biotech

Southlake BioTech Startup Gets $10M Grant from CPRIT for Technology That ‘Lights Up’ Cancer

by | Aug 20, 2020
OncoNano Medicine, a spinout of University of Texas Southwestern, uses pH as a biomarker to detect metastatic cancer. Its technology, which visualizes a tumor, could be a gamechanger.
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Pegasus Park: Lyda Hill Philanthropies Unveils Details of 23-Acre Hub for Biotech Innovation, Social Impact in Dallas 
by | Jul 13, 2020
The mixed-use social purpose project—designed to boost local biotech, nonprofit, and corporate innovation—has been in the works for years. Expected to open in early 2021, the future-focused campus is located near the Dallas Medical District.
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Clinical-Stage Biotech Expands From Silicon Valley to the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth
by | Jul 13, 2020
CAGE Bio—currently a resident at Johnson & Johnson Innovation—uses a proprietary platform to develop therapeutic products for dermatology, inflammation, and immunology.
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Fort Worth Biotech Exact Diagnostics Offers Research Lab Standard for Coronavirus Testing
by | Mar 13, 2020
Exact Diagnostics, which develops and manufactures products to ensure test result validity, will now help more laboratories keep pace with the increasing demand for COVID-19 testing.
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Alcon

The (Alcon) Family Tree: How One Company Seeded a DFW Life Science Legacy

by | Jan 21, 2020
Alcon gave rise to a startup ecosystem in North Texas that is spreading into all parts of how drugs, medical devices, and more are created.
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Dallas’ Panda Biotech to Open Industrial Hemp Facility in West Texas
by | Dec 12, 2019
Panda Biotech's hemp facility is expected to process more than 130,000 tons of Texas-grown industrial hemp annually.
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BionorthTX Names Pharma Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist as Stone Award Recipient
by | Sep 9, 2019
Among the contributions of recipient Paul Dorman, the chairman and CEO of DFB Pharmaceuticals, is paying for the first-year tuition of the entire inaugural class of M.D. students at the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine in Fort Worth.
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CPRIT Cancer
North Texas Cancer Researchers and Institutions Reap $36M in CPRIT Grants
by | Aug 27, 2019
Southlake-based biotech OncoNano received the largest grant in DFW with $15.4 million from the state agency that funds cancer research in Texas.
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Spectral MD Gets $27M to Advance Trials of AI-Powered Wound, Burn Care Device

by | Jul 24, 2019
Spectral's device uses real-time data and artificial intelligence to help look beneath the skin's surface and assess wound and burn damage, which can help doctors improve treatments and outcomes — as well as be a tool in the response to mass burn casualties in a national emergency.
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Source Explorer Vets Suppliers, Launches Search Engine for the Life Science Industry
by | May 28, 2019
The women-owned technology company—dubbed the "eharmony of the pharmaceutical industry"—is making it easier for life science professionals to connect with leading industry players such as AstraZeneca, Roche, Genentech in minutes.
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Dallas’ Peloton Therapeutics Exits to Merck in $2.2B Deal
by | May 22, 2019
The clinical-stage oncology company develops small molecule drugs to treat kidney cancer and other diseases. Its renal cell carcinoma drug is in a Phase II clinical trial.
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CerSci
Meet the Innovators: Lucas Rodriguez, CEO of CerSci Therapeutics
by | Apr 1, 2019
CerSci's focus is on alleviating human suffering and rescuing society from the ongoing opioid crisis via a pain drug that does not affect the central nervous system.
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biotech

Dallas to Host Federal BioTech Conference

by | Apr 27, 2018
Local startups and researchers can learn how to get federal research-and-tech-driven grant funding and meet federal experts in this conference hosted by the Dallas Regional Chamber. 
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Eosera
Eosera Enters Canadian Market With Ear Treatment
by | Nov 14, 2017
The Fort Worth biotech startup developed a topical treatment that dissolves earwax, the first over-the-counter product of its kind.
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ic3
Future of Health Care: Life Science Leaders Outline What Lies Ahead for Industry at iC3 Summit
by | Oct 13, 2017
From the future of Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas grants to patient records innovation, leaders discussed issues facing the industry.
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iC3 2017 BionorthTX summit: Clockwise, from left: Eric Olson, Tony Johnson, Ignacio Nunez, Frank Rosinia, Jon Weidanz, Kevin Nelson.
iC3 Summit: Life Science Leaders Talk Product Placement, Entrepreneurship & More
by | Oct 13, 2017
BionorthTX's annual summit brought industry leaders together to discuss the future of health care and impact of new technology.
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