ViaCyte, Fate & More: Xconomy Awards San Diego Big Idea Finalists
(UF startup Banyan Biomarkers is a finalist in the Xconomy Awards San Diego. Banyan Biomarkers’ FDA-approved brain trauma indicator is a result of UF researcher. The company incubated at UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech and maintains a presence in both Alachua and in San Diego.) The finalists in the Big Idea category of the […]
RTI Surgical Reaches 5,000 Implant Milestone for Fortilink Interbody Fusion Systems With TETRAfuse 3D Technology
UF startup RTI Surgical announced a milestone of 5,000 implants of Fortilink-C, -TS and -L interbody fusion (IBF) systems with TETRAfuse 3D technology in the USA. “In my over 500 implantations, I have been extremely satisfied with the Fortilink-TS and -C IBF devices”, said Mario Brkaric, co-founder of the Indiana Spine Center (Lafayette, USA). “I […]
RTI Surgical Wins 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award for TETRAfuse 3D Technology
UF startup RTI Surgical announced MedTech Breakthrough has selected TETRAfuse 3D technology as the “Best New Technology Solution – Orthopedics” in their 2019 Awards Program. MedTech Breakthrough is an independent organization recognizing the top companies and solutions in the global health and medical technology market. This year’s program attracted more than 3,500 nominations from over […]
MLM Biologics Graduates From Sid Martin
MLM Biologics, a medical device company, has graduated out of the Alachua-based Sid Martin Biotech incubator and moved into its own space, focusing on increasing its manufacturing load and awareness of its potentially life-saving technology, the company announced. The company, which produces medical devices that help advanced wound care, has moved out of its space […]
UF Incubator Firm Gets $2 Million Boost for New Screen Technology
Two resident companies at a University of Florida business incubator recently received a hefty investment from Samsung to further develop technology that could revolutionize electronic displays, like televisions. Samsung Venture Investment Corporation has invested $2 million into Matrixx Technologies, a technology company based at UF Innovate’s The Hub, for an undisclosed percentage of equity in […]
New Research Shows Pheronym Treated Nematodes 28% – 78% More Effective in Pest Control
UF Innovate alumni startup Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company, announced the results of a study supporting the commercial efficacy of their breakthrough bio-remediation technology. In tests, commercially available beneficial nematodes exposed to their patented Nemastim™ pheromone extracts were 28% – 78% more effective controlling pecan weevils and black soldier flies than non-exposed nematodes. The […]
AGTC Announces Financial Results and Business Update for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2019
UF startup Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. AGTC is a graduate of UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. “Completing enrollment in the dose escalation portion of our […]
Crab Fraud Concerning Local Fishermen, Researchers Turn to DNA Testing to Protect Crabbing Industry
Last fall, a Hampton Roads seafood processor pleaded guilty to mislabeling millions of dollars of foreign crab meat as Chesapeake Blue Crab. The federal investigation found James Casey falsely labeled and sold almost 400,000 pounds of crab meat after mixing local crab with crab from Asia, Central America, and South America. Researchers said this case […]
Axogen, Inc. Appoints New Members to Board of Directors
UF startup Axogen, Inc., a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or transection to peripheral nerves, announced it increased the size of its Board of Directors to nine members and appointed Quentin S. Blackford and Alan M. Levine to fill the open positions effective May 15, 2019. Blackford was also […]
Ology Bioservices Wins Two Department of Defense Awards Totaling More Than $135 Million
UF startup Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization, has announced that the Department of Defense (DOD), through its Platforms for Rapid Integrated Solutions for Medical Countermeasures (PRISM) office, has awarded the company with two contracts valued at $135.4 million. The first is for the development of a medical countermeasure, and the […]