BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following announcement: The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) announced that we plan to postpone our ongoing assessment of LentiGlobin (bluebird bio) for the treatment of beta thalassemia. Once a clearer timeframe for the therapy's FDA review is known, we will reinitiate this assessment and announce an updated timeframe, which will include a new date for our public meeting. On December   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 -- Matter Communications, a public relation and social media firm, issued the following news release: Matter Communications -- a Brand Elevation Agency specializing in public relations, social media, creative services, and digital marketing -- announced its strategic acquisition of Calypso, a Marketing and Branding Agency based in Portsmouth, NH. Calypso has a 20-year history of serving worldwide clients in several high-profile industries, including the energy, fi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The New England Foundation for the Arts issued the following news release: The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) announces the launch of New Work New England, a program supporting New England performing artists in the creation and production of new work. New Work New England will provide grants of $7,500-$15,000 directly to New England artists for new works in dance, film, interdisciplinary work, music, musical theater, opera, poetry, storytelling, a  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, March 4 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: So goes the well-known song from the classic musical West Side Story. In the 60-plus years that have passed since the musical was written, a lot has changed for women in the U.S. As a society, we've experienced the women's liberation movement of the 1970s; the two subsequent decades that brought us the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice and the first woman in space; and another two decades that sa  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- President Trump issued the following remarks on March 3 at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. What a nice group. And thank you, Mary Ann. I think you like Mary Ann a lot. I was listening. I said, "Who is out there that they like so much?" It was Mary Ann. (Laughter.) Please sit down. Please. Before I begin, I want to send my warm wishes to the great people of Tennessee in the wake of the horrible and very vi  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 4 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Virginia's Health System issued the following news release: A UVA Health-developed artificial pancreas system is among the nominees for 2019's best biomedical research and is fighting to win the public's votes in a bracket challenge that is the scientific version of the NCAA basketball tournament. Voting is open through 11:59 p.m. March 8 in the first round of STAT Madness, which seeks to identify the best innovations  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 4 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: A UVA Health-developed artificial pancreas system is among the nominees for 2019's best biomedical research and is fighting to win the public's votes in a bracket challenge that is the scientific version of the NCAA basketball tournament. Voting is open through 11:59 p.m. March 8 in the first round of STAT Madness, which seeks to identify the best innovations in science and   more