Morphogenesis Focused on Cancer Treatment Launches First Human Clinical Study (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
UF startup Morphogenesis Inc. is launching its first human clinical study for treatment for skin cancer. It’s an important benchmark for the Tampa company, a UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumnus, which raised $16 million earlier this year in a Series A investment round led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr. Kiran Patel. The Phase […]
Philips Expands Its Monitoring & Analytics Business with the Acquisition of UF Startup Xhale Assurance Inc. (Philips.com)
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has acquired UF startup Xhale Assurance Inc, a US-based scale-up company developing and commercializing next-generation sensor technologies. Xhale Assurance’s unique, disposable pulse oximetry sensor is placed on the wing (ala) of the nose, and can reliably measure and transmit a patient’s heart rate and […]
Cannabix Technologies Provides Technology Update on Marijuana Breathalyzer Development (Nasdaq)
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that characterization work has demonstrated the ability to isolate ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”) and suppress background substrates effectively. Cannabix is developing an innovative FAIMS (field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry) based instrument for the detection of […]
easyJet Partners with UF Startup Optym to Improve Flight Schedules (tnooz)
easyJet has selected the advanced network simulation solution Amadeus SkySYM by UF startup Optym to optimize flight schedules and improve its on-time performance. SkySYM is one of the five solutions offered as part of the Amadeus SKY Suite by Optym, created through the partnership between Amadeus and Optym formed in 2016 to deliver Optym’s network […]
Engage Ventures Invests in Peerfit, Selects Company for Third Cohort of Portfolio Companies (PR Newswire)
UF startup Peerfit, the market leader in connecting employers and carriers with flexible fitness experiences, announced it has been selected by Engage, the largest strategic grouping of major corporations in an independent venture fund, as a member of its third cohort of investment companies. Engage and its group of corporations contribute capital, expertise, time, and […]
NIGMS Awards Dr. Yousong Ding $1.7 Million Grant to Advance Natural Product Research (UF College of Pharmacy)
Yousong Ding, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to advance his natural product-based drug research. With the funding from the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, Ding aims to access and expand chemical diversity of microbes through the use of new, innovative […]
Lion’s Club Hears From Sun BioPharma Founder on Cancer Treatments (IslandReporter)
The featured speaker at the Sanibel-Captiva Lions Club’s dinner meeting, held on Aug. 15 in the Founders Room at The Community House, wants everyone to know more about cancer. “Getting cancer is a big scary deal, but there are things people should know before they make decisions,” Dr. Michael Cullen, founder and chief executive officer […]
Innovative Space Technologies: Vanguards of Technology Development and Product Commercialization (Energy CIO Insights)
Energy CIO Insights magazine named the Top 10 Energy Technology Startups for 2018 in its August edition. UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Innovative Space Technologies is one of those Top 10 in a list that features “the most prominent startups in the energy technology landscape, capable of inventing and innovating […]
USDA Awards Grant to Biotech Startup Pheronym (WCJB)
The federal government is supporting the groundbreaking work of another biotech startup in Alachua County. The USDA has awarded a $500,000 grant to Pheronym, which works out of UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. Pheronym started in the Hatchery at UF Innovate | The Hub before moving to its sister business incubator. Pheronym is developing […]
Ology Bioservices Wins $8.4 Million Defense Department Award to Produce Anti-Ebola Medical Countermeasure (BioFlorida)
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumn Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that it was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to support the Joint Project Manager Medical Countermeasure Systems (JPM-MCS), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear […]