RTI Surgical Is Growing Its Footprint in Progress Park as the Biotech Industry Continues To Develop in Alachua
The biotech industry is expanding in Alachua, and companies are moving to North Central Florida from across the country. Mayor Gib Coerper of the City of Alachua said the growth in the life sciences industry is on a roll across the city.
Florida Institute and MPWRM Resource Center Fund Amend Surgical
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Amend Surgical, Inc., an Alachua-based medical device company, announced that it has finalized a funding agreement with the Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology (the Florida Institute) along with being awarded a substantial product development funding from The Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine (MPWRM) Resource Center.
Oragenics To Participate at the World Vaccine Congress Washington 2022
Oragenics, Inc. (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotech company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including coronavirus, announced that Kimberly Murphy, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, will attend the upcoming World Vaccine Congress Washington that will be held on April 18-22 to showcase the Company’s lead product, NT-CoV2-1, an intranasal vaccine candidate, and to pursue business development opportunities.
Oragenics Extends Collaboration To Develop Vaccines Against Future Variants of Coronaviruses
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Oragenics, Inc. announced it has extended a licensing and collaboration agreement with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) that enables Oragenics to pursue an intranasal vaccine designed to protect against future variants of coronaviruses.
Oragenics Initiates a Pivotal IND-Enabling Toxicology Study on Its Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, NT-CoV2-1
Oragenics, Inc., announced the initiation of a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) toxicology study to evaluate the safety profile and immunogenicity of its NT-CoV2-1 vaccine
Oragenics Engages KBI Biopharma to Support Development of Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate NT-CoV2-1
Oragenics, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement with KBI Biopharma, Inc. for the process transfer, process optimization, and cGMP manufacturing of Oragenics’s intranasal vaccine candidate NT-CoV2-1, which is expressed in a proprietary CHO cell line.
Lacerta Therapeutics Expands Executive Leadership Team
UF startup Lacerta Therapeutics, a preclinical-stage gene therapy company, announces an expansion in the executive leadership team: illustrating Lacerta’s commitment to developing a constellation of gene-based therapies.
RTI Surgical: Plant Director’s Passion and Engagement Inspires Team
A passion to find a position with a company that directly impacts people's lives led Catisha Turner to join UF startup RTI Surgical, after serving in the United States Navy for six years.
Capri EGM Build-to-Suit Program Acquires Life Science Real Estate Asset for Company Manufacturing Antibodies for Department of Defense and mRNA for COVID-19 Vaccine
UF startup Ology Bioservices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Resilience, and the operator of the Lab & Research facility, has recently been awarded contract valued as much as $250 million by the Department of Defense for manufacturing development of a monoclonal antibody as a medical countermeasure (MCM) to botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT).
Mobile Eye Care Clinic Offering Free Exams, Glasses to Boston Students
Many people have put off medical care during the pandemic and that includes eye exams for children. But on Tuesday, the doctor -- funded by UF startup AGTC -- went to the students at one Boston school.
