Category Archives: BioUtah News
Myriad Genetics Advances Prostate Cancer Care with Addition of Absolute Risk Reduction to Prolaris®
Prolaris is the only biomarker test to quantify the benefits of adding androgen deprivation therapy to radiation therapy1
Recursion Bridges the Protein and Chemical Space with Massive Protein-Ligand Interaction Predictions Spanning 36 Billion Compounds
Recursion has predicted the protein target(s) for approximately 36 billion chemical compounds in the Enamine REAL Space, reported to be the world’s largest searchable chemical library. These advances were made possible by NVIDIA DGX Cloud supercomputing and the recent acquisition of Cyclica’s MatchMaker technology.
Utah Company Developing Origami-inspired Technology Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Robotic Surgery
August 7, 2023 Four years ago, Jacob Sheffield was building world-class carbon fiber travel guitars for adventurers journeying to places as remote as Everest and Antarctica. Ian Esplin was growing viruses in bioreactors and developing therapies to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens. The two came together and co-founded Bloom Surgical with a goal to empower robotic surgeons […]
Myriad Genetics Announces Enhancements to the GeneSight® Test to Personalize Mental Health Medication Treatment Decisions Based on Smoking Status
Myriad Genetics announced enhancements to the GeneSight® Psychotropic test.
Myriad Genetics and Intermountain Health Participate in ComboMATCH, a National Clinical Trial to Advance Cancer Treatment
ComboMATCH study uses genetic testing to match advanced cancer patients with targeted treatments
Renalytix Clinical Advisory Board Formed to Support Broadening Use of KidneyintelX.dkd
World leading, multi-disciplinary experts advise on adoption of FDA authorized KidneyintelX.dkd across 14 million US patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease
Merit Medical’s WRAPSODY™ Arteriovenous Access Efficacy (WAVE) Pivotal Study Completes Enrollment
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of healthcare technology, today announced the completion of enrollment in its WRAPSODY Arteriovenous Access Efficacy (WAVE) pivotal study. Merit’s WAVE study is a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter study comparing the Merit WRAPSODY Cell-Impermeable Endoprosthesis […]
Alucent Biomedical Wins FDA Approval for U.S. Clinical Study
U.S. FDA Grants an Investigational Device Exemption for Trial Evaluating Novel AlucentNVS Technology
Quansys Biosciences and The Michael J. Fox Foundation Partner to Accelerate Parkinson’s Disease Research
Quansys Biosciences and The Michael J. Fox Foundation, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate research into PD.
Government Price Setting Would Lead to Lost Therapies, Innovation and Jobs in Utah
New Study Details Proposed Federal Government-Mandated Drug Pricing Policies Senate SMART Prices Act Will Cost More Than 235 Fewer FDA Approvals Up To 23,000 Lost Jobs in Utah in Coming Decade SALT LAKE CITY, July 27, 2023 – Proposed expansions of federal government-mandated drug pricing policies present serious consequences for the development of and investment in […]
Recursion Launches Valence Labs at ICML with a Commitment to Open Science Including $1 Million in Academic Scholarships
Valence Labs is Recursion’s new machine learning research center that aims to promote open science and academic research. $1 million will be committed to advancing the next generation of academic machine learning research through scholarships and fellowships.SALT LAKE CITY, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX), a leading clinical stage TechBio company decoding […]
DEVICE FOR TREATING CHALLENGING BONE FRACTURES CLEARED BY FDA
A new system for fixing bone fractures, called the Bone Bolt System, has been approved for market by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of Utah Orthopaedic Innovation Center (OIC), Department of Orthopaedics and Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine announced on July 20, 2023. “This achievement demonstrates the commitment by the […]
