News - UF Innovate

RTI Surgical Expands Portfolio of Spine Implants to Meet Surgeon Needs and Improve Patient Outcomes (RTI Surgical)

UF startup and Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical, Inc. a global surgical implant company, announced the full commercial launch of its Fortilink®-TS and -L...

Oragenics Touts New Drug to Fight Clostridium Difficile (Proactive Investors)

New research by Sid Martin Biotech alum Oragenics Inc., now a Tampa-based clinical-stage biotech group, has uncovered a novel type of antibiotic known as a...

Colorado Surgeon Implements Exactech’s Cutting-Edge Technology (Post Independent)

Dr. Ferdinand Liotta is the first physician in Colorado to use a new state-of-the-art technology that helps physicians virtually simulate a surgery before even making...

Ophthotech Enters into Gene Therapy Agreements with the University of Florida and the University of Pennsylvania (Ophthotech)

Ophthotech Corporation announced that it has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with the University of Florida Research Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania...

UF Startup AxoGen CEO Karen Zaderej Awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in Health Care (Jacksonville Business Journal)

Karen Zaderej, CEO of Alachua-based AxoGen Inc., a UF startup, took home the prize in the Health Care category. Her company focuses on the development...

UF Startup Peerfit Ranked in Top 10 Small-Medium Companies for Best Leadership (USA Today)

HubSpot, Google and Facebook top the list of companies with the best leadership teams among large companies, according to compensation, culture and career monitoring website...

Research Will Power Accelerated Learning for Technology Entrepreneurs (The NIIC)

Successful entrepreneurs are driven to address unmet market and customer needs. In that same spirit, a national research project is underway to accelerate learning for...

Editorial: Keep up Work to Retain Local Startups (Gainesville Sun)

Alachua County does a good job of nurturing start-up companies, but needs to get better at keeping them in the community as they grow. The...

Alachua Biotech Firm Speeds Test for Brain Injuries (Gainesville Sun)

(UF startup Banyan Biomarkers recently received FDA approval for its blood test that measures biomarkers that indicate traumatic brain injury. The blood test will streamline...

Paracosm’s PX-80 Handheld Lidar Is Fast and Flexible Enough to Be Your Standalone Scanner (Spar3D)

UF startup Paracosm’s PX-80 handheld lidar scanner has come a long since the company introduced it to the market early last year. The company says...

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