You’re invited to Utah BioBreak!

Dear Colleague, Please join us at BioBreak in Utah on Thursday December 6th, from 5:00-7:00 pm. This life science networking event is tailored exclusively for senior executives. BioBreak is a non-profit organization launched in 2006 in Philadelphia with the goal of bringing together senior executives from across the biotech, pharma, medtech, diagnostics and investment industries. We bring […]

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Study Identifies How Hantaviruses Infect Lung Cells

Blocking a Cell Receptor Could Protect Against Deadly Disease. Hantaviruses cause severe and sometimes fatal respiratory infections, but how they infect lung cells has been a mystery. In today’s issue of Nature, an international team reports that hantaviruses gain entry to lung cells by “unlocking” a cell-surface receptor called protocadherin-1 (PCDH1). Deleting this receptor made […]

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Center for Technology & Venture Commercialization partners with PROTECS to launch incubator in Research Park

 Nov. 1, 2018 (Salt Lake City)—The University of Utah’s Center for Technology & Venture Commercialization (TVC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with PROTECS to manage an incubator in the university’s Research Park. TVC will provide programming for the incubator, as well as comprehensive startup support services for TVC licensees. This will be the first […]

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Recursion Pharmaceuticals Named One of Utah’s 2018 Top Workplaces by The Salt Lake Tribune

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company that combines artificial intelligence (AI), experimental biology, and automation to discover and develop drugs at scale, has been awarded a 2018 Top Workplaces award by The Salt Lake Tribune. The honor coincides with the official opening of Recursion’s expansive new research and development (R&D) facility […]

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Utah Governor Gary Herbert Touts the State’s Growing Life Sciences Industry at the 2018 MedTech Conference in Philadelphia, PA

On Tuesday, Sept. 25, Gov. Gary R. Herbert addressed the breakfast plenary session of the 2018 MedTech Conference, telling the packed ballroom of 3,000 national and International medical technology executives and stakeholders about Utah’s exceptional life sciences industry, and raising the profile of the state as the place to be for innovation, growth and better […]

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BioUtah Announces Jeffrey Shuren, MD, JD, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health as the Luncheon Keynote Speaker for the 9th Annual Utah Life Sciences Summit

Dr. Shuren will take the stage as the luncheon keynote at the 2018 BioUtah Utah Life Sciences Summit, speaking to the state’s premier gathering of industry leaders, innovators, government officials, educators, and investors September 14, 2018 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioUtah, Utah’s only trade association dedicated solely to the life sciences community, […]

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BioUtah Announces Registration and Headline Speakers for the 9th Annual Utah Life Sciences Summit (ULSS)

Registration opens today for the 2018 BioUtah ULSS, offering early bird discounts. Preliminary speaker line-up includes notable business leaders, policy makers and members of the investor community Salt Lake City, UT – September 5, 2018 – BioUtah, Utah’s one and only association dedicated to the life sciences community, today announced that registration is open for […]

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Reimbursement Trends Webinar

Joins us for a timely update from Brian Carey, Partner, Foley Hoag, on reimbursement trends for precision medicine and Kim Linthicum, Vice President of Government Affairs, Myriad, on proposed legislation that would create a new regulatory pathway for diagnostics. […]

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