Centre for Neuro Skills Expands Employer Partnerships Strategy, Appoints Jay Varma as Director

Centre for Neuro Skills Expands Employer Partnerships Strategy, Appoints Jay Varma as Director




Centre for Neuro Skills Expands Employer Partnerships Strategy, Appoints Jay Varma as Director

CNS strengthens its engagement with employers, health plans and benefits advisors to expand access to specialized neuro center of excellence

BAKERSFIELD, Calif., March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS), a national provider of brain injury rehabilitation and neuro-specialty care, has appointed Jay Varma as director of employer partnerships, a strategic leadership role designed to expand the organization’s collaboration with employers, health plans, benefits brokers and consultants.

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Jay Varma,
Director of Employer Partnerships at
Centre for Neuro Skills

As employers increasingly look to specialized Centers of Excellence to address complex neurological conditions and improve workforce recovery outcomes, CNS is expanding its engagement with the employer and benefits ecosystem. Varma will help advance CNS’s role as a Neuro Center of Excellence within employer and health plan ecosystems.

With nearly a decade of enterprise experience across health technology, employer health benefits, biotech and life sciences, including roles at Amazon (One Medical), One Medical and BioXcel/Inveni AI, Varma brings deep expertise in employer health solutions, benefits strategy and C-suite partnership development. At One Medical and Amazon, she worked with large, self-insured employers across the West Coast to expand access to high-quality care through employer-sponsored benefits programs. Her background in specialty care, employer health strategy and enterprise partnerships positions her well to expand CNS’s reach into the employer market.

“Neurological conditions—from traumatic brain injury and stroke to concussion, cognitive complications and long COVID, carry serious and often hidden costs for employers, including extended disability, lost productivity, and fragmented care pathways,” said David Harrington, president and CEO of Centre for Neuro Skills. “Jay’s arrival signals our commitment to solving that problem directly with employers. CNS has 45 years of clinical expertise and outcomes data. Jay’s role is to help translate that expertise into meaningful partnerships with employers— ensuring access, measurable outcomes and better workforce recovery.”

While CNS has long served patients whose care was supported through employer-sponsored benefits, the creation of this role formalizes a direct-to-employer strategy. Varma will work with employers, brokers and consultants to structure partnerships that provide employees with coordinated access to CNS’s full care continuum. The specialty program is set to support in-person day treatments and telerehabilitation for various neuro-injuries/conditions as well as intensive in-patient rehab for catastrophic and traumatic brain injuries. This care is supported by clinical data and outcomes reporting that benefits decision-makers require.

“Employers today are under growing pressure to manage the long-tail impact of neurological conditions—from concussion and stroke to complex brain injuries—which often fall outside the scope of traditional benefits design,” said Varma. “CNS brings together decades of clinical expertise, outcomes data and a full continuum of neurorehabilitation care. My focus is helping employers and their advisors better understand how specialized neurological care can support workforce recovery, improve employee quality of life and reduce the long-term costs associated with fragmented care pathways.”

CNS’s employer partnership initiative reflects a broader shift in how companies are addressing complex medical conditions through specialized Centers of Excellence that improve outcomes while reducing long-term costs.

Varma joins CNS with a career that spans enterprise healthcare solutions, specialty pharma and biotech AI/ML platform strategic sales. She holds a M.S. degree in Pharmacology.

About Centre for Neuro Skills 

Centre for Neuro Skills is an experienced and respected world leader in providing intensive rehabilitation and medical programs for those recovering from all types of brain injury. Recognized as one of America’s Greatest Midsize Workplaces 2025 by Newsweek, CNS covers a full spectrum of advanced care, from residential and assisted living to outpatient and day treatment. Founded by Dr. Mark Ashley in 1980, CNS has eight locations in California and Texas. For more information, visit neuroskills.comFacebookXLinkedIn and YouTube. For a video overview, visit CNS’s YouTube channel

Media note: To request an interview with CNS leadership or clinical staff, contact Robin Carr at 415.766.0927 or CNS@landispr.com

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Cortisol Detox App Supports Healthy Fat Loss With Meal Plans and Mindfulness

Cortisol Detox App Supports Healthy Fat Loss With Meal Plans and Mindfulness




Cortisol Detox App Supports Healthy Fat Loss With Meal Plans and Mindfulness

Cortisol Detox Combines Anti-Cortisol Diet, Workouts, and Meditation to Support Weight Loss

NEW YORK, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cortisol Detox offers a personalized weight-loss program designed to help individuals manage stress, reduce cortisol-related weight gain, and support healthy fat-loss. The app combines anti-cortisol meal plans, simple workouts, guided meditations, motivating challenges, and progress tracking to help users be consistent.

Personalized Wellness That Fits Everyday Life

App starts with an onboarding quiz evaluating stress levels, lifestyle, dietary preferences, and fitness. Then, Cortisol Detox creates a personalized anti-cortisol plan, including:

  • 1000+ Anti-Cortisol Diet Recipes – Personalized meal plans to balance cortisol and support weight loss without restrictive dieting.
  • 100+ Workouts & Exercises – Simple workouts, yoga routines, and meditation guides for stress reduction and fat loss.
  • Guided Meditations – Tailored mindfulness exercises to reduce stress, boost confidence, and increase energy.
  • Motivating Challenges – Daily and weekly challenges to maintain consistency and engagement.
  • Nutrition & Health Guides – Expert advice on food, movement, and lifestyle from nutritionists, trainers, and psychologists.

Guided Workouts and Mindfulness for Stress Relief

Cortisol Detox program emphasizes convenience with short workouts, yoga sessions, and meditation exercises that fit busy schedules. The program adjusts to different ability levels, helping beginners and experienced users progress comfortably while building consistent habits.

