21Sep
21Sep
eSight™ Assistive Device for Visually Impaired Available for Demonstrations at AAO
Leading vision enhancement platform, eSight, is holding demonstrations of its current medical device model, eSight 4, at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Conference in Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 30 through Oct. 3, 2022. eSight representatives will be onsite to discuss the company’s expansion into the telehealth space and scalable access for the low-vision individuals who need it most. eSight 4 is a clinically validated, FDA-registered low vision device designed to help patients with central vision loss achieve up to 20/20 visual...
17Sep
Zylö Receives $263,000 NIH Phase I Grant to Develop a Topical Viagra® for ED
Zylö Therapeutics Inc., developer of the Z-pod® topical delivery platform, has been awarded a one-year $263,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to: (i) optimize a formulation of sildenafil (generic name of Viagra) loaded into Zylö’s proprietary silica-based Z-pods and (ii) demonstrate that the topical formulation is comparable in efficacy to orally administered sildenafil in a mouse model of erectile dysfunction [ED], with aged mice. The grant is sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,...
16Sep
RevBio Receives Approval from the U.K.’s Regulatory Authority to Initiate a Clinical Trial for an Optimized Formulation of its Dental Bone Adhesive Biomaterial
RevBio, Inc., announced that it has received approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the United Kingdom to start a 15-patient clinical trial to examine the safety and efficacy of immediately stabilized dental implants following tooth extractions using an optimized formulation of Tetranite®, the company’s bone adhesive biomaterial. RevBio has optimized its bone adhesive biomaterial primarily by adjusting the pH of the material as it undergoes its self-setting reaction. In addition, the company has also increased the...
15Sep
AVEVA Announces a Strategic Licensing Partnership with Aras
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, and Aras, which provides the most powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products, have entered into a strategic OEM partnership to deliver industrial “Asset Lifecycle Management” solutions. AVEVA will license the Aras Innovator® platform to deliver a series of scalable, Asset Lifecycle Management solutions, which will integrate Aras’ open and flexible portfolio of applications with AVEVA Unified Engineering and AVEVA Asset Information Management....
15Sep
Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Presents Update on AST-004 Clinical Program at 2022 Military Health System Research Symposium
Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., a private drug discovery and development company advancing novel cerebroprotective therapeutics for patients with brain injuries, today provided an update on the preclinical and clinical development of its lead drug candidate, AST-004, in preclinical brain injury studies and in an ongoing clinical Phase 1 study. Theodore Liston, Ph.D., Vice President of Research at Astrocyte, presented recent results during an oral session at the U.S. Defense Department's premier scientific meeting, the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held...
14Sep
Elizabeth Banks risks wet white shirt in tight black pants for ‘a little challenge’
Elizabeth Banks poses herself “a little challenge” as she risks soaking her white shirt while wearing tight black pants. The movie star took a twist on the basketball beer challenge in a promo for drinks firm Archer Roose Wine. In her zany Instagram video, Elizabeth tries to catch a can of bubbly after dropping it to the ground. The first clip shows her seeming to easily achieve the feat and smiling proudly at the camera. She is seen racing around...
08Sep
HYCU® and Wasabi Technologies Team to Combat Scourge of Ransomware
HYCU, Inc., a pioneering enterprise backup as a service (BaaS) company specializing in hybrid and multi-cloud data protection as a service, and Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, today announced a new strategic relationship to combat the rise of ransomware attacks. As protecting data becomes more critical than ever before, rapid recovery and ensuring backup data is safe is as well. With the power of immutable cloud storage with object lock built-in, Wasabi enables data to be impervious to...
08Sep
Akston starts small and likes it that way
Akston Biosciences Corp. emerged from a successful small company that was sold to a pharma major. For Todd Zion, that’s a back-to-basics move that suits him just fine. Zion co-founded Smartcells Inc. in 2003 with technology developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The company went on to develop the once-daily injectable self-regulating insulin product, Smartinsulin, and sold it to Merck & Co. in what was at the time one of the largest preclinical pharmaceutical acquisitions ever. Read more >>
08Sep