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Our Startups & Growth Companies

Key strategic elements are critical to the early–stage biotechnology company’s growth and success. UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech helps companies overcome barriers and move scientific discoveries to the marketplace more quickly and affordably by providing laboratory space, introductions to investors, early recruitment of experienced leadership, networking opportunities, seminars and much more.

Creating a successful biotech company is never easy but we’ll be here for you – providing best practices in facilities, mentoring, advising and growth strategies for your company, each step of the way.

Resident Clients

Approved companies take residence in our research complex in Alachua, Florida, and may use all of our facilities, equipment, and services. Learn more about individual Resident Clients below.

Photo of Alcyone Therapeutics Alcyone Therapeutics

Alcyone Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing precision therapies for neurological disorders with high unmet medical needs. The company integrates innovation in neuroscience, precision dosing platforms, and in-house manufacturing capabilities to deliver transformative therapies to patients. Alcyone leverages the synergy between FalconTM, the company’s proprietary intrathecal precision dosing platform that incorporates a deep knowledge of cerebral spinal fluid dynamics, computational modeling and bioengineering, and multiple novel genetic therapy platforms developed at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (AWRI). This comprehensive approach allows for the optimization of the central nervous system (CNS) dosing and delivery to better target the pathophysiology and anatomy specific to various neurological disease areas. Alcyone’s lead programs target the treatment of Rett syndrome and IGHMBP2-Related Diseases (IRD).

Contact: Susan D’Costa, EVP & Global Head of Technology
Website: https://alcyonetx.com/

Photo of AlfaChemInvent AlfaChemInvent

AlfaChemInvent, LLC is a start-up chemical company with a broad range of expertise in organic synthesis, natural products, and drug discovery. AlfaChemInvent conducts original chemical research in life science as well as material science. The company provides contract research and manufacturing services, including synthesis of novel organic compounds and drugs, methods development, scale-up, and manufacturing.

Contact: George Nikonov, President & CEO

Photo of Aptus Biosciences, LLC Aptus Biosciences, LLC

Aptus Biosciences is a startup providing nucleic acid-based affinity reagent discovery services and products known as “aptamers.” Aptamers are equivalent to antibodies (or sometimes better) that can replace antibodies for any number of applications, e.g., binding and detection reagents used in diagnostic tests.

Contact: Bharat Gawande, Founder & CEO

Photo of BioInfoExperts, LLC BioInfoExperts, LLC

BioInfoExperts LLC provides connected services and technologies related to detecting and monitoring pathogens in communities and the health care industry. We collaborate with research groups at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Florida, the University of California at San Francisco, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Johns Hopkins University and the AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource, among others.

Contact: Susanna Lamers, CEO
Website: https://bioinfox.com/

Photo of Curtiss Healthcare Curtiss Healthcare
(352) 888-7244

Curtiss Healthcare is biopharmaceutical company developing a platform of new vaccines designed to help make our world a safer place through technologies that improve food quality and safety and help treat and prevent serious infections in humans and animals.

Contact: Thomas Bigger, CEO
Website:

Photo of Entrinsic Bioscience Entrinsic Bioscience
(781) 352-5450

Entrinsic Bioscience leverages gold standard science and game-changing amino acid technology to address critical digestive and hydration related health concerns for individuals and animals around the world. Entrinsic Health Solutions is changing the medical community’s understanding of how the body hydrates, nourishes and heals itself by bringing disruptive technology to the science of digestive health. Through primary research conducted in concert with clinical research organizations that include NASA, the U.S. Army and the University of Florida, Entrinsic Health Solutions began challenging conventional thinking about hydration and its impact on digestive function.

Contact: Stephen Gatto, CEO
Website: https://entrinsicbioscience.com/

Photo of Erivan Bio, LLC Erivan Bio, LLC

EriVan Bio is a biopharmaceutical company developing exosome-based diagnostic, therapeutic and drug delivery systems for unmet medical needs with a focus on cancer and regenerative medicine. EriVan Bio works on the production of exosomes as targeted vehicles for the delivery of therapeutic molecules to cancer cells. EriVan Bio provides quality exosomes to its customers for different applications in an ethical and profitable manner.

Contact: Nasser Nassiri Koopaei, Co-Founder & Member
Website: https://erivanbio.com/

Photo of Inspira Therapeutics Inspira Therapeutics

Inspira Therapeutics, Inc. is a therapeutics company developing antigen-specific, immune-modifying therapies to retrain a patient’s immune system to prevent it from attacking the host’s own cells. Inspira Therapeutics’ system is minimally invasive, prevents and in some cases reverses disease progression, is well tolerated with limited side-effects, and does NOT require generalized suppression of the host’s immune system or cell transplantation. Inspira Therapeutics’ first product to market will treat Type 1 Diabetes, and preliminary research is ongoing for both Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis.

