The Utah State Legislature has hit its halfway point in the 2023 session. Since day one, BioUtah President and CEO, Kelvyn Cullimore, and industry lobbyist, Chris Bleak, have been on the Hill engaging with lawmakers on a number of issues that impact our industry. Yesterday, Cullimore testified before the House Health and Human Services Committee […]
Sumitomo Pharma Oncology presented new data from the ongoing Phase 1/2 study evaluating TP-3654. […]
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Denali Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of product candidates engineered to cross the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and lysosomal storage diseases, today announced that its partner Sanofi has commenced dosing in a Phase 2 study […]
Utah’s vibrant life sciences industry was on full display January 27 as part of the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity “Life Sciences Day on the Hill”. The event, held at the state capitol, provided lawmakers the opportunity to interact one-on-one with leaders from local med tech, biotech and diagnostics companies. More than two dozen companies […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Biomerics, the leading vertically integrated medical device contract manufacturer in the interventional device market, announced completion of a 26,000 sq. ft. expansion of its Monroe, CTfacility. The Monroe facility is the headquarters of Biomerics’ micro-metals processing business and specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of complex […]
Intermountain Healthcare has now officially changed its name to Intermountain Health, reflecting an added emphasis on keeping people healthy, as well as continuing to provide world-class medical care at its hospitals and clinics. Intermountain Health announced the name change in 2022 and that the name would be officially changed in 2023. The name change was […]
The 2022 TEConomy/BIO report, The US Bioscience Industry: Fostering Innovation and Driving America’s Economy Forward, examines the bioscience industry’s impact on the national economy and provides state specific data, with Utah and its major metropolitan areas ranking high in specialized employment concentration in three major subsectors – medical device manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, research, testing and medical laboratories […]
The annual Life Sciences Day on the Hill provides our industry with the opportunity to get face time with legislators and other government officials during the 2023 legislative session. Slated for Friday, January 27, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, the event permits BioUtah members to demonstrate their important breakthroughs, devices and innovations. It […]
Stryker, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, recently opened its Neurovascular (NV) lab, a state-of-the-art lab designed to accelerate stroke-related innovation in Asia Pacific. Located within the Stryker Global Technology Center (SGTC) at International Park, Gurgaon, India, the Keystone Suite will enable collaboration between customers, product development engineers, cross-functional teams, and other key […]
Cambridge, MA, November 9, 2022 /Business Wire/ – Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACK) [(“Merrimack” or the “Company”)] announced that Ipsen, SA (“Ipsen”) issued a press release today reporting its primary analysis of the results of its Phase III NAPOLI 3 trial of Onivyde® (irinotecan liposome injection) plus 5 fluorouracil/leucovorin and oxaliplatin (NALIRIFOX regimen) as a […]
Exhibiting their innovative products and services to over 80,000 visitors, 11 life science companies represented Utah at the MEDICA trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. Looking across the global landscape of innovative healthcare products, Charlotte Serage, WTC Utah’s manager of trade shows and trade missions, said, “It’s clear that Utah is a major player.” Shoutout to EVŌQbio, Matia Mobility, NanoSpot.ai, SINTX […]
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Halia Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative medicines to treat diseases driven by chronic inflammation, was invited to present today at the 4th Inflammasome Therapeutics Summit. Dr. David J. Bearss, CEO of Halia Therapeutics, will chair a panel entitled, “Advances in Proof-of-Concept Trials & Moving Towards the Clinic,” and also […]