The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced San Antonio’s BioMedSA as a Stage One winner for the 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. BioMedSA will receive a $50,000 cash prize to build strategic partnerships that will support the launch, growth, and scale of bioscience startups in San Antonio and the surrounding region, serving as a model for … Read more
Bexar County Commissioners presented Heather Hanson, President of BioMedSA, a proclamation of Biofest Week. Biofest Week is a chance to celebrate San Antonio’s largest economic sector, healthcare and bioscience during the week before Fiesta. Biofest Week was started with Biofest Invest in person for the first time in 2022. Biofest Invest connects bioscience entrepreneurs with … Read more
So you want to sell your product to the federal marketplace: now what? The federal marketplace for healthcare and bioscience products is a large ecosystem. There are local, regional, and national systems, a variety of contract vehicles used, and plenty of federal stakeholders involved in the process. There is no single pathway that represents how … Read more
One of the biggest mistakes you can make while waiting for FDA approval is to think you can’t start working on your marketing strategy. This simply isn’t true. It’s true that a device that doesn’t yet have FDA marketing clearance is considered “investigational” and cannot be advertised or promoted. You definitely can’t start taking orders … Read more
Bringing a new technology or invention to market is a long and arduous process. From conception to financing, from understanding the market and keeping tabs on competitors, the journey can be like threading a needle. Below are key questions that companies should answer and periodically update. Who are your competitors and how dominant are they? … Read more
BioMedSA members with successful grant experience have volunteered to review SBIR proposals in order to increase the win rate for our community. The volunteers will have signed a confidentiality agreement prior to the review, but entrepreneurs are encouraged to redact any confidential information. Companies will need to plan for the anticipated review process times as … Read more
Using cryo-EM technology to flash-freeze proteins can generate clues to curing disease When physicians observe or hear of symptoms in their patients, they order CT scans, MRIs or other types of imaging analysis to understand the causes. Clinical imaging, however, does not illuminate the processes of life that occur deeper within, at the level of … Read more
When physicians observe or hear of symptoms in their patients, they order CT scans, MRIs or other types of imaging analysis to understand the causes. Clinical imaging, however, does not illuminate the processes of life that occur deeper within, at the level of individual proteins and other molecules. Chain reactions in this tiny domain determine … 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 BioMedSA members. We are pleased to introduce Mercer, an ACA-compliant Affinity Small Group (ASG) health plan program provider. Mercer’s BIO Small Group Health Plans program … Read more
One of the biggest key factors in growing your company’s digital presence is SEO. If google can’t even find you then your audience won’t be able to either. One thing we do know about SEO is that it’s time-consuming in that it’s a marathon and not a race. It takes a lot of work to … Read more
Welcome back! Login below