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03/10/2026
ivWatch and Aon Address Costly and Underreported Patient Harm Epidemic with New Return on Investment Model
ivWatch, the IV safety company, has partnered with Aon, a leading global insurance broker and risk consultant, to quantify the clinical and financial impact of severe IV infiltration and extravasation injuries – one of the most underreported and costly adverse events in healthcare – and to model the return on investment associated with detecting these …
03/09/2026
Kymanox Names Evan Edwards CEO, Signaling a New Phase of Integrated Growth
The life sciences industry is entering one of its most dynamic periods of innovation and expansion. Breakthroughs in biologics, advanced therapies, and drug-device combination products are reshaping the way medicines are developed, manufactured, and delivered to patients. With these scientific advances comes a new level of complexity. Companies must navigate increasingly sophisticated technologies, evolving regulatory …
03/04/2026
RBIA Welcomes Chip Bobbert as Director of Innovation
The Roanoke Blacksburg Innovation Alliance is pleased to welcome Chip Bobbert, new Director of Innovation, to the team. The Director of Innovation is a new position, and Bobbert began the role on February 2 with a focus on working across the RBIA portfolio of organizations and programs to lead regional innovation strategy, founder and investor …
“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.