ProCircular was named the Corridor’s Fastest Growing Company of 2020 by the Corridor Business Journal, ProCircular announced this week. The Coralville-based cybersecurity firm opened a second office in downtown Des Moines this year serving national customers. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, ProCircular began offering free vulnerability checks to critical infrastructure around the Midwest, CEO Aaron Warner said in a statement.
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April 9, 2020
VIDA Diagnostics leverages prior expertise in pandemic research
In Coralville, the artificial intelligence company VIDA Diagnostics is adapting. Beyond sending the staff of about 30 home for remote work, VIDA Diagnostics also sent home a few heavy-duty computers so staff could continue processing data streaming from 35 countries. “We call it business as unusual and just accept it,” said CEO Susan Wood. In the COVID-19 respiratory disease outbreak, it’s very clear to the staff what kind of impact
December 11, 2019
IDx announces new executive leadership team appointments
IDx Technologies founder and CEO Michael Abramoff is succeeding Gary Seamans as executive chairman as the Coralville-based medical company announced new leadership appointments across its executive leadership team. Other appointments include John Bertrand succeeding Abramoff as CEO; Seth Rainford being appointed president and COO; and Danika Simonson being hired in the newly created chief of staff position. IDx Technologies is the creator of IDx-DR, an FDA-authorized autonomous artificial intelligence system that detects
October 23, 2019
IDx taps former LabCorp executive to lead sales
Coralville-based IDx Technologies has appointed former LabCorp executive Seth Rainford as its new president of global markets, the Corridor Business Journal reports. Rainford will be charged with expanding market opportunities and driving operational excellence at IDx, which last April received clearance from the FDA for the first autonomous AI diagnostic system in any field of medicine. Rainford most recently served as regional vice president and general manager of LabCorp in the
September 18, 2019
KemPharm signs licensing, debt exchange agreements
KemPharm, a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Coralville, entered a new licensing agreement with an affiliate of Gurnet Point Capital (GPC), a private investment firm focused on the life sciences and medtech sectors, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The agreement provides GPC’s affiliate with an exclusive worldwide license to develop, manufacture and commercialize KemPharm’s product candidates containing serdexmethylphenidate (SDX) and d-methylphenidate (d-MPH), including KemPharm’s attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder product candidates,
June 27, 2019
New CPT code for automated point-of-care retinal imaging
IDx, a Coralville startup that developed the first FDA-authorized artificial intelligence diagnostics system, announced this week that the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel has accepted a new category 1 CPT code for automated point-of-care retinal imaging. This new code, submitted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) with the support of IDx, facilitates correct billing of IDx-DR, an FDA-cleared autonomous AI system that detects diabetic
May 30, 2019
Growing IDx
Coralville startup becomes the first FDA-authorized artificial intelligence diagnostics system One of the first FDA-authorized artificial intelligent solutions in ophthalmology sprouted in the laboratories of University of Iowa. The idea for advanced technology to help patients who could be going blind had been planted years earlier – first in the Netherlands, by an ophthalmology medical resident with an interest in computer science, then refined in Japan, where his interests evolved
May 2, 2019
Cardio Diagnostics receives Biotech Innovation Showcase Award, $5,000 prize
Iowa Biotechnology Assocation (IowaBio) Executive Director Jessica Hyland presented the Biotech Innovation Showcase Award and $5,000 grand prize to Meeshanthini Dogan of Coralville-based Cardio Diagnostics LLC during Tuesday’s reception at the annual IowaBio Partnering for Growth Conference. Cardio Diagnostics is an emerging company founded in 2017 that focuses on human health to develop and commercialize patent-pending Precision Medicine tools for the prevention of heart disease and stroke. The Biotech Innovation
May 1, 2019
IDx CEO Abramoff receives 2019 Cultivation Corridor Iowa Biotech Leader award
Cultivation Corridor Executive Director Billi Hunt presented the 2019 Cultivation Corridor Iowa Biotech Leader Award to Dr. Michael Abramoff, founder and CEO of IDx Technologies. Abramoff accepted the award on Tuesday during a reception at Partnering for Growth Biotech Innovation Showcase and Forum, an annual conference by the Iowa Biotechnology Association (IowaBIO). The award recognizes an individual who demonstrates leadership in their organization and within the biotechnology industry. At IDx,
April 30, 2019
Iowa startup optimizing air flow at Empire State Building
Coralville-based Innovas Technologies will deploy its automatic tube cleaning technology at the Empire State Building in New York City, reports the Corridor Business Journal. Innovas’ Helios Tube Cleaning System is installed on water-cooled chillers and keeps the tubes clean without intervention. The technology translates to an average 10 percent energy efficiency improvement for generating air condition in large buildings.
