HARRISON, N.Y., May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics to address difficult to treat oncology indications, announced today that it was awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a pan-coronavirus anti-viral peptide. The grant will provide funds over two years to support the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing peptide therapeutics to address difficult to treat oncology indications, announced today that it has renewed its research collaboration agreement with the University of Bath for the discovery of new therapeutic agents.

Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics to address difficult-to-treat oncology indications, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ST101, a peptide therapy being evaluated for the treatment of adults with unresectable and metastatic solid tumors. Sapience also announced that ST101 has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of glioma.

Telemedicine is having a serious moment amid the coronavirus pandemic. At a time when a lot of people are ill but simultaneously unable and not recommended to go to a doctor’s physical office, having access to a physician from the safety of your own home and being able to talk to a doctor online while social distancing is a priceless resource. If you’ve never worked with telehealth or telemedicine before, here’s everything you need to know to get well—from behind your screen.

Welcome to this week's edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the Web to help you learn what's next.

NYSTEM (New York Stem Cell Science), on behalf of the Empire State Stem Cell Board recently, announced the 2020 release of the Request for Applications (RFA). Approximately $50 million is available to support about 70 awards. Congratulations to scientists and advocates who have worked hard to raise the profile of stem cell research in New York

BioInc@NYMC, the biotechnology incubator at New York Medical College’s campus in Valhalla, has just opened its expanded space in celebration of its five-year anniversary.

Biotechnology incubator BioInc@NYMC celebrated its five-year anniversary Wednesday and announced a huge expansion of its current facility.

BioInc@NYMC, the biotechnology incubator on the campus of New York Medical College in Valhalla, had two celebrations in one on Oct. 30. It celebrated its fifth anniversary while opening new space that effectively doubles its size.

Westchester County is about to take another step designed to help expand the local economy through new business activity, the Business Journal has learned.

An ‘addict’ seeks help from a new 14-day system

Get back to making eye contact with our patients:Nearly 70% of our work is spent outside of the exam room, often serving documentation required by EMRs, playing phone tag and chasing follow-ups. Sadly, just minutes of the time we do spend with our patients is face-to-face. When we are with them, our eyes are often....

Dr. Samant Virk is Founder & CEO of MediSprout, a company focused on connecting doctors with their patients through innovative technology solutions. Sam’s vision is to address the shortcomings of healthcare by building technology around one of the cornerstones of medical practice, the provider-patient relationship.

RETIA MEDICAL Announces Two Publications of Independent Validation Studies of its Argos Cardiac Output Monitor in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgical (OR) patients and high-risk post-cardiac surgical patients in the ICU

Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics to address difficult to treat oncology indications, today announced the appointment of Alice S. Bexon, MD, as the company’s Chief Medical Officer.

New York's Mount Sinai health system is using a telehealth platform to boost care management for patients at its ibd medical home, giving both them and their care providers more opportunities to collaborate.

Bariatric weight-loss surgery is becoming more acceptable to physicians and patients alike as a way to treat obesity and the chronic conditions it may cause such as diabetes and heart disease.

That has led many healthcare executives to consider building their own telemedicine platform to reach their patients. To which I say, why? Consider, instead, “white labeling” an already built, tested and proven application that can be ready to go, completely customized to your brand in one day.

About The Author

Dr. Samant Virk is Founder & CEO of MediSprout, a company focused on connecting doctors with their patients through innovative technology solutions. He is also a physician having practiced clinical medicine for almost 15 years, with a specialization in Neurology and Interventional Spine.

Valhalla, NY – June 27, 2019 – Retia Medical, LLC, a medical device company focused on transforming the practice of critical care by making accurate hemodynamic data available and affordable for use at every bed, today announced the joining of efforts with TekUS, based in Atlanta, Georgia.  Marc Zemel, Retia Medical’s CEO states “Critically ill patients in every part of the world should have access to this important technology and we are excited to begin this partnership with TekUS to deliver our   innovative technology to the Gulf Coast countries and parts of India.” Billy D. Williams, President of TekUS, describes: “TekUS is a Master Distributor focused on bringing clinically superior medical technologies made in the USA to the international market”. “In our many years of medical device experience we find that most exciting new technologies originate in startup companies.” Their focus is to help these medical companies expand internationally by providing efficient and cost-effective marketing support.

The Miami Cancer Institute has signed a multiyear agreement to use Royal Philips' IntelliSpace Precision Medicine Genomics software platf

Big Tech is busy disrupting healthcare and shaping the industry’s future, and Amazon is showing the latest example of that — though it’s hardly the only force putting pressure for change on that massive sector of the economy.

Editor's Note: Welcome to Medical Economics' blog section which features contributions from members of the medical community. These blogs are an opportunity for bloggers to engage with readers about a topic that is top of mind, whether it is practice management, experiences with patients, the industry, medicine in general, or healthcare reform. The opinions expressed here are that of the authors and not Medical Economics.

Valhalla, NY (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Retia Medical, LLC, a medical device company focused on advancing the quality and clinical use of hemodynamic monitoring, today announced that its Argos Cardiac Output (CO) Monitor has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510k clearance and is now available for sale in the United States. The Argos CO monitoring device is intended for use on patients above the age of 18. It is intended to be used as a hemodynamic monitor for cardiac output monitoring and its derived parameters on patients in the intensive care unit or the operating room.

