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		<title>On Friday, BiologicsMD to Ring Nasdaq Bell Again</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/24/on-friday-biologicsmd-to-ring-nasdaq-bell-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BiologicsMD, which is developing a new treatment for osteoporosis, is smack dab in the middle of a whirlwind adventure. Their latest excursion will take them to Times Square in New York for the second time this month, where team members will ring Nasdaq's closing bell.]]></description>
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		<title>IA Client APEI Awarded Two Army Contracts</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/10/ia-client-apei-awarded-two-army-contracts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APEI expects the contracts to help create at least 25 high-tech engineering jobs in Fayetteville. APEI is based out of the UA's Arkansas Research &#038; Technology Park.]]></description>
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		<title>An INOV8 Memorial Day: Somber with a Dose of Fun</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/27/an-inov8-memorial-day-somber-with-a-dose-of-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 22:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, as many of us enjoy a three-day holiday weekend and do so in many innovative ways, let's welcome in the unofficial start of summer and have fun with family and friends. By all means. But let's make the time on Monday to remember those whose ultimate sacrifices afford us the opportunity to do it.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From BioVentures VC Forum, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/24/notes-from-bioventures-vc-forum-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/24/notes-from-bioventures-vc-forum-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BioVentures initiative at UAMS held its fourth-annual Private Equity Roundtable May 13-14 in Little Rock. The forum allowed BioVenture's biotech startups to pitch their technologies and services to national venture capitalists.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from BioVentures VC Forum, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/19/notes-from-bioventures-vc-forum-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/19/notes-from-bioventures-vc-forum-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to stand out among a field of promising startups? Then hand out custom breast prosthetics to a group comprised mostly of middle-aged men. That's exactly what ContourMed CEO Susan Cassidy did.]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from BioVentures VC Forum, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/17/notes-from-bioventures-vc-forum-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/17/notes-from-bioventures-vc-forum-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not often one gets the chance to compare biotech startups to cattle. But Mike Douglas was not unlike a cattleman taking his prize bulls to market last week.]]></description>
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		<title>BioVentures Startups Make Pitch to Biotech VCs</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/14/bioventures-startups-make-pitch-to-biotech-vcs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/14/bioventures-startups-make-pitch-to-biotech-vcs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Startups solicited investments ranging from $20,000 to more than $5 million. VCs in the house represented the West Coast, Boston, Austin and points in between. BioVentures director Mike Douglas expects funding to find its way to "2 or 3" firms that pitched this week. ]]></description>
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		<title>The VCs are Coming: BioVentures Roundtable Set May 13-14</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/12/the-vcs-are-coming-bioventures-roundtable-set-may-13-14/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/12/the-vcs-are-coming-bioventures-roundtable-set-may-13-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venture capitalists from across the country will meet up in Little Rock this week for a showcase of the best UAMS has to offer in terms of new technology commercialization. ]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation Key to Cleaning Up Gulf Oil Gusher</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/04/innovation-key-to-cleaning-up-gulf-oil-gusher/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/04/innovation-key-to-cleaning-up-gulf-oil-gusher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation is widely courted as an economic driver, a jobs-creation engine. In the case of the massive Gulf oil spill and leak, innovation is being counted on as a major component to the remedy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Why Space Exploration Matters</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/04/15/techpreneurship-why-space-exploration-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public, private, or not at all?  A serious debate rages over the future of NASA and U.S. space exploration in general.]]></description>
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