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November, 2012

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  1. Study Released by Ben Franklin Shale Gas Center Summarizes Regulations Governing Natural Gas Vehicles

              November 26, 2012 For further information: Bill Hall/Director Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center 814-933-8203 / billhall@psu.edu As gasoline prices rise, consumers are eyeing low cost natural gas as a potential solution to their transportation fuel needs. But switching to natural gas as the fuel of choice brings with it Continue Reading…

  2. Ben Franklin Alumnus Client EcoTech Marine receives two Best of 2012 Awards

    EcoTech Marine has announced that it received two of MarineDepot.com’s Best of 2012 Awards in the Best Aquarium Light and Best Powerhead categories. EcoTech Marine was one of only two companies to receive more than one award this year from a pool of more than 180 global brands considered. Read more here.

  3. Ben Franklin Client Micro Interventional Devices Preps for 2013 EU Launch For Transapical Access Device

    Structural heart disease firm Micro Interventional Devices Inc. hopes to gain a CE mark and launch its clinical stage Permaseal transmyocardial access and closure device in Europe by the second half of 2013, with a focus on use for big-ticket transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures. Permaseal, which the company calls the first transapical access device Continue Reading…

  4. LifeAire Systems wins Ben Franklin Venture Idol

     It was a cross between Shark Tank and American Idol, and with great networking and workshops. “Ben Franklin Venture Idol” illustrated a significant way in which early-stage entrepreneurs seek and obtain seed capital. The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania hosted the event on Thursday evening, November 15th, at the Innovation Institute at Ben Continue Reading…

  5. Ben Franklin TechVentures Cited in Credit Suisse Digital Magazine

    Start Me Up: Incubators Outside Silicon Valley http://www.thefinancialist.com/start-me-up-finding-incubators-outside-silicon-valley/

  6. Ben Franklin TechVentures Hosts StartUp Weekend

       In support of regional entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin TechVentures® hosted Lehigh Valley Startup Weekend on November 2-4, 2012. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour, hands-on experience where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs gather and develop ideas to determine if start-up ideas are viable. The Lehigh Valley event, at which100 participants, coaches, and organizers spent their weekends, was Continue Reading…

  7. Ben Franklin Featured in Lehigh University Alumni Bulletin- Fall 2012

     America’s Gold Standard: Pennsylvania’s Economy is Based on new Technologies, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners is Leading the Way in Developing Them. By Emily Groff Click here to read the story.

  8. Ben Franklin Alumnus Particle Sciences Develops Novel Ocular Formulation to Treat Dry Eye

    Particle Sciences, Bethlehem, a leading drug delivery CRO, has developed a novel ocular formulation for its client, Eyeon Therapeutics, Inc.  The formulation, based on a polymer owned by Particle Sciences, provides superior clinical results in treating dry eye.  The results were published earlier this year in the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutic.  Read more Continue Reading…

  1. The Four Seasons of Your Start-Up. . .Autumn

    The inner dynamics of a start up…like time through the year. The temperature outside my window last night dipped to 24, the crickets have stopped chirping and my wife told me that she “can’t manage all the tomatoes I’m bringing in from the garden.”  Hmmm…kinda like life inside a high tech start-up.  The spring and Continue Reading…

  2. Win One of Three $25,000 Awards for Shale Gas Innovation

              November 6, 2012 For further information: Bill Hall/Director Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center 814-933-8203 / billhall@psu.edu  Win One of Three $25,000 Awards for Shale Gas Innovation  Are you a researcher, entrepreneur, or innovator working in the shale gas space in Pennsylvania? The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Continue Reading…

  3. Ben Franklin Alumnus OraSure Technology Product Named a “Best Invention of 2012” by TIME Magazine

    First and Only In-Home Rapid Oral HIV Test Recognized as a Top Innovation of the Year OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSUR) announced the company’s OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test, the first ever in-home rapid infectious disease test made available directly to consumers, has been named one of the “Best Inventions of 2012” by TIME. The OraQuick® In-Home Continue Reading…

  4. Ben Franklin TechVentures Wins Another National Award

    Incubator Recognized for Building Entrepreneurial Capacity by the State Science and Technology Institute The State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) named Ben Franklin TechVentures® the winner of its Building Entrepreneurial Capacity award on October 29th at SSTI’s National Conference in Atlanta. TechVentures and five other organizations were named winners of SSTI’s 2012 Excellence in Technology-Based Economic Development Continue Reading…