Clear Billing and Transparency

Cortisol Detox app stands out with straightforward, transparent billing practices. Subscription details, pricing, and renewal terms are clearly presented before purchase, so users know exactly what to expect. Canceling a subscription is simple, ensuring full control without hidden conditions. 

Reliable and Responsive Customer Support

Customer support is a key strength of the Cortisol Detox app. Users can expect fast, helpful, and friendly assistance with any questions about plans, billing, or app features. This responsive customer support system ensures users stay focused on their progress rather than dealing with app issues.

Cortisol Detox App Reviews From the Wellness Community

Users on Reddit describe Cortisol Detox as a stress-focused wellness app that just works. The biggest benefit is removing guesswork – opening the app daily to find personalized meal plans, workouts, and meditations without wondering what comes next. 

For those seeking a structured and lasting approach to a stress-free lifestyle, Cortisol Detox provides a clear path to real results. A personalized plan can be started today, turning nutrition and movement into an effective routine.

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Dyno Therapeutics Launches Dyno Psi-Phi, an Agentic AI Suite for Protein Binder Design, at NVIDIA GTC 2026

Dyno Therapeutics Launches Dyno Psi-Phi, an Agentic AI Suite for Protein Binder Design, at NVIDIA GTC 2026




Dyno Therapeutics Launches Dyno Psi-Phi, an Agentic AI Suite for Protein Binder Design, at NVIDIA GTC 2026

Dyno’s Psi-Phi generative protein design and agentic interfaces provide versatile AI models and agents that connect physical outcomes with computational workflows


WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dyno Therapeutics, Inc., a genetic technologies company applying AI to empower patients everywhere with genetic agency, today announced the launch of Dyno Psi-Phi (pronounced “sci-fi”), a suite of AI-powered protein design tools to help therapeutic developers create sequence-based medicines with the potential to transform patient lives. The announcement took place at NVIDIA GTC 2026 and arose from a collaboration between Dyno and NVIDIA to accelerate therapeutic discovery and design with high-performance computing.

AI technologies that can precisely design the amino acid sequences of protein molecules to bind therapeutic targets have the potential to dramatically accelerate the development of new medicines.

“Dyno’s Psi-Phi design suite is a step toward solving a major challenge in modern AI: connecting in silico benchmarks to real-world outcomes,” said Sam Sinai, Ph.D., Head of Machine Learning and Cofounder at Dyno Therapeutics. “Much of today’s progress is measured against a narrow set of computational filters. While effective, they can limit exploration of the broader functional space of proteins. With Psi-Phi, we democratize the filters that work, while introducing models that generate greater diversity and pair naturally with high-throughput experiments, so designs succeed not just at binding, but across downstream requirements.”

Dyno Psi-Phi is a suite of integrated tools:

Dyno Phi is a collection of filters that strongly predict real-world outcomes. Dyno iteratively calibrates and improves these filters with real-world experimental data to enable users to accurately assess the likelihood that resulting designs will validate in experimental settings. Furthermore, users can easily combine and modify the application of these filters to fit their design needs, balancing confidence in design success with diversity of designs. Dyno Phi can be used with any generative model to increase the confidence of translating designs to a wet-lab setting.

Dyno Psi-1 is the first open-weight model from the Dyno Psi protein design family. It is influenced by the NVIDIA La-Proteina family of models and trained on the NVIDIA DGX Cloud using NVIDIA Hopper GPUs. With a flow-matching backbone generative model optimized for scaling to complex multimeric interfaces, Psi-1 prioritizes structural diversity and controllability over pure in silico scoring objectives, producing more novel binders and demonstrating excellent experimental performance across common lab assays. The next-generation development of these models has already integrated the NVIDIA Transformer Engine to accelerate training and inference. To facilitate broader development of models within the community, Dyno is also openly releasing a curated dataset of synthetic domain interfaces (SDI) on which Dyno Psi-1 has been trained to improve the diversity of designed binders.

Dyno Psi-Phi APIs are a collection of community-tier REST APIs that provide programmatic access to Dyno Psi-1 for binder generation, and Dyno Phi for sequence filtering and experimental grounding. Developers can generate and evaluate protein designs through a unified interface without provisioning GPUs or building custom calibration pipelines, enabling structure-conditioned design and probabilistic estimation of real-world binding performance, and incorporating NVIDIA BioNeMo NIMs such as OpenFold3. These APIs are accessible at design.dynotx.com.

Dyno Psi-Phi Claude Code Skills are a one-click extension of the Psi-Phi platform that provide authenticated access to the same GPU-backed APIs directly within Anthropic’s Claude Code. They invoke inference and experimentally grounded filtering in real time, allowing scientists to iterate on protein design conversationally while leveraging Dyno’s computational infrastructure.

“Our collaboration with NVIDIA opens a new world of extraordinary AI leverage for Dyno’s partners, making frontier AI accessible to an even broader community of therapeutic developers,” said Eric Kelsic, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder of Dyno Therapeutics. “Many genetic diseases can be treated by modulating protein binding, but historically it has been challenging to control and scale generative AI models for protein binder design. Our close technical partnership with NVIDIA, along with NVIDIA’s advanced hardware and software infrastructure, has enabled us to make rapid progress training Dyno Psi-1, and to create effective filtering methods with Dyno Phi agents. Now therapeutic developers can more confidently apply AI to create exceptionally effective new medicines for the patients who need them most.”

“Bridging the persistent gap between computational workflows and successful real-world experimental outcomes is critical for modern molecular design, and NVIDIA DGX Cloud equipped with H200 GPUs provides developers with the advanced infrastructure necessary to train complex generative models at scale,” said Anthony Costa, Director of Digital Biology at NVIDIA.

