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Innovative Med Tech Startup Xenter Announces Company Launch

By Denise Bell | Published April 16, 2021

Xenter has announced its formal launch in Salt Lake City. Founded in 2020 by seasoned life sciences entrepreneur Richard J. Linder, Xenter is innovating new wireless technologies and techniques for the treatment of heart and vascular disease. The company’s next-generation devices will integrate functions that formerly required multiple costly devices. “We are bringing the world’s […]

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Utah’s Recursion Goes Public – Announces Pricing of IPO

By Denise Bell | Published April 16, 2021

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $18.00 per share. Recursion is offering 24,242,424 shares of its Class A common stock. The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be $436.4 million. The shares are expected to […]

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IONIQ Sciences Awarded Another Patent

By Denise Bell | Published April 9, 2021

IONIQ Sciences was awarded another patent for “an apparatus for providing information that is useful in the diagnosis of a malignant lung lesion.” IONIQ’s newest Notice of Allowance by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) covers critical advancements and refinements to our proprietary algorithm, which calculates the likelihood a […]

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IONIQ Sciences Announces Dr. Raphael E. Pollock Has Joined Its Medical Advisory Committee

By Denise Bell | Published April 9, 2021

IONIQ Sciences, Inc. recently announced that Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS has joined its Medical Advisory Committee. Dr. Pollock is an award-winning surgical oncologist, extensively published physician- scientist, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Surgical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center and currently the Director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC). […]

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Impact of International Reference Pricing on Drug Innovation

By Denise Bell | Published April 9, 2021

Policymakers in Washington are considering plans to replace the current market-based system for pricing prescription medicines with a system based on foreign reference pricing. If enacted, this policy will import to the US price controls that foreign countries use to deny patients access to the newest cures and treatments. It could also impede innovation and […]

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The Element Awards 2021: LIfe Sciences Women in Business Honored

By Denise Bell | Published April 2, 2021

The St. George Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the First Annual Element Awards recognizing sixteen outstanding women of achievement in Washington County. The inaugural event was held March 26 at the Dixie Convention Center. These women, including women on the front lines of the life sciences, are building a legacy that future generations will emulate […]

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FDA Permits Marketing of BioFire COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Using Traditional Premarket Review Process

By Denise Bell | Published March 19, 2021

On March 17, the FDA granted marketing authorization of the BioFire Respiratory Panel 2.1 (RP2.1), a diagnostic test for the simultaneous qualitative detection and identification of multiple respiratory viral and bacterial nucleic acids in nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) obtained from individuals suspected of COVID-19 and other respiratory tract infections. The diagnostic test, which had an Emergency […]

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President Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill

By Denise Bell | Published March 11, 2021

Yesterday, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan (H.R. 1319), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that Congress approved this week. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed version of the bill by a vote of 220 to 211, with one Democrat joining all Republicans in voting against it. Rep. Jared […]

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Utah’s Biomerics Announces Expansion of Texas, Costa Rica Operations

By Denise Bell | Published March 11, 2021

Biomerics, headquartered in Salt Lake City, and a leading mid-market medical device contract manufacturer, has announced it is expanding its manufacturing footprint in Athens, TX where Biomerics FMI is a vertically integrated high volume catheter development and manufacturing leader in the attractive PTA, Endourology, and Endoscopy markets. The Texas expansion totals 24,000 sq. ft. including […]

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IONIQ Sciences Finalist in National ‘Buzz of BIO’ Awards

By Denise Bell | Published March 1, 2021

Utah’s own IONIQ Sciences was named a finalist for the prestigious ‘Buzz of BIO 2021’ award in the ‘Diagnostic and Beyond’ category. Although IONIQ did not win the category, being among the top finalists is a signiicant distinction. Placement was determined by companies receiving the most votes. “We’re on a mission to modernize cancer detection […]

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Co-Diagnostics, Inc. Partner to Offer At-Home Saliva Collection Kits for CoPrimer™-Based COVID-19 PCR Test Through Walgreens Find Care®

By Denise Bell | Published March 1, 2021

Co-Diagnostics has announced that laboratory partner Clinical Reference Laboratory’s (CRL) FDA-authorized Rapid Response COVID-19 Saliva Test, which uses Co-Diagnostics CoPrimer™ technology, is now available through Walgreens Find Care®, allowing consumers a convenient, non-invasive option for PCR-based COVID-19 testing from their own. Dwight Egan, Co-Diagnostics CEO, stated, “Co-Diagnostics is proud that our technology will be available […]

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The University of Utah and RenalytixAI Partner to Drive Innovation in Kidney Health

By Denise Bell | Published March 1, 2021

Utah’s RenalytixAI and the University of Utah last week announced a partnership to improve kidney health and reduce the risk of kidney failure for large scale populations in the earliest stages of kidney disease. The partnership intends to implement RenalytixAI’s in vitro diagnostic platform, KidneyIntelX, in combination with a range of advanced clinical management solutions […]

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