Yearly Archives: 2021
Renalytix Appoints Daniel J. Levangie to its Board of Directors
Levangie brings extensive commercial operating experience to Renalytix, served on boards of Exact Sciences, Insulet Corporation and Hologic.
Mountain Pacific Partners Invests $2M in Growth Capital into Alterra Medical
Salt Lake City-based specialty medical device distributor is poised for value-creating diversification and supply chain innovation.
Alterra Medical Announces Jeff Hastings as New Chief Executive Officer
With more than two decades of healthcare expertise, Hastings brings track record of leading transformative growth.
ARUP’s Investment Will Help Boost Development of Techcyte’s AI-Enabled Diagnostics Platform
ARUP Laboratories recently announced an investment in Techcyte Inc. as part of the Orem, Utah-based company’s new $21 million funding round.
House Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget, Push Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
On Tuesday, the House Democrats passed a budget blueprint on a party line vote. That blueprint allows Committees in the House to start writing the administration’s $3.5 trillion social spending or “care infrastructure” legislation. Democrats hope to move the spending measure as a reconciliation measure in the Fall. Under the reconciliation process, only 51 votes […]
ANNUAL BIOUTAH AWARDS
Nominations are now open for BioUtah’s 2021 awards. The deadline for nominations is September 18.
KNOWN MEDICINE RAISES $7.2 MILLION SEED ROUND TO ADVANCE DATA FIRST APPROACH TO ORGANOID TECHNOLOGY
Known Medicine today announced the closure of its seed round of funding in the amount of $7.2 million led by Caffeinated Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures, Cota Capital, Kickstart, Forward VC, OATV, Y Combinator and noted angel investors Chris Gibson, CEO & Co-Founder at Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Nish Bhat, previously Co-Founder at Color Genomics, and others.
Fluidx Medical Technology’s Innovative Embolic Tumor Treating Device Highlighted in “BEST of GEST” Session at the Global Embolization Oncology Symposium Technologies (“GEST”) Conference
Fluidx Medical’s GPX™ Embolic Device Use for Tumor Treatments Chosen for “BEST of GEST” Embolization Program at the Annual GEST Meeting.
ZIEN Medical Technologies is Expanding
ZIEN Medical Technologies, of Salt Lake City, Utah, announces the integration of Eclipse Design Innovations, of Woods Cross, Utah, as well as the Grand Opening of their new 16,000 sq foot manufacturing/R&D facility to continue to support the Utah Life Sciences industry.
Payer Budget Impact Analysis Projects Significant Savings from KidneyIntelXTM Testing at Primary Care Level
Renalytix Plc announced the publication of results from an external chronic kidney disease budget impact analysis projecting 5-year savings of $1.1 billion dollars for a population of 100,000 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DKD) and chronic kidney disease tested with the Renalytix KidneyIntelX™ testing solution. Savings were driven by more effective pharmacy management and appropriate specialist referral compared to current standard of care for patients at high risk for disease progression and kidney failure.
PolarityTE Provides Update on U.S. FDA Investigational New Drug Application for SkinTE®
PolarityTE, Inc. today provided an update regarding correspondence from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to its Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for SkinTE® with a proposed indication for chronic cutaneous ulcers, which was filed on July 23, 2021.
COVID-19 Vaccine Policies Should Reflect the Best Available Scientific Evidence in Order to Improve Vaccine Access & Uptake
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) believes that legislation and public health policies to address this pandemic and the use of FDA authorized and approved COVID-19 vaccines should reflect the best available scientific evidence in order to improve access to and uptake of COVID-19 vaccination. In the U.S., vaccination requirements for school entry, daycare entry, and […]
