Bayer Takes Efficiency to New Heights with Hub Client Precision Silver (Farms.com)

Ontario producers and crop advisors came to Bayer CropScience’s Research Farm in Ennotville on July 11, to see new developments and products first-hand at the 2018 Dead Weeds Tour. Precision agriculture technology in the farming community has expanded in recent years, and Bayer is taking a leadership position. A recent partnership with UF Innovate | […]

Ology Bioservices and RAFA Laboratories Announce FDA Approval of the Atropine Autoinjector as a Medi (BioFlorida)

UF startup and Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization, and Rafa Laboratories, Ltd., a leading Israeli pharmaceutical company, announced that on July 9, 2018, they received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Atropine Injection, 2mg/0.7mL, Single-Dose Autoinjector. The Atropine Autoinjector initially […]

AxoGen, Inc Common Stock (AXGN) Sets New 1-Year High at $56.85 (Fairfield Current)

UF startup and Sid Martin Biotech alum AxoGen, Inc reported that its Common Stock (NASDAQ:AXGN) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday. The company traded as high as $56.85 and last traded at $54.90, with a volume of 4762 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $56.60. The company […]

Closing the Gender Gap in Patenting, Innovation, and Commercialization: Programs Promoting Equity and Inclusion

This report profiles programs designed to increase gender diversity in patenting, innovation, and entrepreneurship in a variety of settings, including academic institutions, corporations, and government and nonprofit organizations. Drawing on a program scan and interviews of selected program leaders and participants, it describes seven programs in-depth and highlights how they were developed, their successes and […]

AGTC Treats First Patient of Second Cohort in Phase 1/2 Clinical XLRP Study; Earns $10 Million Enrollment Milestone (BioFlorida)

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 enrolled the first patient of the second cohort in the company’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of an investigational AAV-based gene therapy for the […]

Essential Validation Services Tests Oils in Booming Market (The Gainesville Sun)

Inside the Chemistry Lab Building on the University of Florida campus Wednesday, a small laboratory room smelled like a mix of lavender and citrus. It smells like that most days, according to those who use it. The reason? More than 1,000 vials of essential oil, or natural oils extracted from plants, are tested there for […]

RTI Donor Services and the UMTB Donor Services Foundation Expand Partnership to Increase Capacity for Donated Tissue in Service to Patients, Donor Families and Leading Hospital Partners (Business Wire)

RTI Donor Services, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing responsible stewardship of the gift of tissue donation, announced a new partnership with the UMTB Donor Services Foundation, a not-for-profit tissue recovery program based in Miami. The partnership aims to treat more patients by providing increased support for families seeking to donate the Gift of […]

UF Startup Receives $50K Award From Innovation Fund America

Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio, the region’s most active pre-seed fund for technology-based startups, has awarded a combined $737,500 to 14 startup companies over the past six months. The companies will receive Innovation Fund awards of between $12,500 and $100,000 enabling them to complete projects that will advance their technologies or business models.  UF startup Structured […]

Actionable Quality Assurance Selected as a Worldwide Technology Provider for Texas Chicken® and Church’s Chicken® (Markets Insider)

UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Actionable Quality Assurance (AQA), a Software-as-a-Service technology company, is pleased to announce an expansion of its relationship with Texas Chicken® and Church’s Chicken® with a rollout of AQA’s quality management solution across 27 countries where the rapidly growing chicken restaurant brand operates. The main focus of the expansion […]

Clinipace Drives Study Startup Optimization with goBalto (PR Newswire)

goBalto, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based clinical study startup solutions, announced that UF startup Clinipace has chosen goBalto’s end-to-end platform for starting clinical trials. If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. These words ring true when it comes to study startup, a notorious bottleneck in clinical trials. With research showing a […]