FDA Approves Blood Test Developed by Abbott, USAMMDA for Traumatic Brain Injury
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a blood test the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick worked on with Abbott Point of Care, which can detect signs of traumatic brain injury more quickly than a previous test by UF startup Banyan Biomarkers. Banyan’s biomarkers are used in the new device.
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.
Blood Biomarkers for Detecting Brain Injury in COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 can directly cause neurologic symptoms and long-term neurological disease.
CEOs Discuss Sid Martin Biotech’s Impact on Their Business Success
For the past 25 years, UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech has provided the foundation that has turned many startup companies into successful businesses. For many CEOs, Sid Martin played a fundamental role in keeping their companies alive during their infant stages. Gary Ascani is a former CEO of Banyan Biomarkers, Inc., a biotechnology company […]
A Blood Test to Detect Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is hard to detect, and is sometimes called the “invisible injury.” Ron Hayes and Nancy Denslow, both scientists at the McKnight Brain Institute and the founders of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Banyan Biomarkers, have developed a blood-based test that will make TBI detection and treatment […]
ViaCyte, Fate & More: Xconomy Awards San Diego Big Idea Finalists
(UF startup Banyan Biomarkers is a finalist in the Xconomy Awards San Diego. Banyan Biomarkers’ FDA-approved brain trauma indicator is a result of UF researcher. The company incubated at UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech and maintains a presence in both Alachua and in San Diego.) The finalists in the Big Idea category of the […]
Banyan Biomarkers, Abbott Ink Deal for Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarkers
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Banyan Biomarkers announced that it has nonexclusively licensed its proprietary blood biomarkers of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to Abbott. The biomarkers — ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase-L1 and glial fibrillary acidic protein — can be detected in blood soon after a brain injury. They are the basis […]
Area Companies Innovating Medicine and Patient Care
Imagine a medical company dedicated to repairing peripheral nerve damage that could save the arm of a battle-injured U.S. soldier, or another that created a blood test for detecting concussions. Another company is working fervently to create a vaccine to prevent and/or reverse Type 1 diabetes while a digital health company has developed a patented […]
‘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 […]
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 […]