Heather Hanson

Biofest Invest 2022 was held on March 30, 2022, the day before the start of San Antonio’s Fiesta celebration. Over 250 people were registered in order to support medtech, biotech, digital health, and pharma entrepreneurs make connections with investors, support organizations, and colleagues, as well as receive helpful information to enable their growth.  Over 25 … Read more

BioMedSA is working on many new initiatives, supported by a move to our new office location in the San Antonio Technology Center. The Advocacy Advisory Board promoted the TRANSCEND Bill at the Texas Legislature, which would have created a program to support public investment in R&D for infectious diseases. The group has also been working … Read more

BioMedSA is part of a nationwide network of similar organizations who leverage their members’ purchasing volume to pre-negotiate cost savings contracts with key suppliers. These pre-negotiated contracts are available to all BioMedSA members. This month, we are pleased to feature CleanHarbors. CleanHarbors is one of the largest environmental services companies in North America, managing waste … Read more

Timothy J.C. Anderson, Ph.D., has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, based on his advancements and achievements in microbiology. An expert in malaria and schistosomiasis, he co-leads the Disease Intervention & Prevention program at Texas Biomedical Research Institute. He and his team were key to the identification of the first known … Read more

Tax Obligations are a function of the formation type of a company and the states in which the company is formed plus the states in which the company has a business presence. Tax obligations also come from the nature and activities of a business: the company’s fiscal year; whether there are employees; whether there is … Read more

BioMedSA is part of a nationwide network of similar organizations who leverage their members’ purchasing volume to pre-negotiate cost savings contracts with key suppliers. These pre-negotiated contracts are available to all BioMedSA members. This month, we are pleased to feature American Laboratory Trading (ALT). ALT supplies refurbished and surplus lab equipment to life science companies. … Read more

Ali Seifi, MD, FNCS, FCCM, is a dedicated clinical care physician in the Neuro-intensive Care Unit at UT Health San Antonio, and manages its daily operations. He is actively involved in innovation and research to benefit critically ill patients. Most recently, he was featured on ABC’s Shark Tank for his hiccup treatment device, HiccAway, and … Read more

BioMedSA has negotiated a cost-savings opportunity for start-up companies from our own PR firm, Lisa Owens Strategic Marketing. BioMedSA members with less than 10 employees, less than $5M annual sales and less than 5 years old are eligible for a free press release (up to 10 hours pro bono). After the first press release, services … Read more

Venture capital investors invest in companies in the hopes that later rounds of investment will increase the valuation of the company. As more investors invest in a given company, the percentage of the company that each investor owns decreases, but as long as subsequent investors invest at a price per share that is higher, the … Read more

Dr. Carlos Roberto Jaen, MD, PhD, is professor and chairman of family and community medicine at UT Health San Antonio. His focus is preventative care with the goal of preventing complications from chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. He also studies primary care offices with an interest in the promotion of … Read more