Category Archives: COVID-19 Updates
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 […]
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 […]
Xenter, Inc. Continues Rapid Expansion with Appointment of Scott Heuler, SVP of Global Sales and Marketing, and Gary Baldwin as CTO
On the heels of last week’s announcement of the closing of its $12M Series A offering, Xenter, Inc. has announced the appointment of Scott Heuler as Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing and Gary Baldwin as Chief Technology Officer in its Hospital Technologies business unit. Xenter is innovating new wireless technologies and techniques for […]
Transit Scientific’s XO Score Scoring Sheath Platform Wins Medical Design Award
Transit Scientific”s XO Score Scoring Sheath Platform has been named a winner in the 2021 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA). The MDEA is a premier design competition in the medtech industry, recognizing significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. Recently, the company received European CE Mark […]
Transit Scientific’s Cutting-Edge Scoring Sheath Platform Earns CE Mark Approval
Transit Scientific has announced that its XO Score® Scoring Sheath Platform has received CE Mark clearance in the European Union for treatment of peripheral artery disease and end stage renal disease. Last year, the company announced FDA clearance for the device. We’ve been thrilled to see the effective low-pressure dilatation and luminal gain achieved using our […]
Clene Nanomedicne Receives Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award
Clene Inc. announced on Monday that the company received a Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to accelerate the preclinical development of CNM-Au8, a bioenergetic nanocatalyst, for treatment of neuronal aging-related deficits and Alzheimer’s disease. The international award will fund preclinical study of CNM-Au8 nanocatalysis for the improvement of human health […]
ARUP Announces Partnership with TellBio for Use of TellBio’s Novel Circulating Tumor Cells Technology
ARUP Laboratories on May 10 announced it has signed a strategic agreement with Massachusetts-based TellBio Inc. to use the company’s TellDx circulating tumor cells (CTCs) technology in several research applications. ARUP has also invested in TellBio as part of the startup’s series A financing round. Other funding partners include Crocker Ventures, Genetron Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: […]
Xenter Closes Series A at $12M; Adds Four Additional Board Members
Xenter has announced the appointment of four additional industry leaders to its Board of Directors and the closing of a $12M Series A offering of preferred stock. “Xenter is transforming healthcare as an innovative Device-Data-Drug healthcare technologies startup,” said Kelvyn Cullimore, president and CEO of BioUtah. “The new additions to the board, including Utah life […]
IDbyDNA Appoints Next-Gen Sequencing Executive Neil Gunn as New CEO
IDbyDNA, the pioneer in precision metagenomics, has appointed Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) leader Neil Gunn as its new CEO to drive the next phase of the company’s growth. “Having spent the last 12 years growing the PCR and sequencing businesses at Roche, I’m excited by the tremendous potential IDbyDNA’s platform has to transform the diagnostic approach to […]
SINTX Technologies Files Multiple New U.S. and International Patent Applications
This week SINTX Technoloiges announced multiple U.S. and international patent applications for development of new technologies utilizing the company’s silicon nitride. “The innovative application of SINTX’s silicon nitride promises new tools to improve our public health response to COVID-19 and other viruses,” said Kelvyn Cullimore, president and CEO of BioUtah. SINTX has found that its […]
