Banyan Biomarkers Receives Contract by U.S. Department of Defense for Banyan BTI™ (BusinessWire)
UF startup Banyan Biomarkers, Inc., a pioneer in developing biomarkers for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to procure the Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator® (Banyan BTI™). Banyan Biomarkers is a graduate of UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. The Banyan BTI is a diagnostic […]
Axogen’s Avance Nerve Graft Receives Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation (BioFlorida)
AxoGen, Inc., a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or discontinuity to peripheral nerves, reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to Avance® Nerve Graft. AxoGen is a UF startup and graduate of UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. The […]
Forward Focused (Business Florida 2019 – The Regions)
North Central Florida — where innovative companies are born and workforce talent thrives — is home to the University of Florida, the nation’s 8th ranked public university, 12th most prolific patent earner worldwide, recipient of a record $837.6 million in research funding in FY 2018 and a catalyst for economic development. Many who were drawn […]
Morphogenesis and Lacerta Named as Finalists for SEBIO Awards (SEBIO)
Two UF startups who have incubated at UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech have been named as finalists for the SEBIO awards. Sid Martin alum Morphogenesis is a finalist in Initial Venture Funding; Sid Martin resident client Lacerta Therapeutics is a finalist in the Strategic Investment category. Over the past two decades, the Southeast has […]
Oragenics Receives Approval for Phase 2 Study (Pharmacy Choice)
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumni startup Oragenics announced that it has been approved in Belgium to enroll patients in its Phase 2 trial for its drug AG013 for a mouth disorder, Oral Mucositis (OM). Receiving this clearance and allowing the company to expand its trial globally gives it an advantage to finish the […]
Pheronym Among a Select Group of Ag-bio Startups to Present in London (Ein NewsDesk)
Pheronym, an award-winning ag-biotech pest management company that has incubated at both UF Innovate | The Hub and Sid Martin Biotech, announced that Dr. Fatma Kaplan, CEO and Founder, will present at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London at the “Technology Showcase: Early Stage Technology Innovators Pitch Seven-Minute Snapshots of their Solutions.” A link […]
NanoPhotonica Partners With Lockheed Martin on QLED Applications (LaserFocusWorld)
NanoPhotonica, a resident client of UF Innovate | The Hub and Sid Martin Biotech alum, has won a contract with giant Lockheed Martin to demonstrate the application of its Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode (QLED) nanomaterials and device technology to new application and configurations. NanoPhotonica co-founder and CEO Chris Morton said, “We are pleased that […]
RTI’s TETRAfuse 3D Technology Wins 2018 Spine Technology Award (News-Medical.Net)
RTI Surgical, Inc., a global surgical implant company, announced its TETRAfuse® 3D Technology won a 2018 Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week, a widely read publication in the orthopedics industry. RTI will accept the award at the North American Spine Society’s (NASS) 33rd Annual Meeting taking place September 26-29, 2018, in Los Angeles and […]
The Guys Who Brought You Tampa’s Armature Works Plan High-End Offices Next Door, and They’ve Already Signed a Lease With Med-Tech Company AxoGen (Tampa Bay Times)
Coming soon from the developers who brought you the Armature Works: Heights Union, two high-end office buildings next door to the trendy food hall, event space and co-working complex overlooking the Hillsborough River. Developers said they plan to go in for city permitting on the $102 million project in coming days. The equity and financing […]
Oragenics Is Well Funded to Resume Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Oral Mucositis (Proactive Investors)
Oragenics CEO Alan Joslyn updates Proactive Investors on the Florida based biotech’s advancements in the last six months. Oragenics is a UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate. Joslyn says the company’s lead candidate AG013, which treats oral mucositis, resumed its Phase 2 clinical trial of AG013, following a positive review by an independent Data […]