Newsletter

BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 3 new memberships in October 2023: Capital Analytics Association, Oncobiomix, and SWBC. Capital Analytics Associates provides in-depth economic analyses of specific markets and presents information in both digital and print formatswith the objective to assist leaders in making data-driven decisions. Capital Analytics produces annual business guides, researched for 6-8 months, … Read more

Amelie G. Ramirez, D.P.H, M.P.H. is the Director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research, Chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences at UT Health San Antonio and Associate Director of Cancer Outreach and Engagement at Mays Cancer Center.  A recent inductee to the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame, Dr. Ramirez is an … Read more

Katherine A. Dondanville, PsyD, ABPP is a nationally recognized expert in implementing psychological treatments for PTSD. In 2016, her use of Cognitive Processing Therapy with service members and veterans with PTSD earned her the UT Health Science Center Presidential Award for Clinical Service. A Clinical Psychologist in the UT Health San Antonio Long School of … Read more

On September 7th, nearly 500 ecosystem and city leaders, innovators, students, and community members gathered to recognize the lifelong and innovative achievements of Dr. William Henrich and Dr. Sunil Ahuja. This event had the Who’s Who in the San Antonio biomedical ecosystem with contingents from Austin and guests from across the U.S. The pre-dinner networking … Read more

BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 2 new memberships in September 2023: Diatomic, Inc. and Globio.  Globiox (pronounced glow-be-o) is a global life science consulting firm that seekd to support companies with quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and quality managment systems. The silent ‘x’ at the end of our name stands for the unknown variable as in … Read more

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a $2.5 billion federal biomedical agency research agency created in 2022, stands to benefit San Antonio’s $44.1 billion health care and biosciences sector, the city’s largest, and local economic development. It’s a new federal agency designed to change the way patients are treated in the US healthcare … Read more

New Funding to Bolster San Antonio’s Biomedical Startup Ecosystem The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced BioMedSA as a Stage Two winner for the national 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. BioMedSA will receive $150,000 to help catalyze the development of bioscience startups in San Antonio, enabling them to build on a strong foundation as … Read more

BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 4 new memberships in August 2023: Blaze Biotech, Carolina Precision, Kowa and Qana. Blaze Biotech is a medical device development firm in San Antonio that works with individuals and small companies seeking to create and grow medical device businesses with the goal of divesting. They review concepts and IP potential … Read more

Sunil K. Ahuja, MD, serves as a Professor and Director of the Center for Personalized Medicine at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. He serves as a professor of medicine; microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics; and biochemistry and structural biology at UT Health San Antonio. He also serves as Director of Research Enhancement Programs … Read more

BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 5 new memberships in June 2023: CENIT Consulting, Clinical Trials of Texas, Galen Data, USI Insurance Services, and Phage Refinery. CENIT Consulting seeks to provide comprehensive regulatory and quality management services specifically tailored for medical device start-ups. Drawing from our expertise in medical device regulatory affairs, they guide companies through … Read more