ANN ARBOR - ONL Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for preserving sight in a range of retinal diseases, Wednesday announced it has been awarded a $1.37 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from the National Eye Institute to advance development of ONL101, the company?s lead therapeutic candidate. ONL101 is a first-in-class
LANSING - The state is just 51 persons short of 450,000 people having signed up for the Healthy Michigan Medicaid expanded enrollment, meaning the state could actually hit the total number of people it had ever expected to enroll by early December. On Monday, the Department of Community Health said 449,949 people had enrolled in
ANN ARBOR ? The MichBio Job Bank has five new jobs available with four in Michigan and one in Iraq. Biomedical Equipment Technician - work abroad! CHSi Middle East - Baghdad, Iraq The MSSI in Iraq Program Manager establishes a clinically safe and professionally managed healthcare environment and provides primary health care as well as
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP - Delphinus Medical Technologies, the first company to design and manufacture a whole breast ultrasound system that incorporates circular transducer technology, announced last month that Chris Sanders has joined the executive team as vice president of engineering. He comes to Delphinus with over 20 years of extensive global innovation and manufacturing expertise in
GRAND RAPIDS - Tetra Discovery Partners, a drug discovery company developing a portfolio of innovative drugs for psychiatric, neurological and inflammatory diseases, announced additional private financing. The company has received additional financing from previous seed investor Grand Angels, as well as an investment by Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. Tetra additionally announced the formation of
KALAMAZOO - Vestaron Corporation, a company that designs environmentally friendly insecticides, announced the final close of its Series C Financing. Anterra Capital, based in the Netherlands, added $4 Million to the $10 Million previously announced to bring total funding to $14 Million. Anterra Capital is jointly funded by Moonray Investors, the proprietary investment arm of
ANN ARBOR - Paxton Medical was awarded Best of Boot Camp at the conclusion of Ann Arbor SPARK's 25th Entrepreneurial Boot Camp. Paxton Medical identifies and develops medically related products to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of medical professionals, specifically in an operating room setting. "Ann Arbor SPARK's Boot Camp is a tremendous opportunity
EAST LANSING - The Michigan State University College of Engineering is getting a new academic department. The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) was approved by the MSU Board of Trustees Oct. 24, opening the door for collaborative healthcare related research between the college and rest of campus. The effective date for the new unit will
LANSING - Quantum Medical Concepts, a new partnership between the Michigan State Medical Society and Common Wealth Enterprises to provide early-stage funding for developing medical advances in Michigan, announced Monday that it will make a $100,000 investment in Advanced Amputee Solutions. Based in Metro Detroit, Advanced Amputee Solutions uses the Cushioning Implantable End Pad (CIEP)
ANN ARBOR - How secure are your most confidential documents? Find out during a webcast Oct. 30 to find out how bioscience organizations are using secure document sharing solutions to work with outside parties, such as partners and potential acquirers. Explore the risks and benefits of various solutions, and evaluate the reasons why many bioscience