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BSI Team Joins Forces With Oragenics in Search for New Antibiotics

A biophysics team led by Florida International University researchers Prem Chapagain and Bernard Gerstman has joined forces with UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident...

UF Startup Florida Insect Control Group Featured at University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Showcase in Washington, D.C.

University of Florida researchers behind Florida Insect Control Group, a pest control device company, originally intended to protect deployed military personnel from insect-borne diseases, shared...

Peerfit Nets $18 Million, Plus More Top Funding News for Tampa-Based Companies

Tampa-based health care company Peerfit, a UF startup, has secured $18 million in Series C funding, according to company database Crunchbase, topping the city’s recent funding headlines. The...

Peerfit Receives $18 Million Investment to Expand Wellness Offerings

UF startup Peerfit has received an $18 million investment from private equity firm Virgo Investment Group, Palo Alto, California, opening the digital health company’s Series...

Banyan Biomarkers, Abbott Ink Deal for Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarkers

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Banyan Biomarkers announced that it has nonexclusively licensed its proprietary blood biomarkers of traumatic brain...

AGTC Announces Reaching Enrollment Milestones in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trials

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,...

Thermo Fisher to Acquire Brammer Bio in $1.7 Billion Gene-Therapy Deal

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. said it is buying Alachua-based Brammer Bio for $1.7 billion in a move that would expand the lab-equipment company’s presence in...

RTI Surgical Enrolls First Patient to Evaluate Fortilink 3D Printed Spinal Implants

RTI Surgical, a UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum, has enrolled its first Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) patient for clinical evaluation...

UF Innovate | The Hub Resident Client Admiral Announces 15,000 Customer Milestone and Over $5M Raised to Help Digital Publishers Grow Visitor Revenue

UF Innovate | The Hub, a leading business incubator in the University of Florida business incubation system, announced that resident client Admiral, a pioneering innovator...

Jeffrey Goodman to Join as Sales and Marketing Advisor

UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Antibiotic Adjuvant announced that Jeff Goodman will join the company as a Marketing and Sales Advisor. Jeff has...

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