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Steel Therapeutic's first product candidate is Fizurex, a disposable wipe.

Steel Therapeutics launches toxicology study for new fissure treatment

Steel Therapeutics Inc., an early-stage pharmaceutical company, has launched a pivotal toxicology study for Fizurex, its patent-pending topical wipe for treating anal fissures. The study is being conducted with Altasciences, a contract research organization with more than 30 years of…

EV charging infrastructure growing slowly in Iowa

A devoted environmentalist, Mike Carberry purchased a Chevy Bolt last year and is now among…

An EV owner plugs his vehicle into a charging station at McGrath Kia, 1020 N Center Point Rd., Hiawatha.

Cedar Rapids leaders: Greenway Parks Plan will expand amenities, provide economic boost

Cedar Rapids leaders say the city’s Greenway Parks Plan will not only provide a vital…

Cedar Rapids Greenway Parks Plan rendering

Integrated DNA Technologies opens new synthetic biology manufacturing facility in Coralville

Global genomics solutions provider Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has announced the expansion of its synthetic…

IDT synthetic biology facility

Collins Aerospace offers solution for wheelchair passengers

Collins Aerospace will unveil its cabin solution for onboard wheelchair accommodation this week at the…

Collins Aerospace wheelchair mobility

T-Mobile set to acquire UScellular wireless operations in $4.4 billion deal

T-Mobile and UScellular have announced that T-Mobile has agreed to acquire substantially all of UScellular’s…

T-Mobile UScellular acquisition

Collins Aerospace awarded Air Force SAOC subcontract

Collins Aerospace has been awarded a multi-billion-dollar subcontract as part of a team led by…

Collins Aerospace Air Force subcontract

Reynolds, NASCAR executive among 2024 Iowa ABI Conference headliners

The annual 2024 Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Taking Care of Business Conference…

Iowa ABI 2024 conference

Linn County supervisors set to consider wind energy ordinance update

Revisions to Linn County’s utility-scale wind energy ordinance are on their way to the county…

Mike Tertinger Linn County wind energy ordinance

ADM named as one of Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024

ADM has been named as one of Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024, and its…

ADM Cedar Rapids

Perspective Therapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb partner to evaluate drug combo for skin cancer

Perspective Therapeutics has entered into a clinical collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to investigate the…

Perspective Therapeutics has formed following a merger between Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting and Isoray Inc. in Washington. CREDIT PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS

Water Pollution Control Facility upgrade deemed major ‘economic development’

The renovation of a city’s water treatment facility, no matter how extensive, is generally not…

Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility

Involta rebrands as ark data centers

In response to the surging demand for edge data centers and cloud infrastructure amid the…

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Defense contractor selects Crystal Group to provide radar servers for Army

Crystal Group, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of rugged high-performance edge computing solutions, has secured…

Crystal Group military radar servers

Kirkwood to introduce new Cybersecurity and Compliance program this fall

Beginning fall 2024, Kirkwood Community College will be offering a new Cybersecurity and Compliance program.…

Kirkwood

Holmes Murphy launches Innovative Program Solutions

Holmes Murphy has announced the launch of Innovative Program Solutions (IPS). According to a release,…

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