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DesignMedix Inc. wins PBJ’s Manufacturer of the Year (1-10 employees)
By Denise Szott – Contributing writer for Portland Business Journal
The Portland company developed a drug to cure malaria that is easy and cheap to manufacture
DesignMedix co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer David Peyton and a student carry out research at the DesignMedix Lab in the Portland State
Most of us have felt annoyed […]
Portland wearables maker gets $1.6M grant for physical therapy system
Elizabeth Hayes, Portland Business Journal
The system is a fraction of the cost of traditional rehab systems, such as instrumented treadmills, which run $80,000, according to APDM. STOCKSTUDIOX
A Portland wearables developer has landed $1.6 million as it helps older adults achieve independent movement.
The National […]
How a $600M jolt could get OHSU’s promising AIDS vaccine to market
Elizabeth Hayes, Portland Business Journal
ANDREW TOWNSEND OHSU VACCINE & GENE THERAPY INSTITUTE
When TomegaVax Inc. spun out from Oregon Health & Science University in 2011, it had the makings of a future bio-star.
The startup would commercialize the research from the OHSU Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, where Dr. Louis Picker and his colleagues were developing a vaccine to combat some […]
Madison High graduate to attend Brown University as first-generation college student
Corlyn Vorhees, The Oregonian/Oregon Live
Madison High graduate Cynthia Bui will be attending Brown University in September.
Cynthia Bui, who graduated from Madison High this week, started preparing for college when she was only 10.
She was the “really annoying know-it-all kid,” she said. “I genuinely enjoyed learning. I don’t think that’s changed. It’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older.”
Bui learned three […]
Eugene firm employs worms to transform drug research
Elizabeth Hayes, Portland Business Journal
The following story is part of this week’s package on the winners of the Portland Business Journal’s Small Business Innovation Awards.
Eugene-based NemaMetrix uses nematode worms to help scientists save money and time as they determine if a drug has therapeutic value or potentially dangerous side effects.
The startup’s ScreenChip System collects data after DNA from a human patient is injected into the worm, an excellent living proxy for […]
