Support Women Scientist-Entrepreneurs in Celebration of the Women’s Equality Day
It’s 2020, and still only 2.2% of all venture capital dollars go to companies led by women entrepreneurs in life sciences. Let’s change that! Join us on Thursday, September 24, at the AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition Award Ceremony as we celebrate…
AIM-HI Portfolio Company Profile: Rasio Therapeutics
Serial entrepreneur Ken Malone, Ph.D., and his team of scientists and business executives are at the forefront of developing cutting-edge biohealth companies. Malone is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rasio Therapeutics, a start-up which is bringing innovative…
AIM-HI Announces Semi-Finalists in Women’s Venture Competition, Finalists Announced Sept. 24
The 8 semi-finalists are just announced in the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund's inaugural Women’s Venture Competition! These innovative oncology startups are selected from an exceptional pool of high quality women entrepreneur applications, by a Selection Committee comprised of world-class key opinion…
AIM-HI Portfolio Company Profile: Tvardi Therapeutics
Imran Alibhai, Ph.D., is the CEO of Tvardi Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing breakthrough medicines for diverse cancers, chronic inflammatory diseases and fibrotic diseases. The National Foundation for Cancer Research and AIM-HI Accelerator Fund have been early financial supporters of…
Tvardi’s TTI-101 Receives $5 Million in Funding to Support Clinical Trials and Translational Research
Tvardi Therapeutics Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical portfolio company of the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund focused on the development of STAT3 inhibitors, announced today over $5 million in non-dilutive grants to support the ongoing validation and clinical development of its…
AIM-HI Portfolio Company Profile: InterLeukin Combinatorial Therapies
Paul Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D., co-founded InterLeukin Combinatorial Therapies with hopes of developing a product that destabilizes and kills cancer cells. The Director of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Institute of Molecular Medicine, Fisher represents a world-class scientist with knowledge also of how…
Meet Rose Wang
Rose Wang is a serial entrepreneur who helps other individuals and teams—including female cancer researchers—start their own businesses and make them thrive. Wang is the founder of Binary Group, a consulting and business solutions firm. She also currently serves as Executive…
Meet Charlie Weatherspoon
The National Foundation for Cancer Research is a "special organization," says Charlie Weatherspoon, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund (AIM-HI), which has a strong relationship with NFCR. Weatherspoon contrasts the grassroots efforts at NFCR and…
Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Interview with AIM-HI-Invested Company Co-Founder
We are doing a randomized multi-center international clinical trial with a target population of hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. In order to develop PHY906 as a drug, we formed a company called Yiviva, in which Yale is a co-founder… Read…
Chairman and Co-founder of AIM-HI Portfolio Company Tvardi Cited in CNN Article
While a longer recovery course might be expected for someone such as Herbert who faced a more severe illness, there’s also concern for more permanent lung damage, according to Dr. Ronald DePinho, professor and past president of MD Anderson Cancer…
Oncoheroes Biosciences and Super Sam Foundation Walking Together for Pediatric Cancer Heroes
Oncoheroes Biosciences, currently working on the clinical development of volasertib, a potential new drug for rhabdomyosarcoma patients, is honored to announce the receipt of funding from Super Sam Foundation, a pediatric cancer non-profit. Read more: https://oncoheroes.com/insights-news-1/2020/5/29/oncoheroes-biosciences-and-super-sam-foundation-walking-together-for-the-pediatric-cancer-heroes
The Gregory Foundation for Cancer Research Joins Oncoheroes Biosciences to Defeat Childhood Cancer
Oncoheroes Biosciences, a biotech focused exclusively on advancing new therapies for children with cancer, receives another endorsement from a childhood cancer non-profit. The support received by The Gregory Foundation for Cancer Research will help accelerate the clinical drug development of…