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Startups Seek New Treatments for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Somnair selected as semi-finalists at Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies 2025

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Somnair CEO Dr Anders Sideris, Featured on IEEE Pulse Industry Corner live

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Somnair To Take Part in UCSF Rosenman Institute Innovators Cohort 2025

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Somnair selected to MedTech Innovator East Coast Pitch Event

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Somnair founders Mitch and Anders awared Johns Hopkins President's Venture Fellowship 2024 

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Johns Hopkins Magazine: A Better, Less Invasive Treatment for Sleep Apnea

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Somnair awarded inaugural Maryland Student Venture Showcase & Pava LaPere Innovation Awards

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Somnair invited to pitch at Texas Life Sciences Forum hosted by BioHouston and Rice Alliance 

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Somnair enters final round of NIH Blueprint Medtech Scheme 

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Somnair invited to take part in Texas Medical Center Innovation Bootcamp

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Somnair invited to take part in ASU InvestU on back of ASU Innovation Open

1st Prize

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Somnair Selected as Finalist for 2025 SXSW PITCH

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MBA students developing an innovative device to treat obstructive sleep apnea

Somnair takes part in Venture Well Aspire Program

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1st place at SURGE Expo 24 at Stanford University

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1st Place at ASU Innovation Open

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2nd Place at Rice Business Plan Competition

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Somnair takes part in Nucleate Baltimore chapter incubator

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Somnair Completes Preclinical Animal Trial

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Somnair Selected to Participate in National
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Somnair Selected for the Venturewell Propel Program

Somnair Completes Venturewell Aspire Program

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Somnair Receives a Grant from Jesse Family Foundation

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Somnair Participates in FFU Fuel Accelerator

Dr. Anders Sideris granted Abell Biomedical Engineering Innovation Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University

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Mitchell Turley granted Abell Biomedical Engineering Innovation Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University

Somnair Receives a Grant through FFU Summer Incubator Program

Shri Prabha Shivram Receives 

Inno Under 25 Award

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1st Place in JHU Hopstart Competition

Audience Choice Award in the Carey Student Venture Showcase

1st Place in Startup 302 Competition in Delaware

1st Place in Elevator Pitch Competition and Investor Round Table at the Heartland Challenge

Judges’ Choice Award at the FFU Fuel Spark Accelerator Program

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The Somnair device is currently in the pre-clinical development stage and is not yet commercially available. It is on the pathway to clinical studies, and any information provided is subject to change as research progresses.

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