Cambridge, MA-based Joule Unlimited, which is developing a technology that mimics photosynthesis by turning carbon dioxide into ethanol, has collected $30 million in a second round of funding from Flagship Ventures and unnamed additional investors, according to a report today in VentureWire. Formerly known as Joule Biotechnologies, the company launched last summer and is building … Continue reading “$30M for Joule”
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Motorola to Put Skyhook’s Location Technology into Android Phones, Bypassing Google
For Google, it’s been a good news/bad news week. The good news is that the search leader’s open-source Android mobile operating system is catching on fast, with more manufacturers and carriers selling Android-equipped phones and more consumers buying them. The bad news is the story isn’t playing out exactly the way Google planned. Yesterday the … Continue reading “Motorola to Put Skyhook’s Location Technology into Android Phones, Bypassing Google”
Gene Network Sciences Using Supercomputing to Match Patients with a Drug That Works
Health insurers have wasted billions of dollars on reimbursing drugs that don’t work for certain patients. But Cambridge, MA-based Gene Network Sciences might have a cure for this spending ailment. It is using supercomputing technology to build databases that can match patients with the most suitable drugs or other treatments, company CEO Colin Hill says. … Continue reading “Gene Network Sciences Using Supercomputing to Match Patients with a Drug That Works”
Central Square’s Barron Building Emerges as Startup Hub
If there were a heat map showing how high-tech entrepreneurs are distributed around Boston, there would be a new red spot at 614 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge’s Central Square. From the outside, the four-story office building is distinguished mainly by its white-tiled facade and its large plate-glass windows. Deep inside is the office of Carl … Continue reading “Central Square’s Barron Building Emerges as Startup Hub”
Management Health Solutions Obtains $7,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4e530bf-f126-4f22-a855-90bfee32c940&Preview=1 Date 4/27/2010 Company Name Management Health Solutions Mailing Address 501 Kings Highway East Fairfield, CT 06825 Company Description Management Health Solutions, Inc. (MHS) offers a range of services to the health care industry designed to improve efficiency and financial performance. Our service line includes third party physical inventory services, data cleansing … Continue reading “Management Health Solutions Obtains $7,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Joule Unlimited Secures $30,000,000 Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ef5d55e-e2ac-43f8-a188-c2c22eadd97f&Preview=1 Date 4/27/2010 Company Name Joule Unlimited Mailing Address 83 Rogers St Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description Joule is pioneering the production of Liquid Fuel from the Sun™, surpassing today’s barriers to abundant, sustainable, cost-competitive supply. Website http://www.joulebio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Joule Unlimited Secures $30,000,000 Series B Financing”
StreamBase Systems Garners $5,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2a37dd0d-9d87-4a31-aa03-def738fde7ed&Preview=1 Date 4/27/2010 Company Name StreamBase Systems Mailing Address 181 Spring Street Lexington, MA 02421 Company Description StreamBase Systems, a leader in the fast-growing complex event processing (CEP) market, has pioneered a remarkable new approach to processing and analyzing real-time streaming data. Website http://www.streambase.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $5,500,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “StreamBase Systems Garners $5,500,000 New Funding Round”
Addition, Subtraction at Local Venture Firms
Already in the week, we’ve had a few moves at some local venture capital firms. Read below for the details. —Rob Go, formerly a senior associate at Boston-based Spark Capital, announced on his blog today that last Friday was his last day at the firm. He didn’t specify where he’d be going next, but says … Continue reading “Addition, Subtraction at Local Venture Firms”
Charles River Labs to Buy Chinese R&D Powerhouse WuXi for $1.6B
The world of outsourced drug research and development might get a lot smaller. Charles River Laboratories International is aiming to buy the Chinese R&D services firm WuXi PharmaTech for a whopping $1.6 billion, the companies announced this morning. Wilmington, MA-based Charles River (NYSE:[[ticker:CRL]]) reported that it plans to gobble up Shanghai-based WuXi in a deal … Continue reading “Charles River Labs to Buy Chinese R&D Powerhouse WuXi for $1.6B”
Novartis Buys More Alnylam Shares
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has exercised its right to buy 55,223 more shares of Cambridge, MA-based Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALNY]]), Alnylam said today in a statement. The purchases, for almost $1 million, allow Novartis to maintain a 13.4 percent ownership stake in the company, Alnylam said. The two companies began collaborating on RNA interference technology in … Continue reading “Novartis Buys More Alnylam Shares”
Alkermes Reveals Higher-Than-Expected Royalty on Diabetes Drug
