Oragenics Signs Process Development and Manufacturing Agreement With Avid Bioservices for Coronavirus Vaccine
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., and Avid Bioservices, Inc., announced that they have entered into a process development and drug substance manufacturing agreement. Under terms of the agreement, Avid will provide Oragenics with analytical method development, process development and drug substance manufacturing services to support the development of Oragenics’ novel […]
UF Startup Among Small Drones Vendors for Federal Procurement
The Defense Innovation Unit has announced that starting September 2020, agencies can use the General Services Administration Schedule to buy from five drone manufacturing companies that were made available through the Blue sUAS program. UF startup Altavian, a Gainesville-based company, is among the approved vendors along with Vantage Robotics, Parrot, Teal, and Skydio. Learn more about UF Startup Among Small Drones Vendors […]
Ology Bioservices Wins $106M Army Contract for COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Support
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), was awarded a $106,300,002 firm-fixed-price contract to reserve production capacity of approximately 186,840,000 doses to satisfy an urgent need for domestic aseptic fill and finish manufacturing of critical vaccines and therapeutics in support of […]
Cannabix Technologies Provides Update on THC Breath Analyzer Development and Testing
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., the developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that it has been performing user testing with human subjects in Vancouver, BC with its version 2.0 THC Breath Analyzer (THCBA). The device currently provides results in under five minutes. Cannabix has been […]
AGTC Formalizes Patient Advisory Council to Provide Insights and Guidance on Patient Perspectives for Pipeline Therapies
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company focused on developing adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapies for the treatment of rare inherited diseases, announced the formation of a Patient Advisory Council to build on its focus of incorporating the patient and caregiver voice into […]
TearClear Raises $22 Million to Advance Multiple Clinical Programs in Development
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client TearClear, a global ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, has raised $22M in a Series B funding round. The investment will be used to advance multiple clinical programs in development, with two lead candidates in glaucoma paving the way for future indications. Participating in the raise was […]
OLED Display Startup Mattrix Technologies Opens $3M Financing Round With Second Investment From JSR Corporation
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Mattrix Technologies, Inc., a US-based startup developing groundbreaking AMOLED backplane solutions for the flat-panel display industry, announced that JSR Corporation has closed a second investment into the company. The $1.5M investment will be used in part to support the joint development of solution-based conductive inks […]
Glint Pharmaceuticals to Begin Clinical Testing on Contact Lens to Prevent COVID-19 Virus Infection
UF startup Glint Pharmaceuticals, an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company that delivers medicated contact lenses to treat eye diseases, has developed a patented technology for delivery of an anti-COVID-19 formulation to the ocular surface to prevent and treat infections. The proprietary formulation combines a well-tolerated ocular chemistry with the Glint drug delivery contact lens to kill a […]
SharpSpring Launches Agency Acceleration Series With Top Digital Marketing Experts Leading Speaker Line-Up
UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based marketing and sales automation platform, announced the launch of its Agency Acceleration Series. The free 14-part program – with episodic content from industry superstars designed to help agencies accelerate their growth – kicks off in August 2020. To learn more about the sessions and register free for the […]
UF Startup and Academics Find Path to Powerful Analog AI
Engineers have been chasing a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that could drastically lower the energy required to do typical AI things like recognize words and images. This analog form of machine learning does one of the key mathematical operations of neural networks using the physics of a circuit instead of digital logic. But one […]