Author Archives: Denise Bell
ARUP Celebrates Opening of a New State-of-the-Art Laboratory Facility in Salt Lake City
Founded in 1984, ARUP Laboratories, one of the nation’s largest reference laboratories, on Tuesday held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its new four-story, 220,000-square-foot laboratory facility located in University of Utah Research Park. The newly constructed facility is the crown jewel of eight properties ARUP now owns and operates as Research Park’s largest […]
Elute Receives FDA Authorization For Its First Clinical Trial Using Antibiotic Eluting Bone Void Filler
Elute has received an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) authorization from the FDA to use its EP Granules with TobramycinTM in a pivotal clinical trial. This IDE investigates the use of a resorbable bone void filler that delivers a broad-spectrum antibiotic in the surgical treatment of bone infections following hip or knee replacements. This is the […]
Renalytix Announces Leadership Additions for Expanding KidneyIntelX Deployment
RenalytixAI has announced a series of key hires to drive its commercialization strategy in the U.S. market in light of the recently announced Federal Government General Service Administration payment contract and additional large healthcare system partnerships. The combined background and experience of the new leadership team is expected to drive adoption of the KidneyIntelX testing […]
How St. George Became the Epicenter for a Major Global Genetics Study
The St. George Chamber of Commerce recently held a special luncheon with a presentation by Travis Sheffield, operations director for Intermountain Precision Genomics on “How St. George Became the Epicenter for a Major Global Genetics Study”. Sheffield, who is leading the HerediGene Population Study throughout Utah, Idaho, and soon in Nevada, presented the ins and […]
Altitude Lab Launches Investor Coalition to Fund and Mentor Healthcare Startups in Utah
On June 8, Altitude Lab has announced the launch of its Investor Coalition, a partnered network of leading healthcare venture capitalists to fund, mentor, and provide resources for Altitude-incubated startups. Together, the investor coalition aims to collectively invest $50 million in Altitude’s startups over the next three years, specifically supporting diverse and underrepresented founders. In […]
Senate Passes Endless Frontiers Act to Boost U.S. Innovation
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Endless Frontier Act to boost U.S. innovation and out-compete China. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 68-32. The bill would provide $120 billion to the NSF, DOE and NASA to support research and develoopment in key technology areas critical to our national security, including biotechnology […]
Scientia Raises $50M to Develop Devices for Stroke, Cancer Treatment
Scientia announced it has raised $50M in growth equity financing from Vivo Capital, a Palo Alto, CA-headquartered global healthcare investment firm. The financing will be used to accelerate sales, marketing, and new product development in both its core neurovascular stroke market as well as adjacent markets in peripheral vascular and interventional oncology. “We are excited […]
Utah #1 For Best State Economic Outlook…Again
Utah has done it again! The 2021 “Rich States, Poor States” report recently released by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ranks Utah as the state with the strongest economic outlook in the nation. Utah has held this first place designation for the past 14 years. View state-by-state data HERE. To determine its rankings, the […]
Utility Study Indicates KidneyIntelX Risk Assessment can Address Treatment Ambiguity in Primary Care
RenalytixA has announced results from a new utility study. The study confirms the importance of risk assessment testing in addressing treatment ambiguity in the early stages of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and improving patient engagement and adherence – two major barriers to slowing or preventing DKD progression and preserving kidney health. In clinical studies, KidneyIntelX […]
Known Medicine Shows Its BioHive Pride
Known Medicine is creating the world’s largest purpose-built 3D cell culture data set to predict the best drug for every cancer patient and create the best drug for every cancer. From patient tumor samples the company generates hundreds of micro-tumors on our proprietary platform and treat them with an extensive panel of drugs or drug […]
House Democrats Urge HHS Secretary to Restore FDA Authority of COVID-19 Lab Developed Tests
Last August.under the Trump Administration, HHS announced that FDA would not have premarket review authority and oversight over laboratory developed tests (LDTs), including for COVID-19 tests and EUAs. Recently, House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to HHS Secretary Becearra uring that he reverse the decision of the previous administration and reinstate FDA […]
Turner Imaging Systems Receives CE Mark for Smart-C ® Mini C-Arm Portable Fluoroscopy X-Ray Imaging Device
Turner Imaging Systems has received its CE Mark for its Smart-C ® Mini C-Arm portable fluoroscopy x-ray imaging device. This will allow the Smart-C, the world’s first highly portable mini c-arm, to be distributed throughout the EU countries as well as the UK. “Securing the CE Mark is a critical regulatory milestone and major step […]
