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Yearly Archives: 2022

Senator Mike Lee Introduces Bill to Roll Back Government Drug Price Controls

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced the “Protecting Drug Innovation Act” which would roll back Medicare’s authority to set drug prices through a new punitive negotiation program. This government price-setting policy was a key component of the Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA). The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the IRA’s drug pricing provisions […]

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Senator Mike Lee Urges Action for Transitional Coverage of Innovative Med Tech

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and a group of like-minded colleagues are preparing to send a letter to CMS Administration Chiquita Brooks-LaSure urging the agency to issue a proposed rule by year’s end to provide accelerated Medicare coverage for emerging medical technologies. Medicare patients should have timely access to innovative and beneficial care, which can change […]

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EVŌQ Bio is Fielding Partnership Inquiries for its Antimicrobial Medical Materials Additives at the MedTech Conference

 Attendance at premiere medical technology convention to spur partnership, growth opportunities. SALT LAKE CITY, October 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – EVŌQ Bio (an EVŌQ Nano company), a nano-platform technology company, is pleased to announce their attendance at the MedTech Conference 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts October 24-26, 2022. The MedTech Conference is the premiere venue for executives […]

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Owlet Announces FDA 510(k) Submission for Prescription Pediatric Monitor

LEHI, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Owlet, Inc. (NYSE: OWLT) (the “Company”) announces that it has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for a new prescription monitoring device for infants. The Company’s device, which uses pulse oximetry technology, is intended to be prescribed by physicians for assisting with the in-home monitoring […]

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Phoenix PharmaLabs Awarded $8.7 Million Grant from NIDA to Study Compound for Treatment of Cocaine Use Disorder

Woods Cross, UT (October 6, 2022) – Phoenix PharmaLabs, Inc. (https://phoenixpharmalabs.com), a private company developing potent, non-addictive treatments for pain and addiction, today announced the receipt of an $8.7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The primary focus of the grant is to study the company’s lead compound, PPL-138, for the […]

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Xenter, the World’s First “TechMed” Company, Unveils the XenFI Wireless Network

Xenter unveiled XenFI™, the first product in its wireless “Technology in Medicine” ecosystem.

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Multi-Center Liquid Embolic Study Concludes

Completion of Trial is a Sign of Things to Come for Novel Embolic Agent

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BD, CerTest Biotec Announce US Commercial Launch of Monkeypox Assay

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and CerTest Biotec today announced their newly developed molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for monkeypox virus is now commercially available globally, including in the United States, for research use only applications by laboratories. […]

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BioHive Women in STEM Event recap

BioHive continued its celebration of “STEM September” with the Women in STEM Mingle in downtown Salt Lake City on Tuesday night. Over 65 life science professionals were in attendance to connect with the industry and support the efforts of BioHive.  As a collective, event attendees assembled and packed over 475 Math Learning Kits for Granite […]

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2022 Biosphere Magazine Now Available

Each year, BioUtah publishes a special Utah life sciences magazine, Biosphere, released with the September issue of Utah Business Magazine. The 2022 iteration of Biosphere focuses on the incredible innovation taking place within Utah’s life sciences industry.  From Intermountain’s evolution beyond health care delivery to become a life sciences powerhouse within Utah to innovation happening within […]

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Excess Equipment Sale for BioUtah Members

Excess Equipment Sale for BioUtah Members

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FDA Clears Xenocor’s Saberscope, the World’s First Single-use 5mm Laparoscope with Auto-Focus

FDA Clears World’s First Single-use 5mm Laparoscope with Auto-Focus

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