Merit Acquires Bluegrass Vascular’s Surfacer Inside-Out Access Catheter System
June 15, 2023—Merit Medical Systems, Inc. recently announced the acquisition of the Surfacer Inside-Out access catheter system from Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, Inc. for a total cash consideration of $32.5 million. According to the company, the Surfacer is designed to obtain... Read More →
Opera Bioscience SBIR Phase I: A low-cost, bacterial production platform for the manufacturing of high purity recombinant proteins and growth factors
ABSTRACT The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to introduce a cost-effective way to produce recombinant proteins and growth factors for the cultivated meat industry. Cultivating animal cells to create animal tissues, including... Read More →
Opera Bioscience SBIR Phase I
The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to introduce a cost-effective way to produce recombinant proteins and growth factors for the cultivated meat industry. Cultivating animal cells to create animal tissues, including muscle... Read More →
4 Houston startups selected for preeminent medtech accelerator
our Houston startups have been selected for the 2023 cohort of the MedTech Innovator’s four-month accelerator program. Los Angeles-based MedTech Innovator, which bills itself as the world’s largest medtech accelerator, will award $800,000 in funding to winners of its competitions... Read More →
MedTech Innovator chooses 3 Minnesota startups for global accelerator
Three Minnesota-based medical startups were chosen among the 61 global companies selected for MedTech Innovator’s four-month accelerator program, which will get started at a summit in Mountain View, California Wednesday. The accelerator provides the winners with $800,000 in non-dilutive funding,... Read More →
Four Irish start-ups bag spots in MedTech Innovator 2023
Galway-based Mirai and Plio as well as Dublin’s Pumpinheart and Xtremedy will accelerate with the MedTech Innovator starting next week. Four Irish start-ups are headed to California this month after making it into the final cohort of MedTech Innovator’s global... Read More →
Nutromics bags $7M in pre-Series A funding
It is currently conducting an in-human trial of its diagnostic patch. Photo courtesy of Nutromics Diagnostics company Nutromics has raised A$11 million ($7 million) ahead of its Series A funding round later this year. WHAT IT’S FOR The company has... Read More →
Prenosis Inc. Receives BARDA Contract to Study Utility of Its Sepsis Diagnostic Tool
The Sepsis ImmunoScore™ is a pathogen-agnostic, host-based digital diagnostic that uses Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) to predict sepsis based on a combination of clinical parameters and protein biomarkers CHICAGO, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Prenosis Inc., an artificial intelligence company... Read More →
RevBio is Awarded a $2 Million Grant to Advance the Development of its Novel Dental Adhesive Bone Scaffold Product
This grant will fund the completion of the company’s pre-clinical development program and pave the way to initiate a clinical trial. LOWELL, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RevBio, Inc., announced that it has been awarded a $2 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research... Read More →
Candesant Biomedical Announces $35M in Series B Financing to Advance Commercialization of Brella™, the First and Only FDA-cleared 3-Minute SweatControl Patch™
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Candesant Biomedical, Inc. (“Candesant”), a private medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive treatments for hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating, today announced the closing of a Series B financing, raising... Read More →