Dyno Psi-1 is available at https://huggingface.co/dynotx/dynopsi.

Dyno Phi is available at design.dynotx.com and through Claude Code.

Dyno SDI dataset is available at https://huggingface.co/datasets/dynotx/synthetic_dimers.

About Dyno Therapeutics

Dyno Therapeutics is on a mission to build high-performance genetic technologies that transform patients’ lives. Dyno applies AI to create better technologies for gene delivery and sequence design to increase “Genetic Agency” – a person’s ability to take action at the genetic level to live a healthier life – through safe, effective and widely accessible genetic medicines. Dyno partners across industries to ensure these life-transforming technologies can help as many patients as possible, including through strategic collaborations with leading gene therapy developers Astellas and Roche. Visit www.dynotx.com.

Contacts

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QHP Announces $1.1 Billion Continuation Vehicle for Azurity Pharmaceuticals

QHP Announces $1.1 Billion Continuation Vehicle for Azurity Pharmaceuticals




QHP Announces $1.1 Billion Continuation Vehicle for Azurity Pharmaceuticals

The transaction provides liquidity option to existing investors and secures long-term capital to support continued growth.


RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On February 13, 2026, QHP Capital, L.P. (“QHP”) announced the closing of a $1.1 Billion single-asset continuation vehicle for Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Azurity”). The transaction provides liquidity to existing limited partners while enabling QHP to maintain control and continue executing on Azurity’s long-term value creation plan.

The transaction was led by HarbourVest Partners, LLC (“HarbourVest”), with Pantheon Ventures, L.P. participating as a significant investor. Audax Strategic Capital (“ASC”) also participated through a separate structured growth investment. ASC also invested into the continuation vehicle as a syndicate investor.

The transaction offered the existing limited partners in the QHP selling fund the option to either capitalize on strong returns or roll their proceeds into the Continuation Vehicle (“CV”). There was strong participation from a broad set of limited partners, including existing limited partners of QHP. Other existing shareholders, including QHP’s subsequent fund, remain significant investors in Azurity and continue to support the company’s long-term strategy.

The new capital supports Azurity’s continued organic growth, business development and licensing, and potential strategic M&A. ASC provided additional acquisition capital to support the continued growth of Azurity.

Quotes:

“This CV reflects our strong conviction in Azurity’s strategy and leadership”, said Jeff Edwards, Partner at QHP. “We are pleased to partner with HarbourVest as lead investor alongside Pantheon and Audax Strategic Capital as well as other new investors, providing capital to support Azurity’s next phase of growth while offering liquidity to our existing LPs.”

“We are excited to continue our partnership with QHP and welcome our new investors as we enter the next phase of Azurity’s growth”, said Ronald Scarboro, CEO of Azurity. “This CV strengthens our ability to invest in our pipeline and expand our global reach while staying focused on delivering medicines to overlooked patients.”

“We are pleased to serve as the lead investor in the transaction which aligns with our strategy of partnering with what we believe are best-in-class general partners and their high performing portfolio companies,” said Nick Bellisario, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners. “The QHP and Azurity teams have built an exceptional business, and we are excited to be investing alongside them in the company’s next chapter which will continue the mission of delivering innovative, high-quality medicine to overlooked patients.”

“Continuation vehicles are an increasingly important tool for high-quality assets, offering existing investors liquidity while providing new capital to support the next phase of growth,” said Kevin Dunwoodie, Partner at Pantheon. “Azurity has built a differentiated specialty pharmaceutical platform under QHP’s ownership, and we are pleased to partner with QHP, HarbourVest, Audax Strategic Capital and the management team to support the company’s continued development.”

Advisors

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS”) acted as financial advisor to QHP, GS and Eaton Partners, a division of Stifel Nichols, both acted as placement agents, and Ropes & Gray, LLP acted as legal advisor on the transaction.

About Azurity Pharmaceuticals

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held company committed to delivering innovative, high-quality medicines for overlooked patients. Azurity’s global footprint is over 50 countries, with a diversified portfolio of 50+ medicines spanning 10 dosage forms and 10 key therapeutic areas. Powered by its Next-Gen Commercial Model, Azurity leverages data, analytics, and AI-driven digital tools to enhance market reach and stakeholder engagement. Azurity’s medicines have benefited millions of people. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

About QHP Capital

Based in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, QHP Capital invests in life sciences and pharma services companies with proven products, services, and enabling technologies, utilizing a strategic platform to source, diligence, and create value. Led by a senior team of investment, healthcare, and research professionals, and rooted in the legacy of Quintiles (now IQVIA) and NovaQuest, QHP seeks to partner with founders and management teams to create long-term value. QHP Capital is the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity. For more information, please visit www.qhpcapital.com.

About HarbourVest Partners

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with over 43 years of experience and more than $146 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2025. Our interwoven platform provides clients access to global primary funds, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, real assets and infrastructure, and private credit. Our strengths extend across strategies, enabled by our team of more than 1,250 employees, including more than 235 investment professionals across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Across our private markets platform, our team has committed more than $63 billion to newly formed funds, completed over $64 billion in secondary purchases, and invested over $47 billion in direct operating companies. We partner strategically and plan our offerings innovatively to provide our clients with access, insight, and global opportunities.

About Pantheon

Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years, earning a reputation for providing innovative solutions covering the full lifecycle of investments, from primary fund commitments to co-investments and secondary purchases, across private equity, private credit, and real assets. For more information, please visit www.pantheon.com.

We have partnered globally with institutional investors of all sizes as well as a growing number of private wealth advisers and investors, with approximately $85bn in discretionary assets under management (as of September 30, 2025).

