HTG Molecular Diagnostics and Daiichi Sankyo Complete Master Services Agreement

HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTGM), a provider of instruments, reagents and services for molecular profiling applications, announced that it has entered into a master services agreement with Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo) for work to be performed in HTG’s VERI/O laboratory. The initial project includes the development of a custom assay for the detection of nearly 3,000 mRNA targets using the HTG EdgeSeq technology.Continue reading

UA Startup Catalina Pharma Offers New Method to Treat Anesthesia-Induced Hypothermia

Tucson, Ariz. – Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson and Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center – Phoenix have come up with a new method for treating the decrease in body temperature that occurs under anesthesia during surgery (anesthesia-induced hypothermia). The team, which includes anesthesiologist Amol Patwardhan, M.D., Ph.D., working with Frank Porreca, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona, and Andrej Romanovsky, M.D., Ph.D. at St. Joseph’s, have been investigating the utility of TRPV-1 antagonists to address this condition.Continue reading