Alkermes is usually cast on Wall Street as a supporting actor in the eagerly-anticipated debut of the once-weekly diabetes drug from Eli Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals. But today, Waltham, MA-based Alkermes, stepped into the spotlight, announcing it stands to collect more cash from the drug than expected. Alkermes (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALKS]]) is reporting today it will … Continue reading “Alkermes Reveals Higher-Than-Expected Royalty on Diabetes Drug”
How Sharing Increases Innovation
I believe there is a strong tie between sharing and the ability to innovate. This post will walk you through the logic. Innovation is built on these things: 1. The existence of problems and the desire to solve them 2. The ability to apply new ways of thinking to these problems 3. The cost of … Continue reading “How Sharing Increases Innovation”
Awesome Foundation, Spreading Awesomeness Across the Universe, Expands to West Coast
For Boston-area Web developers, the place to be last Friday night was the Barron Building at 614 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square. Home to Conduit Labs, Oneforty, Shareaholic, and several other Web startups, it’s become the newest pin in Boston’s entrepreneurship map. On Friday, it was the scene of a rollicking joint housewarming party for … Continue reading “Awesome Foundation, Spreading Awesomeness Across the Universe, Expands to West Coast”
Agios Pharmaceuticals Secures $8,800,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=57130bc8-5382-4c0a-967b-adfebe102e44&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2010 Company Name Agios Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 38 Sidney Street 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02139-4169 Company Description Agios is a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of one of the most exciting new areas of cancer research: cancer metabolism. Cancer metabolism represents a breakthrough understanding of how cancer cells become addicted … Continue reading “Agios Pharmaceuticals Secures $8,800,000 New Funding”
Small Explosion, Evacuation at E Ink
A small explosion at E Ink forced an evacuation of the company’s Cambridge, MA, offices and manufacturing facilities near Fresh Pond this afternoon. No injuries were reported, but employees have been sent home for the weekend as the company deals with water damage from the building’s sprinkler system. The company said in a statement released … Continue reading “Small Explosion, Evacuation at E Ink”
Athenahealth Hires IBM
Watertown, MA-based Athenahealth (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ATHN]]), which provides electronic health records and billing systems to physicians’ practices, has turned to the Managed Process Business Services wing of IBM (NYSE: [[ticker:IBM]]) for administrative and IT support, the companies announced today. IBM will help Athenahealth with tasks like data entry and physician billing. The deal “will enable Athenahealth … Continue reading “Athenahealth Hires IBM”
Athenahealth’s Ed Park and Media Lab’s John Moore Join Lineup for Monday’s “Healthcare in Transition” Xconomy Forum; Few Tickets Remain
The question of how we pay for healthcare has been under the microscope in recent months, but what can we do to radically improve the care itself? Examining how information technology can help with that challenge is the whole point of Xconomy’s Healthcare in Transition forum, which will be held on Monday afternoon at the … Continue reading “Athenahealth’s Ed Park and Media Lab’s John Moore Join Lineup for Monday’s “Healthcare in Transition” Xconomy Forum; Few Tickets Remain”
Mascoma Collects $3.4M in Debt Round
Mascoma, the Lebanon, NH-based developer of advanced methods for making ethanol from wood fiber and other non-edible plant matter, has raised $3.4 million toward a $10 million round of convertible debt financing, according to regulatory documents filed April 21. The funding presumably puts the company in stronger position to move forward with construction of an … Continue reading “Mascoma Collects $3.4M in Debt Round”
Dodd Bill Update: Listening to the Market
Like an entrepreneur listening to market feedback while designing a product, Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn) has made some improvements to features of his pending legislation that we described last month. Originally designed to fight the “too big to fail” problem in the financial markets, many constituents—including the Angel Capital Association and the National Venture Capital … Continue reading “Dodd Bill Update: Listening to the Market”
Detroit: America’s Laboratory for Innovation
What the heck is Xconomy doing opening a bureau in Detroit? The same thing we’ve been doing all along: seeking out technology innovators in key cities and chronicling the work they’re doing to turn their ideas into businesses that will drive the economy forward, both regionally and nationally. There’s no question that Detroit falls short … Continue reading “Detroit: America’s Laboratory for Innovation”
Genzyme Expects to Pay $175M to FDA, Westphal Leaves Sirtris to Run GSK Venture Arm, Gelesis Obesity Treatment Passes First Human Trial, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
