PLYMOUTH - ProNAi Therapeutics announced that it has added five seasoned executives to its senior management team. They include: Dr. Angie You, Chief Business & Strategy Officer & Head of Commercial Wendy Chapman, Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations Chandra Lovejoy, Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs & Quality Emma McCann, Vice President, Program Management James
ANN ARBOR - In the heat of looking for funding from traditional sources such as Venture Capitalists, start-ups often overlook opportunities for additional funds from Patient Advocacy Groups. On Nov. 5, Ann Arbor Spark will explore maximizing start-up opportunities with these foundations. Foundations certainly serve as a potential source for seed grants and clinical trial
AUBURN HILLS - For 36 years, the National Institutes of Health have funded Dr. Frank Giblin's research on cataracts. This fall he will expand his work with a four-year grant totaling $1.5 million. "It's unusual to have a grant for 36 years with the same title and grant number," Dr. Giblin said. Dr. Giblin is
DETROIT ? The Detroit Red Wings have extended their partnership with Van Andel Institute?s Purple Community in an effort to raise money for cancer research when the Red Wings host the Pittsburgh Penguins at Joe Louis Arena for Hockey Fights Cancer Night Oct. 23. This is the second year that the Red Wings and Van
ANN ARBOR ? OcuSciences, a medical diagnostic device manufacturer that developed a technology to detect eye disease years earlier than current method, was named Medical Main Street?s ?INNO-VATOR of the Year.? OcuSciences is a medical diagnostic device company commercializing a rapid, non-invasive test for early detection of retinal disease. Physicians can use the device to
KALAMAZOO - How can we accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of new medical treatments and cures for patients? That's the question asked by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI 6th) at a roundtable discussion Tuesday in Kalamazoo. The roundtable is one of many being held across the country as part of the 21st Century Cures Initiative.
ANN ARBOR ? Stem cell company Aastrom Biosciences announced Thursday plans to change its corporate name to Vericel Corporation and move its corporate headquarters from Ann Arbor to Cambridge, Massachusetts. "The proposed name change and plan to move our headquarters to Cambridge are the next steps in the transformation of Aastrom from a clinical-stage company
ANN ARBOR - With a $25 million grant from an anonymous donor, the University of Michigan will begin training doctors in Africa in reproductive health services not widely available to many women living in remote areas of the continent. The grant will allow faculty at the U-M Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to create a
SOUTHFIELD - Two student projects at Lawrence Technological University have won $25,000 Ford College Community Challenge grants that promote sustainability and innovation. In all, the Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Ford Motor Company, is awarding $280,000 in Ford C3 grants to 16 student-led projects focused on building sustainable communities. The program,
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute announced Wednesday that Nobel Laureate Michael S. Brown, M.D., will give a special scientific seminar Oct. 27 called A Century of Cholesterol and Coronaries at the Institute. Brown was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1985 along with his colleague, Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, for