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Can a Free Lyft Ride Help Combat Opioid Addiction? Philly Startup Gets $252,000 to Find Out

June 15, 2020

A Philadelphia-based tech company is joining with the University of Pennsylvania, Lyft and a California health system to test out a thesis — affordable and reliable transportation can make it easier for patients to recover from opioid addictions. Roundtrip, based in Old City, makes a platform that helps health care providers coordinate patient transportation, anything […]

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15 Biotech Companies in Philadelphia at the Helm of Research and Discovery

June 5, 2020

As the biotech industry continues to gain traction nationwide, nowhere is this growth more apparent than in Philadelphia. Like many tech hubs, the City of Brotherly Love has been at the helm of invention and disruption for the past several decades, giving rise to some of the country’s most impressive tech companies and startups. And […]

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NIH Grant Gives Roundtrip $252K to Study Impacts of Transportation on Opioid use Disorder Treatment

June 2, 2020

Looking to the opioid use disorder space the National Institutes of Health has given Roundtrip, a software platform for organizing medical transport, a $252,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant in order to look at the impact of transportation on OUD treatment. Specifically, the study will be zeroing in on appointment show-rates and […]

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Buyside Continues Outstanding Growth and Hiring to Support Broker Clients

June 2, 2020

Buyside™, a provider of homebuyer insights, has amplified their capacity and value for broker relations. Six months after welcoming Ashley Terrell onboard as their new executive vice president of broker partnerships, Buyside welcomes seven new team members with vast experience in both real estate technology and SaaS account management to support the company’s tremendous growth. […]

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Meet the Who’s Who of Local Tech Community Builders: Philly’s 100 RealLIST Connectors

May 28, 2020

What does Philly’s tech community look like and who helps build it? It’s something we pay attention to all year, but we’ve been taking a closer look during Community Building Month, especially as the definition of community has and will change due to the coronavirus pandemic and shift to remote work and virtual events. For […]

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