ALLEGAN - Perrigo Company has entered into a collaborative agreement with Cobrek Pharmaceuticals, a newly formed entity of Pentech Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately owned company that specializes in the research and development of niche generic dosage forms. Pentech will contribute its ANDA filing for a generic equivalent to Luxiq(R) foam, a $34 million branded pharmaceutical
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan spin out Tissue Regeneration Systems, a medical device company developing bioactive implants for bone and soft tissue regeneration, has closed a $2 million Series A round of financing, which was led by Venture Investors and joined by the founders of TRS. The company, a spin-out of the U-M and
ANN ARBOR - Nearly three years and thousands of hours later, patient safety received another boost at the University of Michigan Health System as the institution completed implementation of its online order entry system in the University Hospital and the Cardiovascular Center last week. Even before it was complete, the system - which has been
ANN ARBOR - Jeffrey Halter, M.D., director of the University of Michigan Geriatrics Center and Institute of Gerontology, has been named the 2008 Nascher/Manning Award recipient of the American Geriatrics Society �?? given to an individual with distinguished, life-long achievement in clinical geriatrics. Halter was cited by the AGS Board of Directors and the Awards
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Medical Device Consortium has gone live with its new web site, better to serve the more than 20 life sciences companies that have joined the group since it launched in December 2007. Established in the summer of 2007 through the support of the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative,
ANN ARBOR - A multi-center trial led by the University of Michigan Health System finds short-term replacement of renal cell function with the bioartificial kidney speeds recovery and reduces a patient's mortality risk by 50 percent. The study - published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology - is one in a string
ALLEGAN - The Perrigo Company announced Thursday that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market an over-the-counter version of Nicorette gum, which is an aid to smoking cessation. The overall market for OTC nicotine gum and lozenge products is estimated at approximately $750 million annually at all retail outlets.
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio Executive Director Stephen Rapundalo said Michigan has created a buzz out there ? the Upper Hand ads in tandem with the state-supported 21st Century Jobs Fund, are generating a lot of interest among the nation's biotech community. Rapundalo, in his remarks during the MichBio annual meeting Tuesday night in Ann Arbor,
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio, the state's life sciences trade association, will be hosting a workshop on April 22 to look at how biotechnology companies can select the best funding sources. The workshop is scheduled in the afternoon just before the MichBio annual meeting. The workshop is called Capital Formation: Lost in Translation. Industry experts will
DEARBORN - Wayne State University School of Medicine and Oakwood Healthcare System surgeons successfully implanted a new device designed to combat congestive heart failure in a 49-year-old patient that has ushered in a new tool to combat a condition that kills 300,000 Americans annually. The April 1 surgery took place at Oakwood Hospital & Medical