Abbott Blood Test To Evaluate Mild Concussions Wins FDA Clearance
Doctors soon will have a new way to evaluate patients with concussions: a rapid blood test made by Abbott Laboratories that has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It’s an advancement that could eliminate the need for some patients to get costly CT scans and the radiation exposure that accompanies them.
Manipulating Milestones in Pandemic Times with AGTC’s Sue Washer
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt biopharma clinical trials, especially those conducted with at-risk patient populations. From patient recruitment to data collection, clinical trials execution became considerably more challenging in 2020. On this episode of The Business Of Biotech, UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate AGTC CEO Sue Washer gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the creative measures her company took to serve a geographically dispersed clinical patient population and ensure her company met clinical milestones.
Technological Advances Help Better Regulate the Growing Cannabis Market
Since sixteen states have now fully legalized the use of cannabis products for both medical and recreational use, a major concern over... Read More
Algernon Pharmaceuticals Lead Drug Ifenprodil Named As Potential COVID-19 Treatment in European Scientific Journal
Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc., formerly known as Breathtec, a UF startup, said that its lead drug candidate Ifenprodil was highlighted in a European... Read More
UF Startup Shadow Health Is Going Big and Staying Home
In early December, local UF startup Shadow Health, which develops virtual simulations for nursing and healthcare education, became part of Elsevier, a global leader in information and analytics, that is part of RELX, an even larger global provider of information-based analytics. The acquisition will hasten Shadow Health’s ability to reach its biggest goals.
TAO Connect’s Founder Sherry Benton Shares Tips To Replace New Year Resolutions With New Habits
Many start the new year with resolutions, but the hard part is sticking to them. Dr. Sherry Benton, founder of UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate TAO Connect, a digital platform designed to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and effective, says it’s easier to start with small changes that you can sustain all year long.
Putting Drones and Smart AI to Work
Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis and Matt Donovan are the developers of Agroview, a Florida startup invention and a 2020 Cade Prize finalist. A spinoff company located at UF Innovate | The Hub called “Agriculture Intelligence Inc.,” was created, which provides Agroview’s services to growers.
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.
