SharpSpring Announces Winning Three New TrustRadius Awards
UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based sales and marketing automation platform, announced that it has been named first place for Best Usability, Best Feature Set Award and Best Customer Support on TrustRadius, a B2B software technology review platform.
Oragenics Enters Into Material Transfer Agreement With Adjuvance Technologies for COVID-19 Vaccine Adjuvant
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, announced entering into a material transfer agreement with Adjuvance Technologies Inc. for use of the adjuvant TQL1055 in the Company’s Terra CoV-2 vaccine against COVID-19.
VetGuardian Is Working on Wireless Veterinary Care
Vik Ramprakash, CEO of UF startup Structured Monitoring Products Inc, has developed a solution called VetGuardian, a wireless device that sits a few feet away from the animal and requires no connection points to monitor the animal's vitals.
COVID-19 Fighting Antibodies Developed in Alachua Sent to Clinical Trials
Supporting our troops: an Alachua company works to keep our soldiers safe from COVID-19. Here's what UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is doing on the front lines of the pandemic.
When Entrepreneurship Meets Healthcare: Lessons in Playing the Long Game
One medtech immunotherapy company called Morphogenesis in Tampa, Florida, a UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum, is currently working on one of the highest-stakes medical issues of all: treating cancer.
Ology Bioservices Signs Built-to-Suit Lab Space, Adding 43,000 Square Feet to Headquarters
Avison Young facilitated a 42,500-square-foot lease agreement between Concept Companies and Ology Bioservices, a UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum, for a new built-to-suit lab space on the heels of a federal government contract for the company to expand production capabilities, including vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19 once finalized.
Atsena Therapeutics Raises $55 Million Series A Financing to Advance LCA1 Gene Therapy Clinical Program, Two Preclinical Assets, and Novel Capsid Development for Ocular Diseases
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 it has closed an oversubscribed $55 million Series A financing led by Sofinnova Investments with participation from additional new investors Abingworth and Lightstone Ventures.
Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology Inducted As 2020 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Richard J. Melker, MD, Ph.D., a distinguished University of Florida Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology, has been elected to the rank of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors.
Elsevier Acquires Shadow Health, a Leading Provider of Best-in-Class Healthcare Simulations
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, and part of RELX, has acquired UF startup Shadow Health, a Florida-based developer of virtual simulations in nursing and healthcare education.
High-Resolution Cameras in Space for a European Maritime Surveillance System
Observe the Earth from space to improve the defense of the European Union. With this objective in mind, UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident company SATLANTIS, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing, is leading a European project to develop critical technologies with which to implement a maritime surveillance mission.
