Long awaited university-based venture fund expected to launch soon
After a three year search, the OSU-OU venture capital fund looks like it will name John Steuart the head in the coming weeks.
Kids who eat fast food could end up with lower grades in school
When we think about the negative health results correlated to eating too much fast food we are usually talking up obesity or diabetes, but how does it affect our brains – especially the developing minds of children? According to a new study published in Clinical Pediatrics, a survey of 8,544 fifth-graders who eat fast food […]
How do you move 260 patients from an old hospital to a new one? With lots of help
Starting this morning, in a very carefully orchestrated 4-phase operation, with the help of 700 staff members and volunteers – spanning three full days – an estimated 260 patients will be moved a quarter mile between the Ohio State hospital’s current location to the new home of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur […]
Google Hangout: Smarter scalpels, safer radiation and scaffolds for sinusitis
The world is changing fast for medical device companies and it’s becoming an evolve or die moment for big companies and small ones. In this month’s MedCity News Google Hangout, I will be talking with four people who working on new and innovative devices. Each person’s work is designed to help patients or make treatment […]
OSU + Michigan + VC firm = Startup to find new treatment for oral cancer
The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan have decided put some rivalry aside and create a company, Sirona Therapeutics, that partnered with Ohio-based Venture Therapeutics. The partnership will form a new company to develop and commercialize new technology to treat precancerous oral lesions. The Ohio State Innovation Foundation and Drug Development Institute and […]
Ohio State, MedVax partner up for clinical trials of peptide vaccines for HER2-related cancers
An academia-industry partnership between Ohio State University and biopharmaceutical company MedVax Technologies will take a new vaccine aimed at preventing and treating certain kinds of cancers through clinical development. The vaccine, developed by Ohio State researchers, targets cancers associated with the HER2 protein, which is thought to play a role not only in breast cancer […]
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Researchers at OSU aspire to fix damaged hearts by repairing their natural pacemakers
Instead of implanting a medical device to keep arrhythmic hearts beating on pace, researchers at Ohio State dream of being able to give the heart back its own natural pacemaking abilities. Making pacemakers obsolete is the ultimate vision of Vadim Fedorov, Cynthia Carnes, PharmD and Peter Mohler at The Ohio State University Dorothy M. Davis […]
OSU team designs river running video game to help stroke patients get stronger
The patient pictured above is playing a game on Microsoft Kinect where she’s paddling and steering down a river, swatting bats inside a cave, grabbing things out of the river and catching parachutes of supplies. She’s had a stroke and, as a result, has impaired motor function in her right hand. The game she’s playing […]
Two more big hospitals join Ohio’s burgeoning health information exchange
Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center and Mount Carmel Health System have committed to becoming part of CliniSync, which facilitates the sharing of patient records between providers, hospitals and health systems across the state of Ohio. Ohio’s health information exchange has quickly been gaining steam since it launched two years ago. Two Cleveland powerhouses, Cleveland […]
PCORI grant funds Ohio State researchers using Kinect for at-home stroke rehabilitation
Two-thirds of the 700,000 Americans who have a stroke each year survive and require rehabilitation. But fewer than one in three post-stroke patients undergoing physical therapy perform the at-home exercises their physical therapists recommend. A team of researchers at Ohio State University is using a $653,000 grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to develop […]
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Cleveland Clinic, OSU partnership puts initial focus on neuromodulation, HIT
Two of Ohio’s medical research powerhouses are forming an alliance to bring new medical technologies to the market faster. Cleveland Clinic Innovations and Ohio State’s technology transfer office announced today they will share their service infrastructures to develop and commercialize new medical products – anything from medical devices to software systems to services – and […]
Top Ohio State neurosurgeon leaving for Brigham & Women’s
A key doctor who was recruited to Ohio State University nearly a decade ago to build the university’s neurosurgery department is leaving for Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. E. Antonio Chiocca will start on Aug. 1 as the chair of Brigham and Women’s neurosurgery department. He’d held that position at Ohio State since 2004, a […]
Cell culture startup gets $500K investment, looks to artificial organs
A cell culture startup that attracted attention last year for providing the scaffold used in the world’s second-ever artificial trachea implant has landed a $500,000 investment. Columbus, Ohio-based Nanofiber Solutions has received a $500,000 convertible loan from state-backed business development group TechColumbus, Columbus Business First reported. The company’s cell culture products use polymer nanofibers to […]
Migraine or stroke? Diagnostic test could provide answer
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati are behind a startup that’s developing a medical device to help emergency doctors diagnose a severe type of headache that could be a warning sign for stroke. Xanthostat Diagnostics’ device would analyze cerebral spinal fluid to determine if patients are suffering from sentinel subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a painful headache […]
Why NASA needs low-cost, simple medical devices
Astronauts can encounter lots of potential health risks during long space flights. And those risks are exacerbated by a lack of access to physicians, limited medical supplies and a small amount of storage on spacecrafts. Add to that high costs – it takes $10,000 to launch one pound of anything to low-earth orbit – and […]