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Recent announcements from the Life Sciences industry in Austin

2010

02.22.10 —Ascension Orthopedics Introduces the Movement™ Hemi Great Toe System

02.18.10 —Affymetrix and Asuragen Sign Agreement to Supply RNA Control Kits for Molecular...

02.16.10 —Dr. Unger Named Vice President and Laboratory Director of CEDRA Corporation

02.15.10 —Monebo Technologies Joins the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium

02.01.10 —Asuragen Establishes Multi-Center Collaborations with Key Researchers for Development of...

01.25.10 —Bioo Scientific Launches Barcoded Adapters for Sample Multiplexing in Next...

01.22.10 —$3.3 Million in New Grants to Help Diagnose and Treat Cancer

01.22.10 —Hospira Supports Disaster Relief Efforts in Haiti With Products and Cash Grants

01.11.10 —Technology Fund: Appoints Two Key Scientific Advisors

01.04.10 —ArthroCare Names Scott Schaffner Senior Vice President and General Manager of...

2009

12.15.09 —Spinal Restoration Reaches Agreement with FDA on the Special Protocol Assessment

12.10.09 —Mirna Therapeutics, Inc. Selected As Texas Emerging Technology Fund Recipient

12.09.09 —Bioo Scientific Launches Kit which Offer Offers Targeted siRNA Delivery into any Cell Type

12.08.09 —On-X Life Technologies Enters License and Development Agreement with Cleveland Clinic

12.02.09 —Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerates Multi-residue Analysis of Pesticides in Rice

11.30.09 — Terapio Secures $5 million in Series A Financing from Santé Ventures

11.18.09 —Asuragen Signs Development and Worldwide Distribution Agreement with Life Technologies

11.16.09 —Austin-Based Biotech Company's Vaccine Research to Continue on Atlantis Mission

11.13.09 —Bioo Scientific and Texas Tech Collaborate to Suppress the Progression of HIV...

11.12.09 —Mirna Therapeutics appoints Dr. Paul Lammers as President and CEO...

11.11.09 —Bioo Scientific Launches a New Division, Bioo Therapeutics...

11.05.09 —LDR reaches key 24-month milestone since finalizing enrollment of its 1-Level...

11.03.09 —LDR’s VerteBRIDGE™ Plating Technology Reaches New Milestone...

10.28.09 —Rules-Based Medicine Introduces CardiovascularMAP(TM) Multiplex Biomarker Panel to...

10.27.09 —Biomedical engineers receive $11.6 million from National Cancer Institute to offer...

10.27.09 —PlastiPure Receives $1.1 Million in Grant Funding...

10.26.09 —ArthroCare Names David Fitzgerald President and CEO...

10.21.09 —Auxano Diagnostics Announces a New Point-of-Care Indicator System for Dry Eye...

10.19.09 —Ascension Orthopedics Appoints Guy L. Mayer as New CEO...

10.14.09 —Luminex Corporation Launches New xTAGRVP.com Respiratory Virus Testing and...

10.12.09 —UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Seton Family of Hospitals, UT System Approve...

10.07.09 —Asuragen Awarded More than $3.8 Million in new NIH Small Business Grants...

09.30.09 —Bioo Scientific Awarded USDA Grant for Development of Technology to Detect...

09.03.09 —Dell Children’s First in State to Launch Telemedicine Program for Pediatric Trauma

08.17.09 —ArthroCare Announces Agreement with One Equity Partners for $75 Million Investment

08.14.09 —Stellarray to Develop New Mammogram System

07.20.09 —LDR Announces FDA Clearance of the ROI-C™ Cervical Cage

06.22.09 —State provides funding and legislation to support College of Medicine

06.09.09 —Savara Closes Series A Financing Round

06.01.09 —BioAustin Continues Advancement with 2009 Board of Directors

05.20.09 —LDR Obtains Approval in Japan for their Easyspine® Posterior Osteosynthesis System

05.15.09 —Texas Life Sciences Industry Poised for Greater Growth

05.07.09 —Mystic Pharmaceuticals Inc. Selected As Texas Emerging Technology Fund Recipient

04.08.09 —Southwestern receives $461,340 to equip labs at the Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center

04.02.09 —1st Mobi-C® cervical artificial disc implanted in China

04.02.09 —LDR Announces FDA Clearance of its ROI-AT ALIF Device

04.02.09 —ArthroCare Announces Appointment of Todd Newton as Sr. VP and CFO

03.23.09 —Texas A&M Recieves ETF Funds to Create National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing

03.04.09 —Savara Expands Board of Directors, Appoints Three New Members

02.17.09 —Experts Say Bioscience Industry Legislation Vital To...

2008

11.14.08 —Nanotech Drug Delivery Company Breaks Barriers, Moves Headquarters to Austin

11.13.08 —Georgetown Company wins Prestigious Innovator Award

11.10.08 —Austin Chamber Receives Recognition for Efforts in Biotech Industry

10.02.08 —Apollo Endosurgery Announces 510(k) Clearance...

11.01.08 —Emergent Funds Life Science Ventures

10.02.08 —Apollo Endosurgery Announces 510(k) Clearance...

09.15.08 —Mystic Pharmaceuticals CEO To Present At HHS BARDA Workshop

06.19.08 —ArthroCare Launches DoublePlay(TM) New Osteoconductive Suture Anchor

06.16.08 —Freescale and Monebo Partner to Deliver Innovative Heart Monitoring Platform

06.03.08 —Seton's Cardiac Care Earns 'Gold' from American Heart Association

06.03.08 —Smart Material Start-up Coradyn Biosystems, LLC Licenses...

05.29.08 —ArthroCare to Receive 2008 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award

05.27.08 —Study Presented at SpineWeek Finds Plasma Disc Decompression Effective for...

05.23.08 —Beacon Sciences Announces BIO 2008 Panel Session Participation

05.14.08 —Mystic Pharmaceuticals Expands Management, Engineering and Scientific Team with Key Hires

05.12.08 —HealthTronics, Inc. Announces First Quarter Results Earnings Grows 18%

05.09.08 —Healthcare Leaders and Researchers from Across Texas Present Latest Innovations

05.01.08 —ArthroCare(R) Establishes Direct Sales Representation in Scandinavia

04.30.08 —Hospira Acquires Sculptor

04.21.08 —Austin to Expand Biotechnology Resources