Join us in Nashville for a chance to advocate on behalf of our industry to state legislators, enjoy featured receptions to network with your fellow colleagues, and promote impactful policies for the future of Tennessee's life science community. For more information and recommendations for your stay here in Nashville, please contact [email protected] 📍 Nashville, [...]
Join Life Science Tennessee members at our nation's capitol as we advocate for policies that impact our industry on behalf of our state's life science community to federal lawmakers. This event will occur all day on Feb 28 with an arrival briefing and reception on Feb 27. For recommendations on accommodations, please reach out us [...]
WATCH: The Policy & Advocacy Update on November 29 featured seasoned EBG policy professionals highlighting recent developments at multiple levels of government policy. Life Science Tennessee members joined us in-person and online as we covered important membership updates as well as our annual board vote. Featuring: Rep. John Ray Clemmons, Philo Hill, Machelle Shields, and [...]
Knoxville-based Helix Biotech, Inc. joins Life Science Tennessee's membership. We sat down with Helix's founder, Graham Taylor to learn more about the company: Tell us about Helix Biotech. Helix Biotech is a Customer and Quality focused Pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) specializing in Lipid Nanoparticles, Liposomes, and Hybrid Nanoparticles. Helix Biotech performs [...]
Tell us about VoluMetrix. VoluMetrix is a Nashville-based company developing products leveraging non-invasive venous waveform analysis. We are currently developing our first product, NIVAHF, a device designed to provide a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure equivalent for patients with heart failure. There is a tremendous amount of information embedded in the venous waveform that can provide key parameters [...]
Being the first person admitted into the Patents2Products program, Dr. Erika Dillard had the vision and drive to create something special with PopCheck Technologies. Since the company's inception in 2019, PopCheck has been on a meteoric rise and has recently been selected to participate in the esteemed MedTech Innovator in Boston this October. The Memphis-based startup that analyzes and predicts the development of venous blood [...]
In this archived webinar, learn from Lili Portilla, M.P.A., Director of the NCATS Office of Strategic Alliances, about the structure and application process for the NCATS SBIR and STTR funding program, as well as tips for developing a successful application, specific small business research interests, examples of grantee successes, and helpful resources to further support [...]
The final state budget for 2019-2020 includes increased funding for the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Matching Fund grant program from $1.5 million to $3 million. See below for a statement from Life Science Tennessee executive director Abby Trotter and statements from our partners at Launch Tennessee, AgLaunch Initiative and the Tennessee [...]
Register now to attend the region’s premiere life sciences and medical technology conference connecting emerging companies with potential investors and corporate partners. The Southeast BIO Investor & Partnering Forum is being hosted in Miami on November 6-7, 2019 with a new format, new networking opportunities, and new investment prospects.
From September 23–25, 2019, more than 3,000 of the world’s top medtech executives will gather in Boston, MA, for the leading event in our industry — The MedTech Conference. Featuring world‑class plenary speakers, cross‑cutting educational programming, valuable networking and business development opportunities, The MedTech Conference is a must‑attend event for the industry’s prominent and most [...]
