A startup that’s developing an oral hygiene medical device and another that’s developing a sterilization device have received grants from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation.Elyria, Ohio-based Biolectrics received a $100,000 grant to work on an oral hygiene device that “painlessly” treats common oral conditions like gingivitis, gum recession and bone [...]

One of the many fortunate things about living in Ohio is the chance for promising businesses to receive grants and other incentives. MedCity News closed on two such opportunities in the past month that will certainly help fuel our growth. We received the prestigious B Grant from The Innovation Fund and were certified for the state’s Technology Investment Tax Credit, which provides a 25 percent tax credit for those who invest in approved Ohio businesses.

Researchers behind a potential spin-off from Case Western Reserve University should know in about six months how they will develop their neurostimulation technology that helps people swallow.Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation, the researchers plan to test up to 10 patients with a noninvasive or [...]

Two Northeast Ohio start-ups that are developing treatments for psoriasis and for people who have trouble swallowing are getting $25,000 grants from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation.Fluence Therapeutics Inc. in Akron, which has licensed photodynamic therapy technology from University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is developing both a [...]

Armed with a $100,000 grant from Lorain County Community College’s Innovation Fund, ReQuisite Biomedical would like to raise another $800,000 before relocating, said co-founder and Chief Executive John Foley.

Mark Chance learned to love science by hanging around the University of Pennsylvania laboratory of his uncle, Britton Chance. Yesterday, Mark Chance, a physiology and biophysics professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, accepted $25,000 grant from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation for commercializatio efforts of his company, NeoProteomics Inc. Chance belongs to a generation of academic researchers who believe their discoveries find their highest purpose in helping patients.

MedCity News on Thursday was awarded a grant from the Innovation Fund of the Lorain County Community College Foundation that’s meant for nascent businesses to build out technology to improve their businesses and lead to job growth.

The Innovation Fund at Lorain County Community College Foundation is making $375,000 in grants to six Northeast Ohio companies — two of them in biosciences.