Leveraging our specialized experience and global team of professionals across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, we invest with purpose and lead with expertise to build secure financial futures.

For further information, please contact:

Pantheon

Mariella Reason, Pantheon Communications

Tel: +44 20 3473 3975 | Email: mariella.reason@pantheon.com

About Audax Strategic Capital

Based in New York and London, Audax Strategic Capital is a flexible partner to private equity sponsors seeking customized equity solutions to drive the continued growth of their portfolio companies. ASC is part of the Audax Private Equity platform, a capital partner to middle market companies with $19.5 billion of assets under management, as of January 2026, over 300 employees, and 100-plus investment professionals. For more information, visit www.AudaxStrategicCapital.com or follow ASC on LinkedIn.

Contacts

Media Contact
Silvia Cruz

silvia.cruz@qhpcapital.com

Mave Health Raises $2.1M to Launch Focus and Stress Regulation Wearable

Mave Health Raises $2.1M to Launch Focus and Stress Regulation Wearable




Mave Health Raises $2.1M to Launch Focus and Stress Regulation Wearable

Blume Ventures leads seed round; Company completes 500 person beta




SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mave Health, a neurotech company, announced $2.1 million in seed funding led by Blume Ventures with participation from other funds and angel investors, including Stanford Angels, Dhaval Shroff, and Raymond Russell. The company recently launched a non-invasive wearable headset built to improve focus, elevate mood, and regulate stress in just 20 minutes a day.

Mave debuted with over 500 beta customers ahead of its public release last month. Based on self-reported data collected after four weeks of use:

  • 80% reported productivity gains exceeding 60%
  • Users reported an average mood improvement of 77%
  • 75% reported stress reductions above 50%

The wearable headset supports everyday mental health and cognitive performance. Its underlying technology, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), has been studied for over 25 years, with more than 10,000 published papers globally. tDCS has an excellent safety profile and is well-suited for at-home use. Mave packages this science into a lightweight, consumer-friendly device.

“The brain is the most complex system we rely on every day, and modern life is constantly overloading it. We expect it to perform at peak levels without giving it the support it needs,” said Dhawal Jain, Co-founder and CEO of Mave Health. “Instead of chasing short-term boosts that come with long-term costs, we believe in strengthening the underlying systems that drive focus, mood, and stress regulation. Our approach is to use neurotechnology that is proven to be safe, effective, and easy to use.”

About the Product

The Mave headset delivers low-intensity electrical stimulation designed to strengthen the prefrontal cortex, the brain region associated with attention, emotional regulation, and stress response. Users wear the device for 20 minutes a day while working, reading, meditating, or going about their routine. There is no learning curve and no active effort required.

Most users report noticeable improvements within 15 to 20 days, with benefits compounding over time. The companion app allows users to log sessions, personalize protocols, and track progress without collecting any brain data.

Availability

Mave is available for pre-order at $495 and requires no subscription fees. Shipping begins in April 2026 to customers in the United States and India.

Technical Specifications

The Mave headset weighs 100 grams and lasts up to one month on a single charge with regular use. Each stimulation session lasts 20 minutes and uses an intensity of 1-2 mA, targeting the prefrontal cortex.

The headset does not collect brain data or require ongoing internet connectivity. The companion app can sync with popular fitness wearables to help users track correlations with sleep quality, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and other related metrics.

Company Vision

“Most of us only think about mental health when something goes wrong,” said Dhawal Jain, Co-founder and CEO of Mave Health. “That is why my co-founders Jai Sharma, Aman Kumar, and I started Mave. We are giving people the ability to regain control over their focus, energy, and clarity so they can perform at their best and live more fully every day.”

About Mave Health

Mave Health exists to unlock the productivity and resilience that modern life often keeps out of reach. The company develops non-invasive wearable headsets to help people improve focus, mood and stress regulation. The product uses transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to strengthen the prefrontal cortex in 20-minute daily sessions. Mave Health is a San Francisco and Bengaluru-based neurotechnology company founded in 2023 by Dhawal Jain, Jai Sharma, and Aman Kumar.

Contacts

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Blue Matter Launches People and Organization Practice to Help Biopharma Navigate Structural Shift

Blue Matter Launches People and Organization Practice to Help Biopharma Navigate Structural Shift




Blue Matter Launches People and Organization Practice to Help Biopharma Navigate Structural Shift

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blue Matter today announced the launch of its People and Organization Practice, a dedicated capability designed to help life science companies build organizations that can perform through complexity – from enterprise transformation and M&A integration to talent strategy, learning, and workforce redesign.


The launch reflects a central conviction: the biopharma industry is not experiencing a cyclical downturn but a structural shift. With more than 42,700 jobs cut across the sector in 2024–2025, unprecedented policy uncertainty, accelerating AI adoption, and intensifying portfolio pressure, organizations must transform all functions simultaneously, not sequentially, to remain competitive.

A Proven Leader Across Transactions and Transformations

Stacey Petrey brings more than 25 years of experience and a track record spanning more than 75 completed transactions. Stacey served as a Partner in PwC’s Deals practice where she focused on integrations, separations, value creation, and change management. Prior to PwC, she held senior business, finance, and HR leadership roles at Bausch Health, Mylan (Viatris), Perrigo, Fidelity Investments, PerkinElmer, and Credit Suisse First Boston. She holds a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s from Cornell University, and a bachelor’s from Penn State University, and is a published thought leader on AI’s impact on biopharma organizational design and workforce architecture.

