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Balm Innovations Launches New Product, Expands to East Coast
Arkansas-based Balm Innovations, the parent company of Omnibalm skin care products and a client of Innovate Arkansas, said Tuesday that it has launched a new skin cream in more than 100 drug stores and entered a partnership that will nearly double the availability of another product. // read more
Balm Innovations Gets $100,000 Grant to Launch New Product
Balm Innovations of Little Rock, parent company of Omnibalm skin cream products, has received a $100,000 Seed Capital Investment Program grant from the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority to help launch a new product, to be announced, and expand its current distribution into new markets. // read more
UAMS BioVentures Company to Market Cost-cutting Services for Pharmacy Benefit Programs
The concept behind a unique program that saves Arkansas millions of dollars in Medicaid drug costs has spawned a new startup company through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures. // read more
Special Nanotubes May Be Used as a Vehicle for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders
Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. // read more
Anderson, Others Named to Arkansas Research Alliance
The Arkansas Research Alliance names the members of its 15-person Board of Trustees. // read more
Nanomedicine: Arkansas Researchers Publish First Textbook of Emerging Field
Formalizing progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology, engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have published the first textbook on the emerging field of nanomedicine. // read more
Small Business Center Lands $93,000 SBA Grant to Assist Veterans
The state's congressional delegation announced this week that the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will receive a $93,405 grant through the U.S. Small Business Administration's Veterans Assistance and Services Program. // read more
Nano Development Seeks New Kind of Cancer Fight
A team of scientists led by Dr. Alexandru Biris at the Nanotechnology Center at UALR in collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is developing a method for attacking cancer cells by killing them from within. // read more
BioVentures Startup Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Imaging Materials
One of the early-stage companies in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures center is the recipient of Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the Department of Energy, the center announced recently. // read more
Time Magazine Editor-at-large to Speak at Venture Forum Conference
A week from today Josh Quittner, editor-at-large for Time Magazine, will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Arkansas Venture Forum Conference, organizers announced recently. // read more
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