Headlines from both long-established pharma companies and stealthy biotech startups made it a busy life sciences news week for us. —It was a life sciences-focused week for us, with the introduction of our new life sciences columnist, Sylvia Pagán Westphal, a journalist who’s covered biotech for big-name publications. Her inaugural post likened the lack of … Continue reading “Genzyme Expects to Pay $175M to FDA, Westphal Leaves Sirtris to Run GSK Venture Arm, Gelesis Obesity Treatment Passes First Human Trial, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Soft Tissue Regeneration Receives $500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0159ae50-029a-4f4c-9460-669621eaa195&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2010 Company Name Soft Tissue Regeneration Mailing Address 1266 East Main Street Stamford, CT 06902 Company Description Soft Tissue Regeneration has developed and preliminarily tested a potential breakthrough technology for soft tissue regeneration of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee. Website http://www.softtissueregeneration.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $500,000 … Continue reading “Soft Tissue Regeneration Receives $500,000 New Financing”
XOS Digital Secures Series B Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b587ef08-f13f-4cef-a323-07a2d99a50f2&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2010 Company Name XOS Digital Mailing Address 101 Billerica Avenue Building 7 North Billerica, MA 01862 Company Description XOS Technologies is the leading technology partner for maximizing the value of content, commerce and services for sports organizations and fans. As such, the company strives to redefine the way people interact … Continue reading “XOS Digital Secures Series B Financing”
Facet Solutions Secures $2,100,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ebffbc93-1958-4eef-8d91-5a1b85ba7710&Preview=1 Date 4/23/2010 Company Name Facet Solutions Mailing Address 45 South Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 Company Description Facet Solutions, Inc. is a privately held, venture backed company that is focused on developing and commercializing surgical devices for the treatment of facet related spinal disorders. Website http://www.facetsolutions.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Facet Solutions Secures $2,100,000 New Round”
Pluromed Raises $1.1M
Pluromed, a Woburn, MA-based maker of medical devices, has raised $1.1 million of a planned $3.9 million equity offering, from 16 investors, according to an SEC filing. Founded in 2003, Pluromed develops devices designed to control bleeding in a range of surgeries, from cardiac and vascular to reconstructive procedures, that can also be used to … Continue reading “Pluromed Raises $1.1M”
The XSITEment Returns on June 17 at Babson College—X Prize Founder Diamandis to Keynote Xconomy Summit
Most Xconomy events last only an afternoon or an evening. Barely enough time, in other words, to scratch the surface of all the amazing work technology entrepreneurs are doing around New England, in areas as varied as cloud computing, health IT, mobile commerce, smart grid technology, and the future of drug development. But our flagship … Continue reading “The XSITEment Returns on June 17 at Babson College—X Prize Founder Diamandis to Keynote Xconomy Summit”
Sirtris Vet Michelle Dipp Takes Over Key Role at Glaxo as Westphal Returns to VC
From the moment GlaxoSmithKline acquired Cambridge, MA-based Sirtris Pharmaceuticals about two years ago for $720 million, the pharma giant said it wanted two of Sirtris’ principals, Christoph Westphal and Michelle Dipp, to help it connect with some of the best people and biotech ideas in Boston. That’s still true today, although the specific roles for … Continue reading “Sirtris Vet Michelle Dipp Takes Over Key Role at Glaxo as Westphal Returns to VC”
Obesity Capsule From Gelesis, Made to Swell Up in the Stomach, Passes First Human Trial
There must be a million ideas to help the many millions of obese Americans lose weight. Today, doctors will get a glimpse at a first-of-its-kind treatment from Boston-based Gelesis, where scientists have created a capsule that expands in the stomach to make people feel full and eat less. Gelesis has said little about this idea … Continue reading “Obesity Capsule From Gelesis, Made to Swell Up in the Stomach, Passes First Human Trial”
Healthcare Dominates Massachusetts’ Top 10 Deals
Earlier this week, my colleague Bruce took a look at venture capital activity across the country in the first quarter of 2010, and found that investors were sinking more cash into startups than they did a year ago. We track these deals with data provided by private company intelligence platform CB Insights, Dow Jones VentureSource, … Continue reading “Healthcare Dominates Massachusetts’ Top 10 Deals”
Boston Opens Its Arms to UK Mobile Startups
After spending some time last week at the launch of Mass Challenge, I wanted to share a few thoughts on recent experiences with the local innovation community, for two reasons: First, I hope they might spur further collaboration between UK Trade & Investment and the Boston tech community given some recent successes. And second, given … Continue reading “Boston Opens Its Arms to UK Mobile Startups”
