No early-stage capital in Philly? This digital health company will make you rethink that. Oncora Medical just closed a seed round of $1.2 million from investors like Philadelphia’s BioAdvance, San Francisco’s iSeed Ventures and Wisconsin-based oncology entrepreneur Dr. Thomas “Rock” Mackie, but they say they couldn’t have done it without early financial support from the […]
When we last saw BioBots, company CEO Danny Cabrera took to the Disrupt stage to pitch his 3D printer for living cells to our panel of judges in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt NY 2015. Cabrera showed off his company’s debut 3D bioprinter, and actually printed out a living 3D model of Vincent Van Gogh’s […]
Optofluidics reveals two upcoming features that improve their the state-of-art nanoparticle analysis tool the NT Surface. Optofluidics, a Philadelphia-based nanotech startup, announced today two upcoming features for their state-of-art nanoparticle analysis tool, the NT Surface, that will dramatically improve system ease of use and walk-away automation. Auto-Coupling The NT Surface will now ship with a […]
While video games have often been saddled with the reputation of promoting a sedentary lifestyle, a group of Drexel University professors see the digital diversions as a way of helping patients with cerebral palsy to keep on moving. The professors, with expertise ranging from game design to movement science, physical therapy and biomedical engineering, recently […]
Plexus, the med-tech co-working space next to 30th Street Station, is fuller than it was a few months ago when equipment was still being installed. And as member companies have begun to move in, they’ve also raised some money. Four of Plexus’s startups have nearly closed fundraising rounds totaling more than $8 million. Those companies […]
Health care services and information technology giant McKesson Corp. is teaming up with a Montgomery County company to help health insurers quickly design and scale complex bundled payment models — and provide accurate payments to health care providers. Financial terms of deal between McKesson’s (NYSE: MCK) health solutions division and HealthQX of King of Prussia, […]
BioBots is a recently formed 3D bioprinting company that uses 3D printing technology to print living tissues into any shape. Measured at just 12 inches squared, this little desktop bioprinter has numerous applications depending on the type of Bio-Ink used which consist of different mixtures of cells and bio-compatible materials. Danny Cabrera, the Co-founder and […]
Six promising startup companies have been accepted into the second class of the University City Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator. Imagine enrolling your ill pet in a clinical trial – for free. Or getting treatment for a chronic wound without going to the doctor’s office. These technologies are among those being developed by the six […]
PhotoSonix Medical, Inc. announced today that it has received over $1.4M to advance development of its CLENS device for treating acne. The device system is designed to use light and ultrasound to destroy up to 90 percent of the bacteria that causes acne. The light energy stimulates production of toxic oxygen radicals, which kill the […]