Four Integrated Capabilities

The People and Organization Practice operates across four service lines:

  • Transformations & Transactions: Day 1 operating model design, synergy assessment, pre- and post-close integration and separation support, and change management
  • Organization Design & Workflow Excellence: Best Practice Organization benchmarking, operating model design, organizational structure, role and decision rights redesign, AI use case prioritization, and governance
  • Talent, Rewards & Performance Strategy: Career architecture, capability models, incentive compensation design, succession planning, and retention strategy
  • Learning & Leadership Development: Salience Learning, learning strategy, leadership development, capability building, and measurement frameworks

The practice draws on Blue Matter’s deep functional expertise across Commercial, Medical Affairs, R&D, Market Access, and Enterprise Learning to deliver cross-functional solutions that work in practice, not just in theory.

According to Petrey, “Biopharma organizations must transform all functions at once, not sequentially, while keeping the portfolio pipeline moving and talent in place. That requires a partner who understands the science of the business, the deal dynamics, the incentive structures, and the human dynamics of change. That is what this practice is built to deliver.”

George Schmidt, Head of Consulting at Blue Matter, added, “We’ve spent years building deep expertise in how biopharma organizations operate. Stacey brings transactions and transformation experience to activate that expertise at scale, integrating organizational design, talent strategy, and learning into a single, connected offering. It is a meaningful step forward for our clients.”

About Blue Matter

Blue Matter (www.bluematterconsulting.com) is a global commercialization partner serving the life sciences industry. Operating from offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, Blue Matter serves a broad spectrum of biopharmaceutical organizations, from top-20 global companies to emerging biotech firms. The firm helps clients maximize value at the product, portfolio, and organization levels through market insights, strategic and operational consulting, and communications services.

Contacts

Media Contact
Craig Dunkley, Chief Marketing Officer

cdunkley@bluematterconsulting.com
+1 919 539 0658

Tiny Cargo and Bio-Sourcing Partner to Develop First-of-Its-Kind Oral Monoclonal Antibody Platform Using Goat-Milk Exosomes

Tiny Cargo and Bio-Sourcing Partner to Develop First-of-Its-Kind Oral Monoclonal Antibody Platform Using Goat-Milk Exosomes




Tiny Cargo and Bio-Sourcing Partner to Develop First-of-Its-Kind Oral Monoclonal Antibody Platform Using Goat-Milk Exosomes

Strategic US-EU alliance combines high-yield mAb production with industrial-scale exosome loading to eliminate the need for biologics by injection

ROANOKE, Va. & LIÈGE, Belgium–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Tiny Cargo Company (“Tiny Cargo”) and Bio-Sourcing SA (‘Bio-Sourcing’) today announced a strategic partnership to develop an innovative oral delivery platform for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The collaboration utilizes goat-milk extracellular vesicles (EVs), specifically exosomes, to create a new class of shelf-stable, patient-friendly biologics.




The collaboration unites two proprietary technological breakthroughs:

  • Tiny Cargo’s world-first, cGMP-compliant industrial platform built to isolate, purify, and load milk-derived exosomes with complex therapeutic payloads.
  • Bio-Sourcing’s large-scale platform for producing high-potency mAbs and EVs directly in goat milk offers major cost savings and scalability benefits compared to traditional bioreactors.

While monoclonal antibodies are essential to modern medicine, their vulnerability to gastrointestinal breakdown has historically required delivery via injection or infusion. Milk-derived exosomes are evolutionarily designed to withstand the gut environment and transport molecular cargo into the bloodstream. By incorporating Bio-Sourcing-derived antibodies into these natural nanovesicles, the partners aim to eliminate the “needle barrier” altogether.

“By pairing Bio-Sourcing’s high-yield, sustainable production with Tiny Cargo’s sophisticated isolation and loading capabilities, we are positioned to unlock the ‘holy grail’ of biologics: true oral delivery,” said Bertrand Mérot, Founder and CEO of Bio-Sourcing SA. “This alliance not only advances our technical roadmap but strengthens our footprint in the U.S. market through a powerful transatlantic synergy.”

Bio-Sourcing’s platform uses a specific goat breed to produce mAbs at a lower cost than traditional methods. At the same time, Tiny Cargo’s unique purification techniques ensure these therapies meet pharmaceutical-grade standards for clinical use.

“Milk-derived exosomes are among the most resilient delivery systems in nature,” said Alan Gourdie, CEO of The Tiny Cargo Company. “The ability to source both the antibody and the delivery vehicle from the same biological starting point is a rare and powerful advantage. For the hundreds of millions of patients currently reliant on injectable mAbs, transitioning to an oral format would fundamentally transform how biologics are prescribed, distributed, and accessed globally.”

The joint venture will initially focus on assessing therapeutic applications and oral bioavailability. Currently, there are no FDA or EMA-approved oral mAbs, making this alliance a leader in pharmaceutical innovation.

About The Tiny Cargo Company

The Tiny Cargo Company, headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, USA, is a biotechnology company pioneering the industrial-scale production of highly purified milk-derived exosomes. The company has developed proprietary technologies for isolating, purifying and loading exosomes with therapeutic and cosmetic cargoes, enabling applications across pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and advanced skincare.

Tiny Cargo’s world-first cGMP-ready manufacturing platform enables scalable production of exosome-based delivery systems for peptides, monoclonal antibodies, expression constructs and other biologics. The company’s platform is designed to integrate with multiple biologic production systems, allowing therapeutic molecules from diverse sources to be paired with milk-derived exosomes for advanced delivery applications.

Tiny Cargo is welcoming contacts and partnership enquiries via LinkedIn.

www.tinycargo.com

About Bio‑Sourcing

Bio‑Sourcing is developing a sustainable, scalable platform to produce biotherapeutics, including monoclonal antibodies in the milk – comprising EVs – of a particular breed of goats, creating industrial volumes at a drastically lower cost and capital expenditure versus conventional cell‑bioreactor systems. The platform supports both injectable and oral delivery formats. Building on the leadership of two international consortia, Bio‑Sourcing has twice been recognized by the European Union with competitive Eurostars funding; in 2024 it led a consortium to develop an oral adalimumab, and in 2026 alongside an EU partner, it was granted funding to advance an oral anti‑HER2 trastuzumab—reinforcing its position at the forefront of the oral delivery of mAbs.