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Garners $39,600,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b53ebc6-9820-41c1-90a3-1da5f7f2ce5d&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2010 Company Name Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 161 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description At Catabasis we are dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative, effective and safe medicines to treat inflammatory and metabolic diseases. We have assembled a team of highly motivated and experienced scientists who are … Continue reading “Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Garners $39,600,000 Series A Funding Round”
Pluromed Garners $1,100,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0c1111d5-3f32-4b59-bdc8-212931952667&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2010 Company Name Pluromed Mailing Address 25-H Olympia Avenue Woburn, MA 01801 Company Description Pluromed, Inc. is an early-stage medical technology company pioneering the use of injectable plugs to improve the safety, efficacy and economics of medical interventions. The Company develops, manufactures and markets a family of disposable medical devices … Continue reading “Pluromed Garners $1,100,000 New Financing Round”
Mascoma Corporation Obtains $3,400,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5071c813-bb6a-48ef-9e20-639d5b1ba4f2&Preview=1 Date 4/22/2010 Company Name Mascoma Corporation Mailing Address 67 Etna Road Lebanon, NH 03766 Company Description Recent advances in cellulosic ethanol R&D have led to the development of a new generation of enzymes, microbes and processes for economical conversion of cellulosic feedstocks into ethanol. With the combination of R&D advancements and … Continue reading “Mascoma Corporation Obtains $3,400,000 New Round”
Patrick Admin Officials Hold Open Office Hours
The Patrick Administration announced today that representatives of the Massachusetts: It’s All Here campaign to support business growth in the state will be available for meetings with college students, entrepreneurs, and small business executives at their new location in the Cambridge Innovation Center at One Broadway, Cambridge. Officials who will be available by appointment for office … Continue reading “Patrick Admin Officials Hold Open Office Hours”
Genzyme Expects $175M Expense for Manufacturing Problems in Allston
Genzyme has given its first-quarter 2010 earnings a $175 million haircut. The Cambridge, MA-based biotech firm (NASDAQ:[[ticker:GENZ]]) said today that it expects to pay that amount to the FDA due to deficiencies at its manufacturing plant in Allston, MA. The company and the FDA are negotiating terms of a consent decree, under which the firm … Continue reading “Genzyme Expects $175M Expense for Manufacturing Problems in Allston”
Knome Gets $5M From bioMérieux
Knome, a Cambridge, MA-based genomics sequencing and analysis company, received $5 million from France’s bioMérieux in exchange for an equity stake. It’s part of a partnership deal in which the French company will use Knome’s technology to develop in vitro diagnostics for cancer and infectious diseases, the companies announced today. As part of the deal, … Continue reading “Knome Gets $5M From bioMérieux”
Christoph Westphal Resigns as Sirtris CEO, Takes Over Glaxo’s SR One Venture Arm
Christoph Westphal is leaving his CEO job at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, the Cambridge, MA-based developer of drugs that target genes linked to the aging process, to get back into the venture capital game, according to an e-mail Westphal sent to friends and colleagues as well as Xconomy. Westphal says in his note that he is taking … Continue reading “Christoph Westphal Resigns as Sirtris CEO, Takes Over Glaxo’s SR One Venture Arm”
Bill Gates Pushes His Foundation’s Health, Education, Energy Agenda at MIT—Podcast and Report
Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates visited MIT today as part of his College Tour, a three-day trip to universities across the United States. In his talk, Gates emphasized the importance of getting more bright young people to innovate in critical areas such as global health, education, and energy—all areas where the Bill and Melinda … Continue reading “Bill Gates Pushes His Foundation’s Health, Education, Energy Agenda at MIT—Podcast and Report”
The Xconomists Reach Out to Detroit
One of Xconomy’s unique strengths is our network of Xconomists, leaders in the worlds of innovation and entrepreneurship who have accepted our invitation to act as occasional guest bloggers, story sources, and informal editorial advisers. We’re proud to count 61 Xconomists in Boston (our original home base), 50 in Seattle, 42 in San Diego, and … Continue reading “The Xconomists Reach Out to Detroit”
Qualtré Closes $8M Series B Round
Qualtré, a maker of motion sensors for consumer electronics such as cellular handsets, navigation devices, and gaming controllers, has closed an $8 million Series B round of funding, the Marlborough, MA-based company announced today. Matrix Partners and Pilot House Ventures participated in the round, which will go to product development, sales, and operations, and brings … Continue reading “Qualtré Closes $8M Series B Round”
Sylvia Pagán Westphal Takes the Pulse of Life Sciences for Xconomy
