ViewRay Picks up Ex-Spectranetics CEO Drake, COO Matin | Personnel Moves (Mass Device)
UF startup ViewRay said it tapped former Spectranetics head Scott Drake as its new chief executive officer and former Spectranetics COO Shar Matin as its new COO. Before joining ViewRay, Drake served as CEO and prez of Spectranetics, which was acquired by Royal Philips in a deal that closed last August. Drake also serves as […]
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 […]
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 […]
Explain Your Brain: New Breakthroughs In TBI Science For Veterans (DisabledVeterans.org)
(This post on DisabledVeterans.org discusses traumatic brain injury and calls the blood test that indicates TBI created by UF startup & Sid Martin Biotech graduate Banyan Biomarkers “great news.”) If you’re a veteran with a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, you know how frustrating it can be. With a range of types and severities, TBI […]
Clinipace Brings on Medical and Development Officers, Along with a New Brand (FierceBiotech)
UF startup Clinipace is bringing on new members of its C-suite to build out its role as a midsized contract research organization, after appointing a new CEO last fall. In addition, the Morrisville, North Carolina-based CRO has launched a new brand with the tagline “Challenge Accepted,” to illustrate its willingness to provide a personalized approach […]
How Do You Stop Sunday Scaries? These 9 Solutions Can Help You Feel More Ready For Monday (Bustle)
Have you ever had a great weekend, only to be met with an achy feeling of unease and a pit in your stomach on Sunday evening? Do you dread the work week, and think about all your upcoming assignments, projects, and deadlines on a loop as the weekend comes to an end? If you nodded […]
Meridian Partners with Telehealth Resource (The Gainesville Sun)
Meridian Behavioral Healthcare sees a variety of patients in a variety of settings: clinics, stabilization units, recovering centers. With a new partnership, it will be able to expand its reach beyond walls. It’s partnering with UF startup TAO Connect, a digital mental health resource platform designed for clinicians and patients. TAO Connect is a graduate […]
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 […]