Technology and Innovation

Visit an Alabama Company Making COVID-19 Tests

A Fort Payne company that has long been primarily in the business of designing and equipping drug testing labs across the country has shifted...

BioGX Inc. Gets Emergency FDA Approval for New COVID-19 Test

A Birmingham-based molecular diagnostics company announced on April 3 it has received FDA emergency authorization to produce and distribute a new diagnostic test that...

CPSI Gift Boosts Telehealth Nationwide

Many companies since mid-March have considered ways to help neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic. A med-tech company based in Mobile went further, opting to...

Command Alkon to be Acquired, Recapitalized for Expansion

Command Alkon — the Birmingham software company that is the industry leader in logistics platforms for the U.S. heavy construction industry — announced, on...

UAB, Altimmune Inc. Testing COVID-19 Vaccine

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is partnering with biopharmaceutical company Altimmune Inc. for preclinical testing of a potential vaccine to prevent COVID-19 disease. The...

Abaco UK Site Named Center of Excellence

National Instruments has named Abaco Systems' site in Towcester, England as a National Instruments Center of Excellence — the first in the UK, and...

Legacy Alabama Company Wins National Green Innovation Award

One of Alabama's oldest metals fabricators, born in 1939 in Iron City Birmingham, Alabama Metal Industries Corp. (AMICO), won Green Builder magazine's 2020 “Green...

Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Birmingham to Kick Off Education Initiative

Apple CEO Tim Cook traveled to Birmingham Thursday to unveil a new education initiative for local students, visit with local leaders and make a...

UAH Ready to Tackle Hypersonic Defense Gap

U.S. officials have reluctantly admitted that Russia and China made a giant leap ahead of U.S. defenses in recent years with development of hypersonic...

Launchpad Competition Finals Set for Feb. 27

Six young companies will compete Feb. 27 for $150,000 in startup funding at the Alabama Launchpad final pitch competition for this year’s first cycle...

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