The license agreement with Harvard, Frazier said, will help Obatala expand its offerings of microphysiological systems that biomedical researchers can use to mimic various tissues throughout the ...

Obatala Sciences, a New Orleans biotechnology company, was founded in 2017 to enable diversity in clinical research and speed up the development of better therapies for diseases like obesity ...

Obatala has been able to raise $10 million from sources that include federal funding, venture capital and personal investments. The company began with three team members and has expanded to 15, with ...

Obatala Sciences, a New Orleans-based company that helps pharmaceutical companies bring new drugs to market faster through a diversity-focused testing technology, has raised $3 million from a ...

Dr. Trivia Frazier, CEO and president of Obatala Sciences, a biotech firm whose "fat-on-a-chip" technology facilitates faster testing for new drugs than traditional methods.

Frazier said in the news release that Obatala is uniquely positioned as the first and only stem cell life sciences firm based in New Orleans run by a minority female who is also a New Orleans native.

Obatala Sciences, a New Orleans biotech firm, has received the Minority Health Products and Services Firm of the Year Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Passage of the FDA Modernization Act Enables New Era for Preclinical Testing The 11th-hour passage of The FDA Modernization Act gave a much-needed boost to the advocates of new alternative methods ...

In Trinidad, an Obatala procession took place on January 28 in Woodbrook, on the outskirts of the capital, Port of Spain. Artist Jason C. Audain was there, and captured both still images and video.