Bio-Sourcing will be attending the Bio Europe Spring Conference and LSX in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 25 and 26, 2026, and is welcoming contacts via LinkedIn.

www.bio-sourcing.com| Bio-Sourcing – One pager | Trastuzumab (Eurostars 2026) |Nature research

Contacts

Keith Bowermaster, Mighty Spark Communications

k.bowermaster@mightysparkcommunications.com

Open Molecular Software Foundation’s OpenFold Consortium Launches Research Fellowship at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design

Open Molecular Software Foundation’s OpenFold Consortium Launches Research Fellowship at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design




Open Molecular Software Foundation’s OpenFold Consortium Launches Research Fellowship at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design

BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Open Molecular Software Foundation (OMSF) today announced a new research fellowship between the OpenFold Consortium and the University of Washington Institute for Protein Design (IPD). Nobel Laureate David Baker is the Director of the IPD, a professor of biochemistry, and HHMI Investigator at UW Medicine. This fellowship is aimed at accelerating the development of open-source artificial intelligence tools for protein structure prediction and design ultimately to be used for new drug discovery.


The fellowship will support graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the Baker Lab. With funding from the OpenFold Consortium fellows will focus on creating new state-of-the-art AI models for antibody-antigen design and structure prediction. Following an approach shared by OpenFold and the IPD, all resulting code from this collaboration will be released under permissive licenses for use by researchers and companies worldwide.

“The AI revolution in biology is built on a foundation of openness — researchers sharing data, code, and ideas freely so that others can build on them,” said Baker. “We’re excited to continue this tradition with OpenFold.”

“This collaboration with the Baker Lab marks a defining moment for open biomolecular AI,” said Dr. Woody Sherman, Chair of the OpenFold Consortium Executive Committee and Chief Innovation Officer at PsiThera. “This collaboration brings extraordinary depth across protein design, structure prediction, and large-scale experimental data generation. By building these capabilities as open, shared infrastructure, OpenFold is laying the foundation for a new era of biological discovery where AI models become community resources that accelerate innovation, enable entirely new classes of therapeutics, and deliver impact far beyond what any single organization could achieve.”

As part of this collaboration, the Baker Lab will conduct AI model development. To enhance the longevity and ease-of-use of new software, OpenFold engineers will provide technical support for packaging, documentation, and maintenance. All finished models developed with OMSF fellowship support will be shared publicly under permissive licenses.

About OMSF and OpenFold

The Open Molecular Software Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization supporting open, community-driven molecular software. The OpenFold project within OMSF advances open biomolecular AI by enabling shared infrastructure, evaluation, and community resources to accelerate scientific progress. OMSF is modeled after open source consortia in software technology such as the Linux Foundation.

The OpenFold Consortium is supported by a growing community of academic, industry, and philanthropic partners committed to building open scientific infrastructure for the next era of biology. OpenFold welcomes mission-aligned supporters interested in accelerating open innovation in biomolecular AI and drug discovery.

About the UW Institute for Protein Design

The Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington creates new molecules that solve challenges in medicine, technology, and sustainability. Founded in 2012 by Nobel laureate David Baker, the Institute unites and trains experts in AI, biochemistry, medicine, and other disciplines. The IPD is building proteins to improve health, prevent pandemics, eliminate pollution, and organize matter at the atomic scale.

Contacts

Media Contact:

Mallory R. Tollefson, Ph. D.

Business Development and Project Manager

mallory.tollefson@omsf.io
https://openfold.io/

LiveWorld Reports 2025 Financial Results

LiveWorld Reports 2025 Financial Results




LiveWorld Reports 2025 Financial Results

LiveWorld continues to increase its AI investment

CAMPBELL, Calif. and NEW YORK, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiveWorld, Inc. (OTC Markets: LVWD), today announced financial results for the year 2025.

Twelve Months 2025 Financial and Business Highlights

  • Total twelve-month revenues of $11.1 million
  • Healthcare revenues of $10 million in 2025
  • Net income from operations of $326,000
  • Net Cash of $5.7 million

Management Commentary

“We saw our 2025 revenues drop slightly when we compare to our 2024 revenues as our clients delt with the volatility and uncertainty of the current economy,” remarked David Houston, Chief Financial Officer, of LiveWorld. “While our revenues were down approximately 2% year-over-year we did improve our net income for the same period by over 376%. As we move into 2026, we will continue our investment in AI which will have an impact on the profits of the company. Finally, our clients have begun to expand their budgets with us again. Based on current bookings and forecasts we are cautiously optimistic our total revenues for 2026 will exceed our totals for 2025.”

“We have expanded our investment in AI products, announced our AI strategy and are steadily launching new AI based solutions,” said Peter Friedman, LiveWorld Chairman and CEO. “ Initial client response is positive and we expect these products to be the basis for revenue growth in the years to come.”

Financial Review for the twelve Months Ended December 31, 2025

Total revenues for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 were approximately $11.1 million, as compared to approximately $11.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024. This was a decrease of approximately $208,000 or 2% period-over-period.

The company reported a net income for the twelve months of approximately $326,000 or 3% of total revenues. This compares to net income of approximately $69,000 or 1% of total revenues reported for the twelve months of 2024. This was an increase of approximately 376% when comparing the two periods.