Life Science Nation runs the Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) 

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These visits present patients with several barriers to care, however, including the inconvenience of travel and time off from work or school to visit their doctor.

Designed to inspire and support entrepreneurial talent and the development of new businesses in Westchester, Element 46 will help turn promising ideas into thriving businesses, and promote entrepreneurship and economic development in Westchester County by providing founders with access to programing and resources.

HARRISON, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 14, 2019 / Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics to address difficult to treat oncology indications, announced today that the company will present preclinical data on its ST101 program at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. The conference will take place in Atlanta, GA from March 29 - April 3, 2019. 

At the hospital's inflammatory bowel disease center, providers can now deliver better care to patients with delicate conditions.

HARRISON, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics to address difficult to treat oncology indications, announced today that it is scheduled to present and conduct one-on-one meetings at 2019 BIO CEO & Investor Conference to be held in New York, NY on February 11th-12th. Barry Kappel, Ph.D., MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sapience Therapeutics, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, February 12th at 1:15 pm EST.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced this morning at the Westchester County Association Breakfast that he will agree to sign a 99-year lease agreement for the North 60 project.

Retia Medical, LLC is the first client at New York Medical College’s BioInc@NYMC to obtain FDA approval for a biomedical device. Specifically, Retia Medical has obtained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 501(k) clearance for its innovative cardiovascular monitoring system, the Argos Hemodynamic Monitor. The device ensures cardiac output (blood flow) accuracy in a non-invasive, easier to use and less costly manner. BioInc@NYMC, a New York State-designated Innovation Hot Spot, is currently incubating multiple startups at the forefront of medical innovation. Retia Medical is one of the first companies to rely on BioInc@NYMC’s collaborative environment, state-of-the-art lab equipment and academic support to develop lifesaving technology.

Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics to address difficult to treat oncology indications, announced today that it will present at Biotech Showcase 2019 to be held in San Francisco, CA on January 7-9, 2019. 

More than a decade ago, Dr. Samant Virk noticed that advances in technology were helping him and countless others with mundane tasks such as banking or shopping.

Valhalla, NY – October 10, 2018 – Retia Medical, LLC, a medical device company focused on transforming the practice of critical care by making accurate hemodynamic data available and affordable for use at every bed, today announced that it established a Clinical Advisory Board comprising experts in the fields of anesthesiology and critical care medicine. The Clinical Advisory Board will provide insights into the design of clinical trials for the company’s lead product, the Retia Argos Cardiac Output Monitor, development of additional algorithms to improve hemodynamic monitoring, and support peer-to-peer educational initiatives that increase patient access to potentially life-saving hemodynamic monitoring technologies. The company also announced that it will preview the Argos Monitor at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2018, the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, which is taking place in San Francisco, October 13 -17

MediSprout, a leader in the development of innovative healthcare and telehealth solutions, this week announced that its simple-to-implement V2MD telehealth platform will now integrate with Amazon Alexa for patient scheduling and integration with its Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor. 

Valhalla, N.Y. – September 12, 2018 – New York Medical College (NYMC) announced that Affina Biotechnologies  is the latest client to join BioInc@NYMC, NYMC’s biotechnology incubator — a New York State-designated Innovation Hot Spot. Affina Biotechnologies is a drug discovery start up that also offers services in protein biochemistry and assay development. There are currently nine start-ups occupying BioInc@NYMC, the mid-Hudson Valley’s only fully-equipped incubator on a health sciences college campus.

In 2014, Samant Virk was more than a decade into a career in private practice as a neurologist in Poughkeepsie, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that something

HARRISON, N.Y., June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sapience Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing peptide therapeutics to address difficult to treat oncology indications, announced today that it was selected by Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS (JLABS) as a winner of the JLABS @ NYC QuickFire challenge. Sapience was awarded one year of residency at the JLABS @ NYC, which includes laboratory space and access to Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s network of experts.

Inspired by the NYMC’s innovation around biotechnology and state-of-the-art medical equipment, President Morales plans to take key learning points back to people of Guatemala.

We are seeing tremendous medical innovation come out of Israel, but many of these companies lack the knowledge and experience to successfully expand in the U.S.

BioInc@NYMC has established itself as the premier biomedical incubator in the region and I am eager to join and help support its mission and the success of its members

Crave Crush helps individuals lead healthier lives by eating less sugar. The main ingredient in its patented lozenge is gymnema, a natural leaf extract that supports healthy dietary habits. 

SHY Therapeutics and MediSprout Join NYMC’S Innovative Biotech Incubator

Sapience Therapeutics, Inc. Developing Therapeutic Agent to Address High Mortality Cancers

BioInc@NYMC has seen phenomenal growth and success in its short three-year history

Four LLC to Become Fourth Member of the College’s Innovative Biotech Incubator

BioInc@NYMC is the only incubator of its kind in the region that is located on a medical school campus 

BioInc@NYMC funded to help improve New York’s competitiveness in growing new technology based companies