and financial close processes by streamlining work, improving accuracy, and reducing risk, will benefit from the combination of services and solutions Whitley Penn and Trintech can provide.

Key Points: 
  • Whitley Penn to resell and implement Trintech's market-leading cloud-based finance and accounting solutions.
  • DALLAS, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trintech , a leading global provider of cloud-based financial close solutions for the Office of the CFO, today announced a strategic partnership with Whitley Penn , a full-service public accounting and consulting firm.
  • The partnership enables Whitley Penn to offer and implement Trintech's market-leading cloud-based finance and accounting solutions to businesses in the US.
  • Companies looking to transform and automate their reconciliation and financial close processes by streamlining work, improving accuracy, and reducing risk, will benefit from the combination of services and solutions Whitley Penn and Trintech can provide.

CHOP and Penn Researchers Receive $50 Million NIH Grant to Study Impact of Environmental Factors on Pregnancy and Children's Health

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Monday, October 2, 2023
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A multidisciplinary group of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine have received a $50 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the impact of environmental influences on pregnancy and children's health. The research program is part of the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, which funds research to uncover how environmental exposures during preconception, pregnancy and early life affect children's long-term health.

Key Points: 
  • PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A multidisciplinary group of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine have received a $50 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the impact of environmental influences on pregnancy and children's health.
  • The research program is part of the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program , which funds research to uncover how environmental exposures during preconception, pregnancy and early life affect children's long-term health.
  • "We know that communities are not equally exposed to environmental toxicants, and we also know that health inequities and disparities are an ongoing public health problem.
  • "The Penn-CHOP ECHO Study Site now joins the Philadelphia Regional Center for Children's Environmental Health , the Penn Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) , and the CHOP Center for Health Equity in leading the way to improve children's health, support environmental justice, and reduce health disparities."

Wharton School’s Baker Retailing Center and the Retail Leaders Circle to Honor Leonard A. Lauder With Retail Excellence Award

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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The Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Retail Leaders Circle today announced that Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman Emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies, will receive the Retail Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions to the retail and beauty sectors, along with his philanthropic endeavors in academia, medicine and art.

Key Points: 
  • The Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Retail Leaders Circle today announced that Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman Emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies, will receive the Retail Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions to the retail and beauty sectors, along with his philanthropic endeavors in academia, medicine and art.
  • Lauder will be honored at an exclusive dinner event on Monday, October 16, 2023, at the Rainbow Room in New York City.
  • Leonard is a proud alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and has provided philanthropic support for various Penn programs throughout the years.
  • Lauder is also co-founder of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, which provides funding for clinical trials on a global scale.

Penn State Partners with TPGi® to Make Food Service Kiosks Accessible for Blind and Low-Vision Users

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Penn State has partnered with TPGi®, a Vispero® company and global leader in accessibility software and services, to assist in providing students and faculty with more accessible food service kiosks. 

Key Points: 
  • CLEARWATER, Fla., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Penn State has partnered with TPGi®, a Vispero® company and global leader in accessibility software and services, to assist in providing students and faculty with more accessible food service kiosks.
  • As a part of its mission, Penn State says its "purpose is to bring positive impact to humanity.
  • "Penn State is committed to accessibility and maintaining high standards for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging," said Karen Kreger, Penn State assistant vice president for housing and food services.
  • "Partnering with TPGi® and utilizing the JAWS® for Kiosk screen reader software is another way we are working toward making Penn State a more inclusive campus."