AavantiBio and Aldevron Announce Strategic Partnership To Develop Next-Generation Gene Therapies for Rare Genetic Diseases
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, and Aldevron, a global leader in the custom development and manufacture of plasmid DNA, proteins and mRNA for the biotech industry, announced a long-term strategic partnership for the supply of plasmid DNA that will enable AavantiBio to advance its platform of innovative gene transfer therapies.
Axogen, Inc. Appoints John H. Johnson to Board of Directors
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Axogen, Inc., a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or discontinuity to peripheral nerves, announced that John H. Johnson has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
RTI Surgical and Exactech Announce Strategic Partnership
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc., a leading surgical implant company providing blue-chip OEM customers with a portfolio of tissue-based, synthetic and metal implants, has announced it has entered into a long-term strategic agreement with Gainesville-based and leading global medical device OEM Exactech, related to the development and supply of biologic bone substitutes.
Experimental Skin Cancer Vaccine Developed in Tampa Saves Woman’s Life
A vaccine developed by Morphogenesis, Inc., a UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum, helped improve a patients condition.
Atsena Therapeutics Appoints Jennifer Wellman to Board of Directors
UF startup Atsena Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on bringing the life-changing power of genetic medicine to reverse or prevent blindness, announced the appointment of Jennifer Wellman to its board of directors.
dMed-Clinipace Announces Completion of US$50 Million Series C+ Financing From New Investors
dMed-Clinipace, the global full-service Clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO), announced the successful completion of a US$50 million Series C+ financing with participation from a group of new, leading international healthcare investors.
SharpSpring Founder Rick Carlson Featured on Radio Cade Podcast
When Rick Carlson founded UF startup SharpSpring in 2012, he didn't think of himself as a CEO. “My co-founder and I were doing whatever it took to survive,” Carlson says, and they were responsible for everything from software development to buying office supplies. In the early days of the automated marketing software company, “there were so many failures it was hard to name them all,” according to Carlson.
Cannabix Technologies Granted Cannabis Drug Detection Device Canadian Patent, Delivers THCBA to US Clinic
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace, announces that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has granted patent No. 2887841 entitled, “Cannabis Drug Detection Device”.
AGTC Reports 12-Month Data From Its Ongoing Phase 1/2 Achromatopsia Clinical Trials Showing Biologic Activity in Patients With Mutations in the ACHM
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare retinal diseases, reported 12-month data from its ongoing achromatopsia (ACHM) Phase 1/2 clinical trials, including data from all adult patients and low-dose pediatric patients.
Putting Corporate Back into Wellness Benefits with Ed Buckley of Peerfit
Ed Buckley, CEO of UF startup Peerfit, a digital health technology company, talked with Laura Cave and Mike Zarrillo, hosts of the Better Benefits podcast, about creating better wellness benefits that employees will actually use.
