$8 Million Investment to Fund Cutting-Edge Research, Launch Clinical Trials, Create Jobs Charlottesville, VA – UVA Health and the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation today announced the launch of the Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, the world’s first center dedicated specifically to advancing a focused ultrasound and cancer immunotherapy treatment approach that could revolutionize 21st-century cancer …

Inhaled LPS Challenge Trial to Support Development of RLS-0071 in Severe Asthma RLS-0071 is ReAlta’s lead dual action complement inhibitor and innate anti-inflammatory peptide in development as a treatment for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, severe asthma, and other rare diseases Norfolk, VA, – ReAlta Life Sciences (“ReAlta”), Inc., a clinical stage, rare disease company dedicated to harnessing …

RICHMOND, VA – The Greater Richmond Partnership (GRP) was named among the top 20 economic development organizations in the nation according to Site Selection magazine, a national publication targeting site location professionals and corporate executives making relocation decisions. The 2022 Mac Conway Awards for Excellence in Economic Development, named in honor of Site Selection founding publisher …

TROY, Va.,/PRNewswire/ — A clinical trial designed by BIO-CAT, Inc – a biotech company specializing in enzyme development – studied the use of enzymes to improve digestion in an in vitro model of aging. The results showed that a multi-component supplemental enzyme blend (microbial proteases, lipase, amylase, and glucoamylase) effectively released nutrients from a balanced meal better …

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., – AMPEL BioSolutions announced a breakthrough in precision and personalized medicine that could revolutionize the way doctors treat inflammatory skin diseases, such as Lupus, Psoriasis, Atopic Dermatitis and Scleroderma. Revealed in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, the paper details AMPEL’s breakthrough machine learning approach to characterize disease activity from gene expression data obtained …

Richmond medical technology company Tympanogen Inc. has raised $1 million in fresh funding, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Tympanogen raised the money from 12 investors and said it is seeking to raise up to $2.5 million through debt and other options, according to the March filing. The round includes participation from Williamsburg’s ShockVentures …