RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc.® Announces Sale of OEM Business and Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Revenues
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc., a global surgical implant company, announced a definitive agreement for the sale of the company’s OEM business to Montagu Private Equity LLP, a leading European private equity firm, for a total consideration of $490 million. The transaction is targeted to close in the first […]
US Biologic/Caes Report Field Trials of Orally Delivered Anti-Lyme Vaccine Targeting the Field Mouse
Florida homeowners have some relief from pests which makes it perfect to shop for a pest control service, according to University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) experts. “Florida’s pest pressure tends to be higher due to multiple factors including our climate, rainfall and more,” Faith Oi, UF/IFAS Extension entomology and nematology […]
Ed Buckley, Chairman and CEO of Peerfit, on Fitt Insider
UF startup Peerfit Chairman and CEO, Ed Buckley, shares with Joe Vennare, host of Fitt Insider, a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness, on pioneering the concept of “fully-funded fitness”, building the billion-dollar bridge between fitness and healthcare, and what the significance of the name, “Peerfit”. Peerfit promotes corporate wellness […]
Scientists Now Find Curcumin Is a Strong Inflammation-Fighting Weapon
While it is true that the human body can’t live without inflammation, it can’t also be denied that too much of it can be hazardous to health. Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Ph.D., director of the Center for Inflammation and Mucosal Immunology at the University of Florida, says that in a healthy situation, inflammation serves as a good friend […]
Drone Images Detect Two Tomato Diseases With 99% Accuracy
New technology being developed by University of Florida scientists identifies two dangerous tomato diseases with 99 percent accuracy. This finding is critical because diseases can cost growers millions of dollars annually in the state’s third most valuable crop. Thus, the earlier farmers detect those ailments, the better their chances of treating them before the diseases […]
Mitchell Team Receives National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant
Dr. Gordon Mitchell, a professor in the UF Department of Physical Therapy, and his team were recently awarded another grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute concerning how two important cell types in the spinal cord interact to regulate respiratory motor plasticity triggered by repetitive exposure to low oxygen. Over a four-year period, […]
Axogen Reports Preliminary Unaudited Revenue for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2019 and Provides 2020 Annual Guidance
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Axogen, Inc., a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerve injuries, announced preliminary unaudited fourth quarter and full-year 2019 revenue. “We delivered solid revenue growth in both the fourth quarter and the full year, and I am pleased with the […]
An Edible Radio Transmitter That Monitors Medications
Eric Buffkin and Susan Baumgartner of UF Innovate | The Hub resident company etectRx®, Inc., a privately-held digital health company, speaks with James Di Virgilio, Radio Cade podcast co-host, about their patented ingestible event marker, the ID-Cap® System. The “edible radio,” powered by the chemicals in the stomach, tracks when a patient takes every dose of their medication. Dr. Baumgartner […]
Make Daily Meditation Your New Year’s Resolution
Sherry Benton, Ph.D., co-founder of UF startup TAO Connect, an online therapy program developed to address matters related to depression, anxiety, and other issues, shares tips on how to make meditation a part of your daily routine in Psychology Today magazine. Meditation can lower blood pressure, reduce stress, manage anxiety levels, improve attention span, improve […]
MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Funding of More Than $1M to AavantiBio to Develop Gene-Targeting Therapy for Friedreich’s Ataxia
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client AavantiBio, a biotechnology company developing a gene-targeting therapy for Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA), announced the award of MDA Venture Philanthropy (MVP) funding totaling $1,076,232 to advance AavantiBio’s phase 2 clinical trial of a gene-replacement therapy for the disease. MVP is MDA’s drug development […]