The company finished the year with approximately $7.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, compared to approximately $6.6 million at the end of 2024. The net cash available for operations was approximately $5.7 million at the end of December 31, 2025, compared to the $6.2 million at the end of 2024. The company defines net cash available for operations as cash, less media expenditure commitments.

Detailed financial information may be downloaded at www.liveworld.com/ir or at https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LVWD/overview.

About LiveWorld

LiveWorld is a Human-Led, AI-Powered digital marketing agency and software company.  We unlock the full potential of social and digital media to transform customer relationships through integrated compliance, engagement, and insight solutions. 

Purpose-built for highly regulated healthcare and pharma brands, LiveWorld combines proactive compliance, expert-led social media moderation, dynamic community engagement, and AI-powered insights to help brands listen smarter, engage more meaningfully, and act with confidence. Our approach blends human expertise with advanced AI to deliver genuine human connections, ensure accuracy, safety, and relevance, turning real-world conversations into trusted intelligence and measurable business impact. 

LiveWorld clients include the number one brands in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and financial-travel services. LiveWorld is headquartered in Campbell, California, with an additional office in New York City. Learn more at www.liveworld.com and @LiveWorld. 

“Safe Harbor” Statement Under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
This press release may contain forward-looking information concerning LiveWorld plans, objectives, future expectations, forecasts and prospects. These statements may include those regarding LiveWorld’s current or future financial performance including but not limited to lists of clients, revenue and profit, use of cash, investments, relationships and the actual or potential impact of stock option expense, and the results of its product development efforts. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward- looking statements made as a result of, among other things, final accounting adjustments and results, LiveWorld’s ability to attract new clients and preserve or expand its relationship with existing clients, LiveWorld’s ability to retain and attract high quality employees, including its management staff, the ability to deliver new innovative products in a timely manner, changing accounting treatments, and other risks applicable to the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

LiveWorld Contacts
IR Contact:
David Houston
LiveWorld
dhouston@liveworld.com
(408) 615-8496

PR Contact:
Matthew Hammer
LiveWorld
mhammer@liveworld.com
(737) 212-9739

LIVEWORLD, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)
       
  December 31,   December 31,
    2025       2024  
ASSETS      
Current assets      
Cash and cash equivalent $ 7,313     $ 6,603  
Accounts receivable, net   1,309       682  
Prepaid expenses   246       290  
Total current assets   8,868       7,575  
       
Property and equipment, net   18       33  
Other assets   27       27  
Total assets $ 8,913     $ 7,635  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      
Current liabilities      
Accounts payable $ 242     $ 182  
Accrued employee expenses   595       1,068  
Other accrued liabilities   1,555       413  
Deferred revenue   761       860  
Total current liabilities   3,153       2,523  
Total liabilities   3,153       2,523  
       
Stockholders’ equity      
  Common stock: $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized
45,633,442 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025, and
December 31, 2024, respectively
  34       34  
Additional paid-in capital   144,773       144,451  
Accumulated deficit   (139,047 )     (139,373 )
Total stockholders’ equity   5,760       5,112  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 8,913     $ 7,635  
               

LIVEWORLD, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
       
  Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
    2025     2024
Total revenues $ 11,140   $ 11,348
Cost of revenues                  5,404                 6,023
Gross Margin                  5,736                 5,325
Operating Expense      
Product development                  1,336               1,048
Sales and marketing                  1,630               1,554
General and administrative                  2,504     2,634
Total operating expense                  5,470     5,236
Income from operations                     266     89
Income before tax                     266     89
Other Income                       88     5
Provision for income taxes                       28     25
Net income from operations                     326     69
       
Earnings per share analysis from operations:      
Basic income per share $ 0.01   $ 0.00
Shares used in computing basic loss per share   45,633,442     45,633,442
Diluted net income (loss) per share $ 0.01   $ 0.00
Shares used in computing diluted income (loss) per share   54,992,049     56,350,862
       
       
Departmental allocation of stock-based compensation:      
Cost of revenues $ 81   $ 80
Product development   21     18
Sales and marketing   31     33
General and administrative   188     189
Total stock-based compensation $ 321   $ 320
           

LIVEWORLD, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
  Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
    2025       2024  
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income (loss) $ 326     $ 69  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) provided by (used in) operating activities:    
Depreciation of long-lived assets   21       26  
Stock-based compensation   321       320  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable   (627 )     1,019  
Other assets   47       (66 )
Accounts payable   60       (56 )
Accrued liabilities   668       249  
Deferred revenue   (100 )     422  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   716       1,983  
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Purchase of property and equipment   (6 )     (15 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   (6 )     (15 )
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Proceeds from exercise of stock options   —–       —-  
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities   —–       —-  
Change in cash and cash equivalent   710       1,968  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   6,603       4,635  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 7,313     $ 6,603  
       
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activities:    
Income tax paid $ 28     $ 25  

LiveWorld Reports 2025 Financial Results

LiveWorld Reports 2025 Financial Results




LiveWorld Reports 2025 Financial Results

LiveWorld continues to increase its AI investment

CAMPBELL, Calif. and NEW YORK, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiveWorld, Inc. (OTC Markets: LVWD), today announced financial results for the year 2025.

Twelve Months 2025 Financial and Business Highlights

  • Total twelve-month revenues of $11.1 million
  • Healthcare revenues of $10 million in 2025
  • Net income from operations of $326,000
  • Net Cash of $5.7 million

Management Commentary

“We saw our 2025 revenues drop slightly when we compare to our 2024 revenues as our clients delt with the volatility and uncertainty of the current economy,” remarked David Houston, Chief Financial Officer, of LiveWorld. “While our revenues were down approximately 2% year-over-year we did improve our net income for the same period by over 376%. As we move into 2026, we will continue our investment in AI which will have an impact on the profits of the company. Finally, our clients have begun to expand their budgets with us again. Based on current bookings and forecasts we are cautiously optimistic our total revenues for 2026 will exceed our totals for 2025.”

