Satio announced that a National Institutes for Health agency awarded it a $3.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. Awarded by the NIH’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), the contract helps the company develop SatioRx. This drug delivery device, compact and inexpensive, features disposable microneedle components for precise delivery. It remotely enables […]
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NIH to locate ARPA-H’s Catalyst Hub in Massachusetts
An agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tabbed Massachusetts as the host of its Investor Catalyst Hub. The federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) selected Massachusetts as the hub. It supports ARPA-H’s mission to foster collaboration among researchers, entrepreneurs and investors. Established as a separate entity inside the NIH in 2022, […]
Massachusetts is competing for ARPA-H biomedical research center
The U.S. government is planning to establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to accelerate biomedical research. The new federal research agency will not be based alongside its NIH parent in Bethesda, Maryland. After winning authorization to create the agency, Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and several colleagues in Massachusetts are asking the […]