The Texas Biomedical Startup Scene

I've been pleasantly surprised to discover since starting this blog that Texas has a much more robust startup scene in LifeSci/MedTech than I had suspected. The Texas Bio Corridor Alliance website, http://www.texasbiocorridor.org, does a terrific job of consolidating much of the information about it. Its list of in-state incubators/accelerators and venture capital funds is particularly eye-opening. With the most recently posted item in its "Corridor News" section dated June 13, 2012, it appears not to be the most actively maintained website; indeed, it does not mention some of the very latest developments I have come across (more on this in future posts). However, it is so well-organized and generally complete that any future post I write on this topic will most likely serve merely as an addendum to the information contained there. I encourage everyone to take a look at it.

http://www.texasbiocorridor.org

This evening I will be attending a networking event hosted by Health Wildcatters, a brand-new Dallas-based healthcare-oriented seed accelerator. Having opened its doors only a few months ago, it is not (yet) mentioned in the Texas Bio Corridor Alliance website. I look forward to learning a lot about the local biomedical startup scene there. Perhaps I will meet some of you, my readers, there as well!

- Isamu Z. Hartman, PhD

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Comics About Patents (A Work In Progress)

Back in January and February of 2018, I spent some time creating two four-panel comics about the process of 1) obtaining patent protection, and 2) monetizing those patent rights by licensing them. I drew the comics to serve as an illustration of concepts that I often find myself explaining to others in the course of my work. I've already shared these comics through Twitter and Facebook (click on either of link to see more of the creative process!). However, I thought I'd share them with my blog's readership as well. Please enjoy! I'm really hoping to reignite this project at some point in the future and create more episodes. (Click on the images below to enlarge) Episode 1: Episode 2: - Isamu Hartman

Medical Device Companies in Texas - Breakdown by City

In a previous post I described the geographic distribution of pharmaceutical companies within Texas. I went back to the same directory of Texas-based pharmaceutical and medical device companies [see disclaimer below, *] and, this time, took a look at the geographic distribution of companies working in medical devices. The list [see technical note below, **] contains a total of 171 medical device companies - almost twice the number of pharmaceutical companies listed. Here is how they are geographically distributed: The number in each wedge = the number of medical device companies in that city. "Other" consists of Bryan/College Station (4 companies), Athens (3), Corpus Christi (2), El Paso (2), Amarillo (1), Beaumont/Port Arthur (1), Longview (1), Lubbock (1), Midland (1), Mineral Wells (1), and Waco (1). As with pharmaceutical companies...

The Big Fish: Texas-Based Biomedical Companies listed on NYSE and NASDAQ

[Monday, 22 April 2013: I added Hanger Inc. (HGR, NYSE), an Austin-based prosthetics and orthotics company I had originally missed, to the list] [Thursday, 02 May 2013: fixed the location of Hanger Inc. (HGR, NYSE) - changed from Dallas to Austin] I have another few posts coming up on Texas-based awardees of the SBIR program. But first, a quick digression. +Levi Shapiro asked me the following question during a phone conversation we had earlier today: who are the "Big Players" in the Texas biomedical industry that are listed in the major stock exchanges? I knew about Luminex (LMNX, NASDAQ) off the top of my head. Other than that, though, I really had no idea. Following the advice of +Lauren Nise , I used LexisNexis (courtesy of the UT Dallas Eugene McDermott Library ) to generate a list of publicly traded biomedical companies headquartered in Texas that are listed in either NYSE or NASDAQ. Here are the companies I found: (Open spreadsheet as a se...

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