“We have expanded our investment in AI products, announced our AI strategy and are steadily launching new AI based solutions,” said Peter Friedman, LiveWorld Chairman and CEO. “ Initial client response is positive and we expect these products to be the basis for revenue growth in the years to come.”

Financial Review for the twelve Months Ended December 31, 2025

Total revenues for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 were approximately $11.1 million, as compared to approximately $11.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024. This was a decrease of approximately $208,000 or 2% period-over-period.

The company reported a net income for the twelve months of approximately $326,000 or 3% of total revenues. This compares to net income of approximately $69,000 or 1% of total revenues reported for the twelve months of 2024. This was an increase of approximately 376% when comparing the two periods.

The company finished the year with approximately $7.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, compared to approximately $6.6 million at the end of 2024. The net cash available for operations was approximately $5.7 million at the end of December 31, 2025, compared to the $6.2 million at the end of 2024. The company defines net cash available for operations as cash, less media expenditure commitments.

Detailed financial information may be downloaded at www.liveworld.com/ir or at https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LVWD/overview.

About LiveWorld

LiveWorld is a Human-Led, AI-Powered digital marketing agency and software company.  We unlock the full potential of social and digital media to transform customer relationships through integrated compliance, engagement, and insight solutions. 

Purpose-built for highly regulated healthcare and pharma brands, LiveWorld combines proactive compliance, expert-led social media moderation, dynamic community engagement, and AI-powered insights to help brands listen smarter, engage more meaningfully, and act with confidence. Our approach blends human expertise with advanced AI to deliver genuine human connections, ensure accuracy, safety, and relevance, turning real-world conversations into trusted intelligence and measurable business impact. 

LiveWorld clients include the number one brands in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and financial-travel services. LiveWorld is headquartered in Campbell, California, with an additional office in New York City. Learn more at www.liveworld.com and @LiveWorld. 

“Safe Harbor” Statement Under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
This press release may contain forward-looking information concerning LiveWorld plans, objectives, future expectations, forecasts and prospects. These statements may include those regarding LiveWorld’s current or future financial performance including but not limited to lists of clients, revenue and profit, use of cash, investments, relationships and the actual or potential impact of stock option expense, and the results of its product development efforts. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward- looking statements made as a result of, among other things, final accounting adjustments and results, LiveWorld’s ability to attract new clients and preserve or expand its relationship with existing clients, LiveWorld’s ability to retain and attract high quality employees, including its management staff, the ability to deliver new innovative products in a timely manner, changing accounting treatments, and other risks applicable to the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

LiveWorld Contacts
IR Contact:
David Houston
LiveWorld
dhouston@liveworld.com
(408) 615-8496

PR Contact:
Matthew Hammer
LiveWorld
mhammer@liveworld.com
(737) 212-9739

LIVEWORLD, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)
       
  December 31,   December 31,
    2025       2024  
ASSETS      
Current assets      
Cash and cash equivalent $ 7,313     $ 6,603  
Accounts receivable, net   1,309       682  
Prepaid expenses   246       290  
Total current assets   8,868       7,575  
       
Property and equipment, net   18       33  
Other assets   27       27  
Total assets $ 8,913     $ 7,635  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      
Current liabilities      
Accounts payable $ 242     $ 182  
Accrued employee expenses   595       1,068  
Other accrued liabilities   1,555       413  
Deferred revenue   761       860  
Total current liabilities   3,153       2,523  
Total liabilities   3,153       2,523  
       
Stockholders’ equity      
  Common stock: $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized
45,633,442 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025, and
December 31, 2024, respectively
  34       34  
Additional paid-in capital   144,773       144,451  
Accumulated deficit   (139,047 )     (139,373 )
Total stockholders’ equity   5,760       5,112  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 8,913     $ 7,635  
               

LIVEWORLD, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
       
  Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
    2025     2024
Total revenues $ 11,140   $ 11,348
Cost of revenues                  5,404                 6,023
Gross Margin                  5,736                 5,325
Operating Expense      
Product development                  1,336               1,048
Sales and marketing                  1,630               1,554
General and administrative                  2,504     2,634
Total operating expense                  5,470     5,236
Income from operations                     266     89
Income before tax                     266     89
Other Income                       88     5
Provision for income taxes                       28     25
Net income from operations                     326     69
       
Earnings per share analysis from operations:      
Basic income per share $ 0.01   $ 0.00
Shares used in computing basic loss per share   45,633,442     45,633,442
Diluted net income (loss) per share $ 0.01   $ 0.00
Shares used in computing diluted income (loss) per share   54,992,049     56,350,862
       
       
Departmental allocation of stock-based compensation:      
Cost of revenues $ 81   $ 80
Product development   21     18
Sales and marketing   31     33
General and administrative   188     189
Total stock-based compensation $ 321   $ 320
           

LIVEWORLD, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
  Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
    2025       2024  
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income (loss) $ 326     $ 69  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) provided by (used in) operating activities:    
Depreciation of long-lived assets   21       26  
Stock-based compensation   321       320  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable   (627 )     1,019  
Other assets   47       (66 )
Accounts payable   60       (56 )
Accrued liabilities   668       249  
Deferred revenue   (100 )     422  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   716       1,983  
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Purchase of property and equipment   (6 )     (15 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   (6 )     (15 )
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Proceeds from exercise of stock options   —–       —-  
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities   —–       —-  
Change in cash and cash equivalent   710       1,968  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   6,603       4,635  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 7,313     $ 6,603  
       
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activities:    
Income tax paid $ 28     $ 25