Join us October 22 for a networking hour and seminar on how companies and universities access regulatory bodies in the United Kingdom to bring innovative new products and services into the National Health Service. This is the largest single-payer healthcare system in the world — don’t miss this seminar to ensure you know how to bring your new technology to patients and clinicians in a major global market.

Our speaker, Dr. Andrew Rose, works in Liverpool at the North West Coast AHSN to develop the Life Sciences and Health sectors across the region by supporting collaborations/networking, business growth, and wider strategic initiatives, particularly those focused on research and innovation.

Learn more and RSVP here.

North West Coast Academic Health Science Network
The North West Coast AHSN is a network of NHS organisations, universities and businesses to identify areas of need, speed up the adoption of innovation, identify and enable research, and create wealth, with consequent benefits for the health and wealth of individuals, communities, regions and the nation. The NWCAHSN covers a population of 4 million residents and is delivering a step change in the way the NHS identifies, develops and adopts new innovative products and services.

The NWCAHSN is one of 9 HSN’s in England which have “innovation scouts” based in 25 NHS Trusts who are tasked with bringing in new treatments, technologies, etc. They are the bridge between companies, hospitals, Universities and regulatory bodies.

Tenant startup Compliance Partners has signed an agreement with Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory Solutions U.S. to help healthcare organizations streamline and manage compliance amid shifting regulatory guidelines. The company will deliver comprehensive healthcare compliance services and software solutions utilizing premier enterprise-level software from Wolters Kluwer. This solution will provide the ongoing advisory support and customized compliance capabilities healthcare organizations need to remain audit-ready. Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory Solutions U.S. is part of Wolters Kluwer, a global information services company with 2014 revenues of €3.7 billion. 

September 24, 2015 — Read more at Neworleanscitybusiness.com

Health IT startup Better Day Health has a new partnership with national data capture firm Barcoding Inc. Along with automated clinical documentation to improve physician-patient interactions, the startup’s platform now incorporates radio frequency identification technology. Patients will be issued RFID-enabled badges at check-in that link to their EHR and connect them to their data across the clinic or hospital. This will also help improve staff tracking and patient flow management.

September 21, 2015 — Read more in The Baltimore Sun

Early-bird registration for our Innovation Louisiana 2015 life sciences commercialization conference is available through September 30. Prices will go up in October for this event, which features invaluable networking opportunities and panels, keynotes, and workshops on topics critical to the success of high-growth technology startups. Speakers include representatives from:

• Johnson & Johnson
• Becton, Dickinson
• Ballast Point Ventures
• Ben Franklin Technology Partners
• JLABS
• And more!

Find out more and save by registering today at neworleansbio.com/conference.

NOBIC Internet-of-Things tenant company Servato has announced a recent funding round led by ATCO Investment Company (ATCO) to fund sales growth, with additional investors including the Louisiana Fund, Fibrebond Corporation, other North Louisiana family offices, and the NOLA Angel Network. Servato provides a platform-as-a-service solution for remote DC power management in industrial settings.

August 31, 2015 — Read more at Silicon Bayou News

The Center is now accepting applications for the fourth annual BioChallenge pitch competition, in which Louisiana bioscience startup companies will compete for a top prize of $25,000. In the first round, each applicant must submit an executive summary by September 15 describing their company and the new technology they are developing. Full application instructions are available at www.neworleansbio.com/biochallenge. Finalists will pitch for the $25,000 grand prize on November 18 at the Joy Theater.

Join us for networking opportunities and sessions on topics critical to the success of high-growth technology startups. The event educates life science startups, university researchers, and the wider business community on technology innovation issues during the internationally-recognized Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Closing Keynote Speaker:
Thomas Luby
Senior Director of New Ventures at Johnson & Johnson Innovation

More information and early-bird, reduced rate tickets are now available here until September 30.

NOBIC is one of three organizations nationally to receive the U.S. SBA’s 2015 Tibbetts Award for advocacy of the SBIR/STTR grant programs. These highly competitive grant programs award R&D funding to small businesses to support scientific and technological innovation and create economic growth. From 2011 to 2014, the Center supported 5 emerging local startups in successful applications totaling over $3.2 million. The Commercialization team helps write and review proposals, reaches out to potential applicants, holds educational events on the programs and proposal preparation, and supports statewide efforts to increase Louisiana participation in the SBIR/STTR programs. The White House awards ceremony was held on June 15.

June 15, 2015 — Read more at SBA.gov