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Fort Worth’s AyuVis Gets FDA Fast‑Track Designation for Its Drug for Babies with a Chronic Lung Disease

by | Aug 23, 2024
Premature babies diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) face the risk of rehospitalization, delayed brain development, and respiratory problems throughout childhood. No FDA-approved therapies are available for BPD—which is why the new FDA designation for AyuVis's drug candidate, AVR-48, could lead to game-changing impact.
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The Last Word: Briana Wucinski on TechFW’s Impact Showcase, and the Night’s Big Winners
by | Oct 6, 2023
TechFW's Impact Showcase "embodied the spirit of innovation, the essence of progress, and the promise of a better tomorrow" at Dickies Arena's  Simmons Bank Pavilion Thursday in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth Immunotherapy Startup Gets $1.8M Grant Ahead of First Clinical Trials
by | May 12, 2022
AyuVis, an immunotherapy startup, is set to get a $1.8 million Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The funding will support the pre-clinical research of its drug candidate to treat the second-leading cause of death in premature babies.

Founder Suchismita Acharya calls the timing "perfect."
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At the Fourth Annual iC3 Life Science Summit at UT Arlington on Oct. 10, 2017 recipient Lyda Hill will present the award. To register for the summit, visit www.bionorthtx.org. [Illustration: bestbrk/istockphoto]

BionorthTX to Award Darlene Boudreaux With 2018 Dennis K. Stone Award

by | Sep 27, 2018
2017 recipient Lyda Hill will present the award at the fourth annual iC3 Life Science Summit at UT Arlington on Oct. 10.
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Cowtown Angels Network Invests in Travel App Localeur
by | Dec 22, 2017
The Austin-based app was developed four years ago, and today it's used in 65 cities in the U.S., Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Mexico, and Spain.
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Fort Worth Entrepreneur Bringing Psoriasis Cream to Market
by | Apr 12, 2017
Art Clapp is continuing his pharmaceutical endeavors with a new product from his company, NuvoThera.
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New Details Released in Novartis’ Purchase of Encore Vision
by | Jan 27, 2017
The Swiss pharmaceutical company paid $465 million for the Fort Worth eye care startup.
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