Province Expands TAO Connect Mental Health Service
An online therapy service first used on a trial-basis in Newfoundland and Labrador is now expanding province-wide. UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate Therapy Assistance Online, also known as TAO Connect, is an e-health technology service that was launched last February in Canada. It combines online educational materials with brief clinical support […]
Cannabis Users Drive High, and Crashes Are on the Rise
As cannabis legalization spreads across North America, there is a growing realization of the public safety issues surrounding widespread use of the legalized drug. Even cannabis consumers admit that driving under the influence of marijuana can be dangerous, but in general they do it anyway. Public health officials have launched educational campaigns, but the entrenched […]
Entrinsic Health Solutions and Markey Cancer Center Launch Phase II Study for Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients with Quality of Life-Limiting Diarrhea
UF startup Entrinsic Health Solutions in partnership with the University of Kentucky (UK) Markey Cancer Center announced initiation of active accrual and first consented patient in its Phase II study evaluating enterade® – a glucose-free, medical food – in neuroendocrine tumor and carcinoid syndrome patients. Entrinsic Health Solutions is located in the UF Innovate | Sid Martin […]
‘Most Innovative’ Products Are a Magnificent Seven
Connect, San Diego’s oldest startup accelerator, recognized seven companies with ground-breaking technologies on Nov. 29. Pared down from a pool of 23 finalists by a team of judges, this year’s winners designed products that are better, faster and stronger than the competition. UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Banyan Biotech, named one of […]
AxoGen Announces Avance® Nerve Graft Recipient Selected to Ride on Donate Life Rose Parade® Float
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 Madelyn Nicpon was selected to ride on the 2019 Donate Life Rose Parade® float that will be featured in the annual Tournament of Roses® parade. The […]
Positive Payor Policy Covering coflex® by Select Health of South Carolina for the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
On Nov. 1, UF startup RTI Surgical announced it would acquire Paradigm Spine. Its coflex® has gotten Positive Commercial Payor Policies from seven health insurance companies, including Select Health of South Carolina noted in this article. Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in providing solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, announced issuance of a […]
Nash Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Pre-Clinical Results For Its Lead Compound NP-178 in a New Study for Crohn’s Disease (Globe Newswire)
Nash Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UF startup Breathtec Biomedical Inc., is pleased to announce that in a recent in vivo animal study for Crohn’s disease (CD), NP-178, its lead compound for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC), performed equivalent to and in some measurements, better than 5-ASA, a current global standard of […]
Connect Honors 7 New Products as ‘Most Innovative’ at Annual Awards (xconomy.com)
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Banyan Biomarkers does have a presence in San Diego, which is why it is listed among these finalist companies “local” to Connect, a startup accelerator in that city. San Diego’s Connect, which runs a tech and life science startup accelerator, recognized seven local companies […]
DNAtrix’s Oncolytic Virus Expressing OX40 Ligand Treats First Patient in Recurrent Glioblastoma Clinical Trial (PR Newswire)
UF startup DNAtrix, a leader in oncolytic virus immunotherapies for cancer, announced the treatment of the first patient with DNX-2440, an oncolytic virus expressing OX40 ligand (OX40L). The first-in-human Phase 1 study is evaluating the safety and efficacy of DNX-2440, administered by Alcyone’s Microtip Cannula at the time of biopsy, to patients with recurrent glioblastoma […]
RAISE Forum Delivers Big for Startups (Metro Atlanta)
UF Innovate | The Hub graduate MYOLYN, a UF startup, was one of eight finalist companies selected to present at RAISE Forum hosted at Emory Goizueta Business School in November. Friday, November 9th, marked the seventh semi-annual RAISE (Retention and Advanced Investment for the Southeast at Emory) Forum, hosted at Emory Goizueta Business School. With […]