🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡: 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗯 has been awarded funding through the 𝗦𝗕𝗔’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗥𝗜𝗖) program! This award will allow us to further expand 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡, which has already helped biotech entrepreneurs and early-stage companies raise over $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 in follow-on funding and bring numerous innovative products into clinical development and the marketplace. 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡 will continue to support the growth of biotech across 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁, 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱. With this funding, we’ll be able to offer even more resources to help drive forward the most impactful medical innovations from academic research to the clinic. As Julie Hewitt Coleman, PhD, Executive Director and DRIVEN Co-Lead, said: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘉𝘈’𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 – 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜!” Thank you to the U.S. Small Business Administration and 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝘇𝗺𝗮𝗻 for recognizing the importance of biotech and healthcare innovation. We look forward to continuing our work supporting biotech breakthroughs in the region and beyond! #Biotech #Innovation #Healthcare #Entrepreneurship #SBA #DRIVEN #CeldaraMedical #RegionalInnovationCluster
Big congrats, Julie Hewitt Coleman, PhD, and the whole Celdara team!
Fantastic news!
Director of UVM Innovations at University of Vermont | Cornell MBA, DVM, and BS, Ex-U of R, Ex-Cornell, Ex-Iams
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