Contact: Anne Favre, president and CEO
Website: https://inspiratherapeutics.com/

Photo of Lacerta Therapeutics Lacerta Therapeutics

Lacerta Therapeutics is a startup gene therapy company dedicated to the development of innovative therapies for diseases of the Central Nervous System (CNS) that will provide long term efficacy to patients. The company will initially focus on rare diseases caused by single gene defects, where it believes its technology will have a major impact on patient’s lives. Its lead programs are focused on Pompe’s Disease (GAA deficiency), N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (NAGLU) deficiency (Sanfilippo Syndrome Type B) and spinal cerebellar ataxia (SCA). The company also has a development program for Alzheimer’s disease.

Contact: Edgar Rodriguez, President
Website: https://www.lacertatherapeutics.com/

Photo of Medosome Biotec, LLC Medosome Biotec, LLC
(812) 369-1127

The mission of Medosome Biotec, LLC (“MBT”) is to develop and commercialize technologies that enrich the lives of children by providing solutions to childhood diseases, disabilities, and deficiencies. MBT works in collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida to expedite the commercialization of the technology created in these departments.

Contact: Richard Wagner, CEO
Website: https://www.mdbiotec.com/

Photo of Neobiosis Neobiosis

Neobiosis is a CDMO developing new drug applications with the FDA, producing therapeutic regenerative medicine products for human use. The company also has a pipeline of intellectual property developed by Dr. Ian White during his 20 years’ experience at the bench at Cornell University, Harvard, and University of Miami.

Contact: Ian White, President and Chief Scientific Officer
Website: https://www.neobiosis.com

Photo of NysnoBio NysnoBio

NysnoBio is a startup gene therapy company dedicated to developing the therapeutic potential of the Parkin protein for patients with serious medical conditions. By targeting the PARKIN gene, NysnoBio tackles the root cause of Parkinson’s Disease by restoring neuronal health. NysnoBio envisions a future where the power of the Parkin pathway is directed toward specific disease areas, where the activation of the repair pathway can have maximum therapeutic benefits.

Contact: Jennifer A. Johnston, Cofounder and CEO
Website: https://www.nysnobio.com/

Photo of TearClear TearClear

TearClear assures long-term eye-health by providing a safe and reliable means of delivering preservative-free ophthalmic drugs.

Contact: Howard Golub, Vice President of R&D
Website: https://tearclear.com/

Photo of Vet Bio Solutions Vet Bio Solutions

Vet Bio Solutions is a product development specialization company that designs and develops products in the Veterinary space. The company utilizes novel chemistries and biomaterials to generate products for the ophthalmic, surgical, orthopedic and wound care areas in the veterinary market.

Contact:
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Our Alumni

Alumni

Amend Surgical
Applied Food Technologies, Inc.
Applied Genetic Technologies, Corp. (NASDAQ:AGTC)
Applied Genetics Laboratories, Inc.
Assembly Biosciences
AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AXGN)
Banyan Biomarkers, Inc.
Bikam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (acquired by Shire PLC 2014)
BioD (acquired by Derma Sciences 2016)
BioEnergy International, LLC. (spun out Myrant, now GC Innovation America)
Captozyme
Celunol (merged with Diversa/Verenium, then acquired by BP Fuels, then BASF 2008)
Chromozome (acquired by U.S. BioMaterials, then NovaBone 2002)
Curagen, Corp. (acquired by Celldex Therapeutics 2009)
DiaCarta, Inc.
EcoArray, Inc,  (acquired by Applied Food Technologies 2010)
EnCor Biotechnology, Inc.
EraGen Biosciences, Inc. (acquired by Luminex 2011)
GenoMechanix, LLC
Global Laboratories, Inc. (part of ABC Research Laboratories)
Hygreen, Inc. (spinout of Xhale, Inc.)
Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc.
IviGene, Corp. (acquired by Oragenics, Inc. [OGEN] 2006)
MLM Biologics Inc.
Morphogenesis, Inc.
NanoMedex, Inc.
NanoPhotonica
Oceanyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Ology Bioservices
Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE:MKT-OGEN)
OxThera, Inc. (spinout of Ixion)
Pasteuria (acquired by Syngenta 2012)
Pheronym 
Prevacus, Inc.
ReliOx
RTI
Sharklet Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Peaceful Union 2017)
St. Charles Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
SunPharm, Inc. (acquired by Geltex Pharmaceuticals 1999, then Genzyme 2000)
Tutogen Medical U.S. (merged with Regeneration Technologies 2008 to form RTI Biologics, now RTI Surgical)
Universal Air Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Lennox 2002)
Verenium (acquired by BP Fuels, then BASF 2008)
Xhale Diagnostics, Inc. (spun out Hygreen, Inc.)

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