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Exactech Announces Successful First Surgeries Using InterSep™ Calcium Sulfate Bone Void Filler

UF startup Exactech, a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for extremities, hip, and knee, announced today the successful first surgery using...

How Nature’s Creatures Are Helping Us To Live Better Lives

UF researchers are developing synthetic versions of shark skin to be used in hospitals and reduce bacterial infections, one of the biggest threats to global...

Cannabix Technologies Provides Update on Marijuana Breathalyzer Development

UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that recent characterization work...

Zimmer Biomet and RTI Surgical® Partner with AAID Foundation to Expand Access to Dental Care for Veterans

Zimmer Biomet and UF startup RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. announced they are donating a supply of dental implants and wound care products to the American...

UF Innovate | The Hub Named Mixed-Use Entrepreneurship Center of 2019

At its annual conference in Minnesota, the International Business Innovation Association named UF Innovate | The Hub the global Mixed-Use Entrepreneurship Center of the Year....

TAO Connect’s Online Therapy Finds New Niches

A partnership between UF startup TAO Connect and the University of Ottawa may be just the beginning of an expansion that will give the St....

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 (CDMO), announced that the Department of Defense (DOD), through its Platforms for Rapid...

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...

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