Gene Therapy Startup Lacerta Therapeutics Raises $30M in Equity Financing from Sarepta (MedCityNews)
A startup based out of the University of Florida developing viral vector-based gene therapies has drawn an equity investment from a larger,... Read More
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech Resident Company Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc. Closes On $30 million Investment Round (Business Wire)
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech, the leading biotechnology incubator at the University of Florida, announces resident company Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc., has... Read More
Sarepta Carries Lacerta Through $30M Round (Global University Venturing)
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client Lacerta Therapeutics, a US-based gene therapy startup of University of Florida, received $30m in... Read More
Oragenics, Inc. Resumes Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AG013 in Oral Mucositis Following Positive Routine Safety Review (Business Wire)
UF Innovate | Sid Martin alumni startup Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective... Read More
AxoGen Invests $5M in Dayton, Ohio, Site for Expanded Operations (Dayton Daily News)
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum AxoGen, a medical devices manufacturer, has purchased a Vandalia building and land... Read More
Blood Test May Eliminate Need for CT Scans after TBI (Healio)
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry studied the accuracy of a TBI diagnostic blood test created by UF startup... Read More
We Need to Solve THC Testing (The Daily Sentinel)
UF startup Cannabix Technologies gets a nod as “some light on the horizon” in this column by a Grand Junction, Colorado, attorney.... Read More
Sarepta Dives Deeper into Gene Therapy (PharmaPhorum)
Sarepta Therapeutics has handed $30 million to UF startup and Sid Martin Biotech resident client Lacerta in exchange for a group of... Read More
Marijuana Breathalyzer Aims to Detect High Drivers ‘Without Unjustly Accusing’ (USA Today)
A 2017 survey by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) found that almost 70 percent of cannabis consumers drove high at least... Read More
Co.Accelerator: Giving Gainesville Start-ups a Helping Hand (WCJB)
A Gainesville business at UF Innovate | The Hub is providing start-ups with a place to seek mentorship and gain momentum for... Read More