News

07/19/2022

Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. Announces Expansion of Distributorship with the Acquisition of NXC Imaging

Tustin, California, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canon Medical Systems USA Inc., a commercial subsidiary of Canon Medical Systems Corporation and a global leader in innovative diagnostic imaging technology, today announces it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NXC Imaging, a medical imaging equipment distributor and service provider headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1964, NXC

07/06/2022

AMPEL BioSolutions’ Precision Medicine Breakthrough Predicts Drug Options with RNA Analytics & Machine Learning

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 6, 2022 — AMPEL BioSolutions announced a breakthrough in precision and personalized medicine that could modernize the way doctors treat patients across a wide variety of diseases including autoimmunity, infectious disease and cancer.  Revealed at the Precision Medicine World Conference in Silicon Valley California, the first-in-class platform technology utilizes RNA analytics and machine learning to

07/05/2022

GMU gets $3.75M to grow Virginia’s nanotech industry

George Mason University will launch a new program to catalyze the growth of the nanotechnology industry in Northern Virginia, thanks to $3.75 million in grants. The Fairfax institution is receiving $2.5 million for the initiative through Go Virginia Region 7, the local chapter of the commonwealth-funded initiative led by the Virginia Department of Housing and

06/29/2022

Bio-plastics startup wins Lighthouse Labs pitch contest

Charlottsville, VA (Virginia Business) – While pitching to the sharks, entrepreneur Alec Brewer told them, “I do have white powder in my pocket,” before quickly clarifying that it wasn’t an illicit substance: “It’s PHB! It’s PHB!” The co-founder and CEO of Charlottesville-based biodegradable plastics manufacturer Ourobio, Brewer explained that his company makes PHB, or polyhydroxybutyrate,

06/26/2022

USA FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to ReAlta Life Sciences’ Lead Compound RLS-0071

ReAlta Life Sciences (“ReAlta”), Inc., a clinical stage, rare disease company dedicated to harnessing the power of the immune system to address life threatening diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to RLS-0071 for the treatment of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). RLS-0071 is the Company’s lead dual

06/20/2022

Adial Pharmaceuticals Awarded Additional U.S. Patent Combining the Use of the Company’s Proprietary Genetic Diagnostic With AD04 to Treat Alcohol and Drug Dependence

New patent covers the use of the full genetic panel measuring all five genetic biomarkers CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., — Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Adial” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for the treatment and prevention of addiction and related disorders, today announced patent number 11,351,154 was issued on June 7, 2022, by