Energy Department Invests $13.5M to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology (EIN News)
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 16 projects to receive approximately $13.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects that will advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technologies. UF startup Redox Power Systems is among the companies receiving funding. SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective […]
ViewRay MRI Guides Brachytherapy Planning (PhysicsWorld)
A team of clinicians at the University of Wisconsin have used a ViewRay MRI-guided radiotherapy system to perform brachytherapy planning for cervical cancer. So, what motivated the team to use the UF startup’s system to perform brachytherapy planning? And how does use of the system fit time-wise alongside its use for treatments? Writing in the […]
Exactech Earns Research Award at International Computer-Assisted Surgery Conference for ExactechGPS® Knee Application (BusinessWire)
UF startup Exactech, a leading developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products and biologic solutions for extremities, knee and hip, earned the Second Place Best Clinical Podium Presentation Award for one of five new research studies presented on the company’s latest computer guidance technology for knee surgery at the International Society for Computer […]
U of Florida and Penn Ink Licensing Deal for Gene Therapy to Treat Retinal Disease (Tech Transfer eNews Blog)
Biotech company Ophthotech Corporation has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with the University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) to commercialize a treatment for a disease that causes blindness. The licensed technology is an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy to treat rhodopsin-mediated autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RHO-adRP), an […]
Cannabix Technologies Provides Technology Update on Marijuana Breathalyzer Development (Globe Newswire)
Cannabix Technologies Inc., a UF startup developing the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, has reported that recent testing with Beta 3.0 has shown the identification and first order separation of two key metabolites of ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”), being 11-hydroxy-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and 11-nor-9-carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol in standards. In addition, scientists have made significant progress towards using […]
RTI Surgical Expands Portfolio of Spine Implants to Meet Surgeon Needs and Improve Patient Outcomes (RTI Surgical)
UF startup and Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical, Inc. a global surgical implant company, announced the full commercial launch of its Fortilink®-TS and -L IBF Systems, adding to a growing series of interbody fusion devices featuring proprietary TETRAfuse® 3D Technology. The Fortilink-TS and -L Systems are intended for use in lumbar interbody fusion procedures […]
Sun BioPharma, Inc. Doses First Patients in Second Clinical Study of SBP-101 for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (Globe Newswire)
UF startup Sun BioPharma, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sun BioPharma Australia Pty Ltd, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with pancreatic diseases, announced that on June 4, 2018 the first patients were enrolled in a Phase 1a/1b study of SBP-101 in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel […]
FDA Classifies Banyan Biomarkers’ Brain Trauma Assays as Class II Devices (RAPS.org)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified brain trauma assessment tests and endoscopic electrosurgical clip cutting systems as class II devices. Both device classifications were established via the De Novo pathway based on FDA’s review of 2016 and 2017 requests from Ovesco Endoscopy AG and UF startup Banyan Biomarkers, respectively. These in turn allow […]
Ophthotech Enters into Gene Therapy Agreements with the University of Florida and the University of Pennsylvania (Ophthotech)
Ophthotech Corporation announced that it has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with the University of Florida Research Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) to develop and commercialize a novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy product for the treatment of rhodopsin-mediated autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RHO-adRP), an orphan monogenic disease that is characterized […]
Colorado Surgeon Implements Exactech’s Cutting-Edge Technology (Post Independent)
Dr. Ferdinand Liotta is the first physician in Colorado to use a new state-of-the-art technology that helps physicians virtually simulate a surgery before even making the first incision. The orthopedic surgeon at Valley View Hospital, who specializes in shoulder surgery, said he came across the new computer-assisted navigation tool before the company had even finished […]