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ICYMI: Texas Eyes New Federal Biomedical Agency

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) was established last month by the Biden administration with $1 billion in funding to advance biomedical and health research. Now it needs a home—and a Texas coalition is working hard to bring it to the Lone Star State.

The Coalition for Health Advancement and Research in Texas—an alliance of hospital systems, research institutions, and chambers of commerce—is pushing Texas as the ideal site for the federal biotech agency, reports the Dallas Morning News. ...

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Southwestern Medical Foundation President and CEO Kathleen Gibson has joined the board of nonprofit LaunchBio. [Image: Southwestern Medical Foundation; istockphoto]
Southwestern Medical Foundation President and CEO Joins LaunchBio Board
by | Apr 29, 2022
LaunchBio, a life science and biotech nonprofit that expanded to North Texas in 2021, has announced four new board members, including Dallas-based Kathleen Gibson, along with a new board chair.

LaunchBio is working to accelerate the entrepreneurial support network in the region through collaborations with BioLabs, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, J. Small Investments, BioNTX, DLA Piper, and others.
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See Inside: BioLabs Coworking Lab Opens at Pegasus Park for North Texas Life Science Startups
Dallas' status as a growing biotech center got a lift with the official opening of BioLabs, a new coworking space at the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park. The 37,000-square-foot facility offers shared wet labs and office space for up to 35 life science startups.

BioLabs' goal: to serve as the epicenter for life science innovation in North Texas, and to empower biotech trailblazers pursing their next breakthrough.
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Collaboration Is the Key to North Texas’ Emergence as a Bio-Hub
"When it comes to the biotech industry, our region is leading the U.S. in key metrics of job growth and investment," write Kathleen Otto and George Goodno. One proof point? VC funding is flowing into DFW at a faster rate than any other area in the nation.

These North Texas life science leaders say the region's success is no coincidence. Here's how the shared ambition of key players and strategic collaboration has impact.
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MassChallenge Will Hold a Live Pitch Competition at Its Jan. 27 Pegasus Park Launch

by | Dec 15, 2021
At the free, live, in-person networking event, attendees will hear from the MassChallenge team and key partners about the North Texas launch. The live pitch competition will allow early-stage startups to compete for a direct spot in the MassChallenge 2022 Global Early-Stage Program.
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BioLabs space at Pegasus Park
BioLabs at Dallas’ Pegasus Park Announces New Site Director and First Tenants for Life Science Co-Working Hub
by | Nov 2, 2021
BioLabs at Pegasus Park shared space and state-of-the-art lab is slated to open in December. It's a place where entrepreneurial innovators can test, develop, and grow their ideas.
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The Water Cooler at Pegasus Park Gathers 15 New Tenants for Its Social Impact Hub in Dallas
by | Oct 14, 2021
The Water Cooler at Pegasus Park—the largest shared nonprofit space in Texas — is a place designed to accelerate impact, together.

From Big Thought to SVP Dallas to The Trust for Public Land, the 15 ‘exceptional nonprofits' were picked after an application process last summer. They’ll join Water Cooler's five founding tenants.
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LaunchBio Gets $750K From U.S. Department of Commerce’s $36.5M ‘Build to Scale’ Program
by | Sep 30, 2021
LaunchBio was one of 50 recipients of the program, which is led and managed by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the U.S. Economic Development Administration, to accelerate technology entrepreneurship and fuel innovation. The nonprofit organization's winning three-year proposal focuses on how to coordinate and enhance resources in North Texas to establish the region as a globally recognized entrepreneurial ecosystem. A large part of that is development of the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park.
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Success in the Genes: Launching in a Pandemic Didn’t Hurt This Fast-Growth Dallas Biotech Company

by | Feb 26, 2021
In under six months, Taysha Gene Therapies rocketed from the unveiling of its UTSW spinout to a $157 million initial public offering. We talk with Founder and CEO R.A. Session II about the biotech with big plans.
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LaunchBio Partners With DLA Piper to Accelerate North Texas as a Hub for Life Science Startups
by | Feb 10, 2021
The agreement will involve the two companies providing educational programs and connections for scientist entrepreneurs located at the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park.
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LaunchBio and TechFW Announce First Cohort of Startups for Dallas’ ThinkLab Accelerator
by | Feb 3, 2021
The program will offer eight Dallas biotech and life science companies free business training with the hope that they will one day locate their companies to Pegasus Park, a mixed-use social purpose project near the Dallas Design District and the Southwestern Medical District.
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TechFW’s ThinkLab Startup Accelerator Will Expand to Dallas in Partnership with Pegasus Park Next Month
by | Dec 8, 2020
Dallas life science startups are invited to apply to ThinkLab's winter cohort, which will begin in late January 2021.
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Pegasus Park: 23-Acre Project Can Boost Biotech, Social Impact, and Corporate Innovation in Dallas

by | Oct 7, 2020
J. Small Investments and Lyda Hill Philanthropies are teaming up to turn a former oil and gas industry campus into a center for innovation and social impact.
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Gates Foundation Scientist Joins Dallas Philanthropist to Talk Status of COVID-19 Vaccine—and Biotech in DFW
Dr. Lynda Stuart of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talked with philanthropist and entrepreneur Lyda Hill in a virtual discussion moderated by Nicole Small, CEO of LH Capital/Lyda Hill Philanthropies.

Here's the takeaway.
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Five Impact Organizations Move to the Water Cooler at Dallas’ Future-Focused Pegasus Park
by | Jul 16, 2020
California-based Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation—a venture philanthropy group—will expand to Dallas with the move. Dallas-based founding tenants Commit Partnership, The Dallas Foundation, United to Learn, and Uplift Education served as thought partners during a multi-year planning process. Prospective Water Cooler tenants may receive reduced rent and access to a 'What-Else-Do-You-Need-to-be-Awesome' fund.
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Pegasus Park: Lyda Hill Philanthropies Unveils Details of 23-Acre Hub for Biotech Innovation, Social Impact in Dallas 
by | Jul 13, 2020
The mixed-use social purpose project—designed to boost local biotech, nonprofit, and corporate innovation—has been in the works for years. Expected to open in early 2021, the future-focused campus is located near the Dallas Medical District.
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