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about technology journalism is how cozy a niche it is. There just aren’t than many folks who can geek out with the lab dwellers, put the hard questions to the executives, and get it all down on the page, on a deadline–so it often feels like if you … Continue reading “Sylvia Pagán Westphal Takes the Pulse of Life Sciences for Xconomy”
Zipcar Acquires UK’s Streetcar
Cambridge, MA-based car-sharing company Zipcar announced it has acquired Streetcar, a U.K.-based car club that operates under a similar model. Zipcar chairman and CEO Scott Griffith said in the company statement that “when considered along with our investment in the largest car sharing company in Spain in late 2009, this transaction gives us a very … Continue reading “Zipcar Acquires UK’s Streetcar”
Report: Google Courting ITA
ITA Software, the Cambridge, MA-based maker of airline fare search software, is in talks with Google about a potential acquisition, Bloomberg reported this morning. ITA, whose investors include General Catalyst Partners, Battery Ventures, Spectrum Equity, PAR Investment Partners, and Sequoia Capital, is seeking as much as $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg report, which cited unnamed … Continue reading “Report: Google Courting ITA”
A Tangled Web of Self-Interest
Boy, it’s good to be here, invading a tiny corner of cyberspace as the new life sciences columnist for Xconomy. It is a journalist’s dream to be given free rein, and unlimited real estate, to write about the subjects she thinks matter. As a newspaper reporter (more about me here) the pressure to keep stories … Continue reading “A Tangled Web of Self-Interest”
Catabasis, Led by Sirtris Vets, Seeks to Fight Diabetes by Controlling Inflammation
One of the big ideas in diabetes research today is that inflammation is one of the major culprits. Tamp down inflammation, and maybe you can reduce the assault on blood vessels that leads to all sorts of complications like heart attacks, blindness, and amputations. If this can be proven over time, Cambridge, MA-based Catabasis Pharmaceuticals … Continue reading “Catabasis, Led by Sirtris Vets, Seeks to Fight Diabetes by Controlling Inflammation”
Oracle Acquires Phase Forward, Diax Collects Up to $12M from Paul Capital, Agios Gets $130M from Celgene, & More Boston-Area Deals News
Acquisitions, partnership agreements, and early round financing for some stealthy operations made it a busy deals news week for us. —Third Rock Ventures, a Boston firm focused on investments in life sciences companies, plans to raise $400 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. The firm closed its first fund, with $378 … Continue reading “Oracle Acquires Phase Forward, Diax Collects Up to $12M from Paul Capital, Agios Gets $130M from Celgene, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Knome Receives $5,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eae3af8f-8e5e-4922-8c41-f437a851f135&Preview=1 Date 4/21/2010 Company Name Knome Mailing Address 1 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description Knome provides whole genome sequencing and analysis services to biomedical researchers and motivated families seeking to understand the genetic underpinnings of human disease. Led by internationally recognized scientists, clinicians and bioinformaticians, Knome has been responsible for … Continue reading “Knome Receives $5,000,000 New Funding”
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Receives $39,600,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=185dbbe5-4be9-40ad-9eb9-d66080961dcc&Preview=1 Date 4/21/2010 Company Name Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 161 1st St. Cambridge, MA 02142 Company Description At Catabasis we are dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative, effective and safe medicines to treat inflammatory and metabolic diseases. We have assembled a team of highly motivated and experienced scientists who are … Continue reading “Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Receives $39,600,000 Series A Funding”
One Studio to Rule Them All: Warner Bros. Buys Turbine, Secures All Rights to Tolkien Games
The Burbank, CA-based Home Entertainment Group of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a unit of media giant Time Warner (NYSE: [[ticker:TWX]]), has purchased Westwood, MA-based online game maker Turbine. The companies announced the deal after markets closed tonight. Turbine is best known for its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game world Lord of the Rings Online, based … Continue reading “One Studio to Rule Them All: Warner Bros. Buys Turbine, Secures All Rights to Tolkien Games”
Learn How EMC, Microsoft, and Other Technology Giants Are Navigating the Evolving Healthcare Landscape at Next Week’s Xconomy Forum
Big technology companies are playing a major role in shaping the health IT field here in Boston and beyond. That is why we’ve asked healthcare leaders from EMC and Microsoft to present their insights at our “Healthcare In Transition” forum next week at the MIT Media Lab (register here). EMC, for instance, is exploring different … Continue reading “Learn How EMC, Microsoft, and Other Technology Giants Are Navigating the Evolving Healthcare Landscape at Next Week’s Xconomy Forum”