Entrepreneur, Innovation Expert; Public Speaker, Investor; Host of @LRTUpodcast
Joined June 2011
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I shared my perspective on biotech and pharma with Melissa and team. Strong year for IPOs and M&A through Q3, recent concerns on rate increases notwithstanding. Also touched on the China biotech boom and what the U.S. needs to do to stay competitive especially in early stage R&D.
.@portalinno's @JohnLFlavin on what's ahead for the biopharma trade: "We see a portfolio of companies that are just brimming with opportunities."
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New episode of Lab Rats to Unicorns!
We chat with @ImmunArtes co-founders Dr. Vilasack Thammavongsa and Dr. Dominique Missiakas about immune evasion, S. aureus, and the journey from academic discovery to biotech company.
Listen to the full episode: labratstounicorns.com/listen…
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Another successful Portal Pours + Discovery Days at the New Jersey Innovation Hub! Thanks to everyone who joined us for networking, tours, and a conversation on today’s funding landscape, and to our panelists and New Brunswick Development Corporation for their support.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at Ocean State Labs for Life Sciences Day during Rhode Island Startup Week! Leaders from across Rhode Island's life sciences ecosystem came together for conversations on research, entrepreneurship, funding, and more.
#rhodeisland #LifeSciences
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@jmaxlevin joins @JohnLFlavin to talk biotech’s biggest bets, from Bristol’s “String of Pearls” and immuno-oncology to Ovid, risk, failure, and the future of U.S. biotech.
Listen now: labratstounicorns.com/listen…
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Last week we hosted the Joint Meeting of the Strategic Innovation Centers Advisory Council and Innovation Evergreen Fund Advisory Board at NJIH in New Brunswick!
Portal CEO John Flavin joined the panel alongside leaders helping shape New Jersey's innovation ecosystem.
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Too many tools. Too many logins. Too many places to manage your Portal experience.
So we built Orbit.
One platform for bookings, billing, events, resources, community, and more.
Orbit is officially live. Thanks to our members whose feedback helped shape it!
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Big moment for Chicago-based portfolio company @ClostraBio! CEO Ritu Shah and CSO Brian Meehan joined fellow @Chi_Innovation award winners to ring the @Nasdaq opening bell in NYC.
Congrats to the team on this milestone: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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iBIO’s LabShare Places Illumina MiSeq Sequencing System at Portal Innovations to Support Chicago’s Life Sciences Startup Community
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What if we could treat disease by fixing its genetic cause? On the latest Lab Rats to Unicorns, Dr. @kiranmusunuru talks CRISPR, building Verve Therapeutics, and the remarkable story of KJ Muldoon’s personalized gene-editing treatment.
Listen now: labratstounicorns.com/listen…
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Founders Compass is here!
Up to eight early-stage life sciences companies will receive 12 months of lab and office space at Ocean State Labs, plus access to Portal's network and resources.
Applications close September 24. Learn more: rilifescience.com/founders-c…
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What will it take to make quantum technology useful at scale? On the latest Lab Rats to Unicorns, memQ co-founders Manish Singh and Sean Sullivan discuss quantum networking, building frontier tech, and Chicago’s growing quantum ecosystem.
Listen here: labratstounicorns.com/listen…
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A packed house joined us Friday for our annual Air & Water Show event at Portal. Even with the fog delay, a paper airplane competition kept things flying until the Blue Angels arrived. Thanks to our sponsors, @EnzoLifeSci and @VeloxityL!
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A look behind the scenes from our time in Salt Lake City recording last week’s episode of Lab Rats to Unicorns with Andy Robertson, executive director of @BioHiveUtah!
Listen here if you haven't yet: labratstounicorns.com/listen…
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Portal is now on TikTok! Follow us for videos of our labs, event recaps, interviews...and maybe some terrible dances🕺
Follow here: tiktok.com/@portalinnovation…
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$NVO sinking on Q2 results!
@portalinno CEO @JohnLFlavin joins Fast to discuss the stock reaction and what it could mean for the pharma space.
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We hosted our first Portal Pours at NJIH! Thank you to everyone who joined us for networking, lab tours, and a celebration of the science-driven companies joining NJIH. Thanks to @WithumCPA and @BioNJ_Org for sponsoring the event, and to @NBDEVCO for bringing @helixnj to life.
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@ldtimmerman, founder of the @timmermanreport, has spent 25+ years telling the stories behind innovation, including as. On this episode of Lab Rats to Unicorns, we talk science, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and the Timmerman Traverse!
Listen here: labratstounicorns.com/listen…
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Enjoyed this conversation with John Flavin of Portal Innovations about my circuitous path in biotech journalism. labratstounicorns.com/listen…
