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Members of the Utah Rare Disease Advisory Council (RDAC) on Monday participated in the Utah Juneteenth Holiday Health & Wellness Expo, National Sickle Cell Day, held at the Gallivan Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Toya Jules and Matt Pearl, RDAC members and rare disease patients, exhibited at the day long event.    “The RDAC felt it was important […]

Utah’s life sciences industry left its mark on this week’s 2022 BIO International Convention at the San Diego Convention Center (June 13-16). Curavit, Curza, Recursion, Cytiva and Thermo Fisher showcased their companies at the convention that featured more than 3,000 companies and 100-plus panel sessions over four days. Topics included cell and gene therapies, next-gen […]

MANCHESTER, England & SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and Carterra, Inc., the world leader in innovative technologies enabling high-throughput biology, announced today that the University of Manchester has added Carterra’s LSA instrument to its Biomolecular Analysis Core Facility (BACF) within the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH). The BACF was […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on novel cancer therapeutics, today announced the U.S. Food Drug and Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation for TP-3654, the company’s proprietary investigational oral inhibitor of PIM kinases, for the treatment of myelofibrosis. “This designation is an important milestone in […]

CHICAGO, June 06, 2022 — Elevar Therapeutics, Inc., a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company dedicated to elevating treatment experiences and outcomes for patients who have limited or inadequate therapeutic options, today detailed the results of its Phase 2 clinical trial (Study RM-202) of rivoceranib, an orally administered tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in patients with progressive recurrent […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (Monday, May 2, 2022) – Biomerics, a leading vertically integrated contract manufacturer for the attractive interventional device market, announced the creation of a new division, Biomerics Image Guided Intervention (IGI). Biomerics’ IGI Division, headquartered in Salt Lake City, provides advanced image generation and processing technologies to enable real-time minimally invasive advanced […]

Recursion CEO, Chris Gibson, Ph.D., was honored at the One Utah Summit on May 10, receiving the Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology. Gov. Spencer Cox presented the award which recognizes the distinguished service, significant achievement, and positive economic impact of individuals to the state of Utah and beyond in the fields of science and […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (Monday, May 2, 2022) – Biomerics, a leading vertically integrated contract manufacturer for the attractive interventional device market, announced the creation of a new division, Biomerics Image Guided Intervention (IGI). Biomerics’ IGI Division, headquartered in Salt Lake City, provides advanced image generation and processing technologies to enable real-time minimally invasive advanced […]

Genovac announces that the company has acquired Carterra’s LSA platform for use in its discovery services. Genovac, previously a part of Aldevron before a management buyout in 2020, has been providing discovery services to life science researchers since 1999 from its site in Freiburg, Germany. More recently, Genovac added production, characterization, and cell line development […]

Expected to launch in May 2022, the novel system addresses traumatic tendon lacerations in the hand, wrist, and forearm CoNextions Inc., an innovator in tendon repair, is pleased to announce that CoNextions TR Tendon Repair System has received FDA 510(k) Clearance. Expected to launch in May 2022, the novel system addresses traumatic tendon lacerations in […]

The Phantom X system uses muscle-sensing implant technology to enable greater mobility in people with orthopedic injuries. SALT LAKE CITY and AUSTIN, Texas, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Blackrock Neurotech, an  industry leader in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, and Phantom Neuro, a recently launched neurotech startup that delivers a high accuracy system for lifelike control of robotic […]