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Shedding Light On Cardiac Repair: How Red-Light Preconditioning Improves Cell Therapy
Following a heart attack, fibrosis is the primary obstacle to recovery. Healthy heart muscle is replaced with non-functional scar tissue, which stiffens the heart wall and leads to chronic heart failure. While therapies have been investigated, cell-based therapies have failed to resolve this issue, as transplanted cells do not survive or engraft effectively in the […]
Owlet® Achieves TGA Certification for Dream Sock™, Paving the Way for Launch in Australia and New Zealand
Certification underscores Owlet’s commitment to bringing medically-certified infant monitoring technology to every family across the globe. LEHI, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Owlet, Inc. (“Owlet” or the “Company”) (NYSE: OWLT), the pioneer of smart infant monitoring, today announces that Dream Sock™ has received official certification from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), meeting rigorous standards required for medical devices […]
bioMérieux receives U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance and CLIA-waiver for Anterior Nasal Swab specimens, an additional sample type for use with the BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® R/ST Panel Mini
Marcy-l’Étoile (France), August 18, 2025 – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announces that its BIOFIRE® SPOTFIRE® Respiratory/Sore Throat (R/ST) Panel Mini has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waiver for the addition of Anterior Nasal Swab (ANS) as a […]
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES ANNOUNCES $500 MILLION ACCELERATED SHARE REPURCHASE
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) today announced that it has executed an accelerated share repurchase agreement (“ASR”) to repurchase $500 million of Edwards’ common stock. With this transaction, Edwards has repurchased more than $800 million of shares in 2025. Under the terms of this ASR, Edwards will receive an initial delivery of approximately […]
Nusano Cuts Ribbon on State-of-the-Art Radioisotope Production Facility
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Aug. 21, 2025 – Nusano, a physics company transforming the production of radioisotopes, today cut the ribbon on its 190,000-square-foot radioisotope production facility. The site will be capable of producing more than 40 different radioisotopes for use in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, as well as industrial applications, such as long-lived […]
Sethera Therapeutics Unveils Breakthrough Enzymatic Platform for Next-Generation Peptide Drugs
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah August 21, 2025 — Sethera Therapeutics today announced publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of peer-reviewed results describing an enzymatic crosslinking platform that forges durable thioether “staples,” locking peptides into drug-like cyclic architectures. The platform works across a broad range of substrates, including sequences built entirely […]
Webinar Recap: Immigration Compliance Under Pressure
As immigration enforcement and workplace inspections intensify under the current administration, companies in the life sciences sector, particularly those with manufacturing operations, must be proactive in strengthening compliance. Presented by Ogletree Deakin’s Kathleen Weron on July 1, 2025, this webinar provided an overview of the essential components of I-9 compliance, strategies for responding to audits, […]
2025 BIO International Recap
BioUtah and its Utah consortium made their mark this week at the BIO International Conference, hosting a Utah Pavillion to promote the state’s fast-growing life sciences industry. The conference, held in Boston, MA. drew appproximately 20,000 attendees. The Utah delegation included BioUtah, Utah life sciences companies, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, the Unversity of […]
Merit Medical Acquires Biolife Delaware
Acquired business offers the StatSeal® and WoundSeal® products, which provide hemostasis solutions that complement the wide range of procedures Merit’s portfolio supports. Acquisition projected to add approximately $18 million of revenue, on an annualized basis beginning in fiscal year 2026, with a mid-teens growth and accretive non-GAAP margin and profitability profile Merit reaffirms full-year 2025 […]
BD Launches Landmark Cell Analyzer Featuring Breakthrough Spectral and Real-Time Cell Imaging Technologies
New BD FACSDiscover™ A8 Cell Analyzer Brings Leading-Edge Capabilities to Wider Range of Scientists across Academia and Biopharma
KyphoLift Debuts at ISMRM 2025: Transforming Patient Positioning for Safer, More Accurate Imaging
Visit ISMRM Booth H19 for Hands-On Demonstrations of the KyphoLift™ and KyphoWedge™ Systems
Kelvyn Cullimore: An Unfair Penalty on Life-Saving Pills
BioUtah president and CEO, Kelvyn Cullmore, recently penned an op-ed published in the Deseret News.
