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Philips Expands Its Monitoring & Analytics Business with the Acquisition of UF Startup Xhale Assurance Inc. (Philips.com)

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has acquired UF startup Xhale Assurance Inc, a US-based scale-up company developing and commercializing...

NIGMS Awards Dr. Yousong Ding $1.7 Million Grant to Advance Natural Product Research (UF College of Pharmacy)

Yousong Ding, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to advance...

Engage Ventures Invests in Peerfit, Selects Company for Third Cohort of Portfolio Companies (PR Newswire)

UF startup Peerfit, the market leader in connecting employers and carriers with flexible fitness experiences, announced it has been selected by Engage, the largest strategic...

easyJet Partners with UF Startup Optym to Improve Flight Schedules (tnooz)

easyJet has selected the advanced network simulation solution Amadeus SkySYM by UF startup Optym to optimize flight schedules and improve its on-time performance. SkySYM is...

Innovative Space Technologies: Vanguards of Technology Development and Product Commercialization (Energy CIO Insights)

Energy CIO Insights magazine named the Top 10 Energy Technology Startups for 2018 in its August edition. UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub...

Lion’s Club Hears From Sun BioPharma Founder on Cancer Treatments (IslandReporter)

The featured speaker at the Sanibel-Captiva Lions Club’s dinner meeting, held on Aug. 15 in the Founders Room at The Community House, wants everyone to...

Ology Bioservices Wins $8.4 Million Defense Department Award to Produce Anti-Ebola Medical Countermeasure (BioFlorida)

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumn Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that it was...

USDA Awards Grant to Biotech Startup Pheronym (WCJB)

The federal government is supporting the groundbreaking work of another biotech startup in Alachua County. The USDA has awarded a $500,000 grant to Pheronym, which...

Researchers Find Potential New Gene Therapy for Blinding Disease (National Institutes of Health)

UF researchers Dr. Alfred Lewin and Dr. William Hauswirth, in collaboration with UPenn researchers, reported a gene therapy that may slow or prevent vision loss...

UF’s Dr. Bova Teaming Up to Make an Impact (FloridaHighTech.com)

Creating a customized, patient-specific brain tumor treatment that’s also painless and non-invasive may sound far-fetched, but two Corridor innovators are making it happen. For 30...

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