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02/04/2026
Governor Spanberger Announces Expansion of Paid Internship Opportunities with Virginia Businesses
Governor Abigail Spanberger today launched InternshipsVA, a new statewide program to help Virginia employers design and launch high-quality, paid internships for higher education students in Virginia. The Commonwealth has committed $14.5 million each year to support this program. The Governor was joined by leaders of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership …
02/03/2026
SSI Diagnostica Group Acquires InDevR
SSI Diagnostica Group, a global company specializing in testing solutions for infectious diseases, has announced the acquisition of InDevR, a Colorado-based provider of advanced multiplexed solutions for vaccine testing and quality control. The addition strengthens SSID Group’s leadership in pneumococcal vaccine QC testing with next-generation multiplexing assays and enhanced customization capabilities. InDevR will advance the Group’s offering by …
02/02/2026
Accorto Regulatory Solutions Launches Dedicated Quality & Compliance Division
Accorto Regulatory Solutions, LLC (Accorto), a U.S.-based regulatory advisory firm, announced the launch of its dedicated Quality & Compliance Division, expanding the firm’s ability to deliver integrated regulatory and compliance support to organizations involved in the development of FDA-regulated products. The new division formalizes and expands Accorto’s compliance and GxP services in response to growing …
“Robert is a proven industry leader with extensive and highly relevant experience in Ophthalmology and DED,” said Anil Asrani, President and CEO of TearSolutions. “I am genuinely excited and honored to have Robert join our board, as we work together to bring next generation therapeutics to patients suffering from the maladies associated with ocular surface disease.”
“I’m thrilled to work closely with the TearSoultions team to help advance their programs and take the Company to the next level,” said Robert Dempsey. “With their lead product’s highly differentiated and well-characterized mechanism of action, human clinical data illustrating speed of relief, safety, and a best-in-class tolerability profile, as well as the potential to work in a majority of patients, I believe we have a novel disease-modifying solution that can bring much needed relief to patients as well as their treating physicians.”
Robert brings more than two decades of domestic and global leadership experience in the Ophthalmology space driving successful drug development in public and private sectors through efficient organizational structure and capital investments. His widespread experience in Ophthalmology stems from diverse leadership roles across commercial, business development, medical affairs, and venture-backed startups. Currently, Robert serves as the Chief Executive Officer at AsclepiX Therapeutics focused on advancing an integrin regulating peptide for posterior segment diseases and recently led a successful Series A-3 financing. He joined Asclepix in 2021, after serving as the Chief Executive Officer for TearClear where he accelerated the business and commercial strategies including a successful Series B financing and positive FDA engagements. Prior to that, he served as the Global Head of Ophthalmology at Shire, then Takeda, responsible for one of the top ten largest biopharma M&A deals in 2019, the divestiture of Xiidra® (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5%, to Novartis in June 2019 for up to $5.3B.