Philips Expands Its Monitoring & Analytics Business with the Acquisition of UF Startup Xhale Assurance Inc. (Philips.com)

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has acquired UF startup Xhale Assurance Inc, a US-based scale-up company developing and commercializing next-generation sensor technologies. Xhale Assurance’s unique, disposable pulse oximetry sensor is placed on the wing (ala) of the nose, and can reliably measure and transmit a patient’s heart rate and […]

Cannabix Technologies Provides Technology Update on Marijuana Breathalyzer Development (Nasdaq)

UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that characterization work has demonstrated the ability to isolate ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”) and suppress background substrates effectively. Cannabix is developing an innovative FAIMS (field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry) based instrument for the detection of […]

easyJet Partners with UF Startup Optym to Improve Flight Schedules (tnooz)

easyJet has selected the advanced network simulation solution Amadeus SkySYM by UF startup Optym to optimize flight schedules and improve its on-time performance. SkySYM is one of the five solutions offered as part of the Amadeus SKY Suite by Optym, created through the partnership between Amadeus and Optym formed in 2016 to deliver Optym’s network […]

Lion’s Club Hears From Sun BioPharma Founder on Cancer Treatments (IslandReporter)

The featured speaker at the Sanibel-Captiva Lions Club’s dinner meeting, held on Aug. 15 in the Founders Room at The Community House, wants everyone to know more about cancer. “Getting cancer is a big scary deal, but there are things people should know before they make decisions,” Dr. Michael Cullen, founder and chief executive officer […]

Ology Bioservices Wins $8.4 Million Defense Department Award to Produce Anti-Ebola Medical Countermeasure (BioFlorida)

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumn Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that it was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to support the Joint Project Manager Medical Countermeasure Systems (JPM-MCS), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear […]

Surgical ‘GPS’ Used Globally, Innovated in Gainesville (WCJB)

If you’ve ever had surgery, your hope is probably that there won’t be any short- or long-term complications. UF startup Exactech is innovating technologies so that your results are spot on. On this Tech Tuesday, TV20 met with a company that created joint replacement products, as well as a technology used for surgeries that made […]

AxoGen Invests $5M in Dayton, Ohio, Site for Expanded Operations (Dayton Daily News)

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum AxoGen, a medical devices manufacturer, has purchased a Vandalia building and land for $5 million for nerve graft work. AxoGen Inc., its principal executive office located in Alachua, bought the 2,400-square-foot building at 913 Industrial Park for $5 million, Montgomery County property records show. Just […]