Rex Strategic Innovations
Rex Strategic Innovations (RSI) is a groundbreaking innovation platform being created by Rex Healthcare to foster and nurture innovative technologies and companies in the healthcare sector. The RSI mission is to enable access to healthcare products and services that will allow for improved patient care.
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Rex Health Ventures Announces Inaugural Investment in N.C. Firm, Aerial BioPharma

Funding to Support Clinical Research of Promising Narcolepsy Drug, Other Products

RALEIGH, N.C. – Rex Health Ventures, one of the nation’s only venture-capital funds managed by a community, nonprofit hospital, is pleased to announce its first investment, a $500,000 equity placement in Aerial BioPharma.

Aerial, a Morrisville, N.C.-based company, was formed in January 2012 by a team of successful, veteran biopharmaceutical entrepreneurs. Aerial’s investigational narcolepsy treatment is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials, and initial data shows promise for controlling the symptoms of the chronic, neurological sleep disorder.

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Rex Healthcare Launches Rex Strategic Innovations to Advance Healthcare Innovation

Novel Effort Aims to Improve Medical Care and Support Promising Ideas

RALEIGH, N.C. – Rex Healthcare is proud to announce the creation of Rex Strategic Innovations, a unique effort to spur healthcare innovation, improve healthcare delivery and foster job creation.

The initiative will include Rex Health Ventures, one of the only venture-capital investment funds in the country started by a community, nonprofit hospital. The fund is being launched with an initial $10 million investment from Rex Healthcare and will help finance the most promising innovations among new medical services, tools and technologies.

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