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Start-Up Previews, January 2016

 
• By Nancy Dvorin

In this month's issue of Start-Up, we profile Alcresta Pharmaceuticals, Gordian Surgical, International Biomedical Devices, NaviGate Cardiac Structures, ObsEva and SweetBio.

Alcresta Pharmaceuticals Inc. aims to combat malabsorption, with an initial focus on enzyme deficiencies, for people with gastrointestinal disorders and rare diseases. It is developing a pipeline of point-of-care nutritional products tailored to maximize the absorption of calories or specific nutrients, based on cartridges enclosing enzymes immobilized onto polymer beads.

To make laparoscopic procedures quicker, safer and less expensive, Israeli-based [Gordian Surgical Ltd.] has developed a trocar with built-in closure...

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