Exactech Announces Successful First Surgeries Using InterSep™ Calcium Sulfate Bone Void Filler
UF startup Exactech, a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for extremities, hip, and knee, announced today the successful first surgery using its new InterSepTM calcium sulfate bone void filler. One of the newest additions to Exactech’s infection-related solutions, InterSep is a 100% synthetic calcium sulfate bone void filler that is engineered to […]
UF Startup Combatting Mosquito Diseases Featured at National Showcase
UF has been nationally recognized for working with a pest control company to prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases. On April 10, UF and the Florida Insect Control Group, a pest control device company, went to Washington, D.C. to be recognized for developing insect traps, said Philip Koehler, a UF entomology professor and the control […]
UF Innovate | The Hub Named Mixed-Use Entrepreneurship Center of 2019
At its annual conference in Minnesota, the International Business Innovation Association named UF Innovate | The Hub the global Mixed-Use Entrepreneurship Center of the Year. Close to 72 percent of the 9,000+ incubators worldwide are considered mixed-use; The Hub is top in a category of more than 6,500 incubators. “Being recognized by your peers is […]
Zimmer Biomet and RTI Surgical® Partner with AAID Foundation to Expand Access to Dental Care for Veterans
Zimmer Biomet and UF startup RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. announced they are donating a supply of dental implants and wound care products to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry Foundation (AAIDF) for an initiative benefitting veterans of the United States Armed Forces. The AAIDF is the charitable arm of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, […]
Ology Bioservices Wins Two Department of Defense Awards Totaling More Than $135 Million
UF startup Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that the Department of Defense (DOD), through its Platforms for Rapid Integrated Solutions for Medical Countermeasures (PRISM) office, has awarded the company with two contracts valued at $135.4 million. The first is for the development of a medical countermeasure, and the […]
TAO Connect’s Online Therapy Finds New Niches
A partnership between UF startup TAO Connect and the University of Ottawa may be just the beginning of an expansion that will give the St. Petersburg tech company a broader presence and new groups of people to serve. TAO — which stands for Therapy Assistance Online and has a digital platform aimed at making behavioral […]
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 […]
Peerfit Nets $18 Million, Plus More Top Funding News for Tampa-Based Companies
Tampa-based health care company Peerfit, a UF startup, has secured $18 million in Series C funding, according to company database Crunchbase, topping the city’s recent funding headlines. The cash infusion was announced on March 19 and financed by Virgo Investment Group. According to its Crunchbase profile, “Peerfit is the market leader in connecting employers and carriers with innovative […]
UF Startup Florida Insect Control Group Featured at University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Showcase in Washington, D.C.
University of Florida researchers behind Florida Insect Control Group, a pest control device company, originally intended to protect deployed military personnel from insect-borne diseases, shared the story of their #Research2Startup path at the University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase in Washington, D.C., April 10. Organized by the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities and the Association […]
Thermo Fisher to Acquire Brammer Bio in $1.7 Billion Gene-Therapy Deal
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. said it is buying Alachua-based Brammer Bio for $1.7 billion in a move that would expand the lab-equipment company’s presence in the rapidly growing field of gene therapy. Closely held Brammer Bio, owned by private-equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners, provides pharmaceutical companies developing gene therapies and gene-modified cell therapies with outsourced […]