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For the week of July 21, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:
- Wave to host NWSL Championship Game at Snapdragon
- ResMed acquires sleep management software platform Somnoware
- SAN approves final restaurant, retail operators for new T1
- MetroConnect Spotlight: Solecta
- Port of San Diego debuts first North American electric cranes
- SBP, UCSD researchers join $13M aging study
- Travere Therapeutics to sell liver drug portfolio for $445M, pursue new therapies
- San Diego startup DTx Pharma acquired by Novartis for $500M
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers to explore deep sea in submersible
- Excellos officially opens cell and gene manufacturing facility in Downtown San Diego
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- Last Call – WTCSD
Apply: MetroConnect export accelerator program - Aug 16 – EDC, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Summer Bash featuring Vuori - Sep 14 – CONNECT
Innovation Day - Sep 19 – San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
Small Business Saturday Forum & Expo
Mayor Gloria, EDC lead site visits to key San Diego employers
EDC has collaborated with San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and representatives from the City over the last few months on several site visits to the region’s leading defense innovators: General Atomics, General Dynamics NASSCO, and Cubic. The listening tours spotlighted the region’s need for accessible childcare, housing, and training to support the workforce of the future.