Novartis

The city of Fort Worth and Tarrant County are collaborating with the Texas A&M System on the building of two other buildings for the urban research campus, to be located on four downtown Fort Worth blocks owned by the A&M System.

Texas A&M System Approves New Tarleton State Biotech Institute in Downtown Fort Worth

by | Sep 1, 2023

Tarleton State University received the go-ahead for a new biotechnology institute as part of Texas A&M-Fort Worth’s burgeoning downtown research campus.

Approved in mid-August by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, the biotech institute is situated in one of the nation’s fastest-growing life sciences hubs.

“More than 5,000 biotechnology manufacturing and research and development firms — think Novartis, Alcon, AstraZeneca — call Texas home,” according to the university....

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UT Dallas and Novartis Are Using Math to Speed Drug Discoveries
by | Nov 30, 2022
“The advantage of our algorithm is that it could screen about 100,000 compounds in a couple of days, which is much faster than other methods,” UT Dallas' Dr. Baris Coskunuzer says.
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Alcon
The (Alcon) Family Tree: How One Company Seeded a DFW Life Science Legacy
by | Jan 21, 2020
Alcon gave rise to a startup ecosystem in North Texas that is spreading into all parts of how drugs, medical devices, and more are created.
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Follow the Money: AmplifAI Gets $3.9M, Offerpad Closes Series C Funding Round, JLL Buys HFF
by | Mar 21, 2019
You’ll also find news about Mark Cuban, Fastsigns International, Blucora, 1st Global Inc., Alcon, and Signify Health in this roundup of funding and acquisition activity involving investors and companies with ties to North Texas.
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Vision

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Swiss Pharma Powerhouse Buys Encore Vision

by | Dec 21, 2016
The company as developed a treatment for presbyopia, which can make it difficult for people to focus their eyes.
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Orbis flying eye
Orbis Flying Hospital Takes Eye Care to the World
by | Jul 11, 2016
The MD-10 is the world’s first certified hospital aircraft developed by Orbis, a nonprofit that fights blindness around the world.
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