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 client Oragenics Inc. in an effort that could lead to the development of new compounds to treat life-threatening infections. Oragenics develops antibiotics that can be used against infectious diseases and […]
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, announced that it has achieved enrollment milestones in two of its Phase 1/2 clinical trials. The company completed enrollment of the dose escalation portion of the achromatopsia (ACHM) CNGB3 trial, […]
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 injury (TBI) to Abbott. The biomarkers — ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase-L1 and glial fibrillary acidic protein — can be detected in blood soon after a brain injury. They are the basis […]
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 of its Fortilink Interbody Fusion (IBF) 3D printed implants. The Fortilink IBF devices are made using the company’s TETRAfuse 3D Technology which integrates 3D printed nano-rough surfaces for enhanced protein […]
RTI Surgical Enrolls First Patient in FORTE Clinical Study of Fortilink® Interbody Fusion Device with TETRAfuse® 3D Technology
UF startup RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc., a global surgical implant company, announced it enrolled the first patient in its Clinical Evaluation of Fortilink® Interbody Fusion Device with TETRAfuse® 3D Technology in Subjects with Degenerative Disc Disease (FORTE) study. RTI Surgical graduated from UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. FORTE is a prospective, multicenter post-market evaluation of the […]
Oragenics, Inc. Announces Enrollment of 60th Patient in Clinical Trial
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, announced the enrollment of the 60th patient in its Phase 2 double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of AG013. AG013 is an oral mouth rinse composed of a recombinant Lactococcus lactisbacteria […]
Startup of the Month: Pheronym
Pheronym has incubated at both UF Innovate incubators, The Hub and Sid Martin Biotech, but also has a presence in California. Nematodes pose a conundrum to farmers. The worm-like microscopic creatures are everywhere. Some are parasitic, infecting plants and destroying crops — but others actually attack insect pests. The ability to target the “bad” while […]
RTI Surgical Completes Acquisition of Paradigm Spine
UF startup RTI Surgical has announced it has completed the acquisition of Paradigm Spine. Paradigm Spine’s primary product is the Coflex interlaminar stabilisation device. According to a press release, this is a “differentiated, minimally invasive motion preserving stabilisation implant that is FDA PMA-approved for the treatment of moderate to severe lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in […]
Captozyme Named to Gator100 List of Fastest Growing Companies
Captozyme Inc. was named among the top 50 fastest-growing UF alumni led businesses on the University of Florida’s annual 2019 Gator100. Captozyme is a graduate of both UF Innovate incubators. Sponsored by the UF Alumni Association and in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, the Gator100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or […]
Pheronym Secures $100K Grant for First Ever Agriculture Bio-Control Experiment in Space
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client Pheronym, a bio-ag-tech pest control company, announced it has received a $100,000 research grant from the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory to conduct agriculture bio-control experiments in space. The science will focus on Pheronym’s breakthrough nematode bio-remediation technology and determine the impact that space travel has on […]