GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute announced that it has reached a licensing agreement for its XenoBase software system with Intervention Insights, a Grand Rapids-based company formed in 2009 with investments from more than a dozen local investors. The company was created to compete in the emerging personalized medicine industry by supporting community oncologists
YPSILANTI ? MichBio announced that Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will keynote the 2010 MichBio Expo & Conference this October at the Marriott at Eagle Crest in Ypsilanti. "Dr. Shuren's visit will be particularly timely as the FDA's CDRH continues with
EAST LANSING ? SanoBio Therapeutics, an Ann Arbor-based biopharmaceutical company commercializing a therapeutic peptide for the treatment of diabetic ulcers, was runner up in the New Business Category at the Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest contest, winning $2,500. The company also picked up another $5000 from the MEDC as a biotech entrepreneur award winner. To listen,
DETROIT ? MitoStem, a Wayne State University TechTown tenant, which is developing its stem cell technology that can be used to grow many organs in the body, was awarded $5000 at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest awards ceremony by the MEDC for its excellence as a biotech entrepreneurial startup. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - Exactly one year after purchasing a 174-acre research campus formerly used for advanced pharmaceutical development, the University of Michigan has selected the leader who will steer the site's transformation into a vibrant home for academic and private-sector research. And for that leader, it will also be a homecoming. David Canter, a physician,
MACKINAC ISLAND - Michigan has the infrastructure to see major progress in attracting biotechnology businesses, but the state is hurting itself by failing to develop and stick to a plan to promote the industry, top biotechnology executives said. As a result, Michigan is losing out compared to states like Ohio and Indiana, which in some
MACKINAC ISLAND ? A study released Thursday by MichBio shows total bioscience employment for Michigan increased by nearly 10 percent from 2008, while the number of bioscience businesses rose by nearly 8 percent. Specifically, the Battelle/BIO data for Michigan's bio-industry showed a rise in both total bioscience employment for Michigan to 37,180 (a 9.8 percent
BIRMINGHAM - ChangeScape, a health care management advisory company, has created a wholly-owned subsidiary, ChangeScape Technologies, to assist physicians, and hospitals with IT implementation. ChangeScape Technologies will provide strategic health care solutions through: Selection, implementation and adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) for physician practices and hospital systems Selection and implementation of health information exchanges
DETROIT ? MitoStem, a TechTown tenant, won a $200,000 grant from the National Institute of Health to further develop its stem cell technology that can be used to grow many organs in the body. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
MIDLAND - Michigan Molecular Institute will once again play host to one of the brightest minds in polymer research as its Turner Alfrey Visiting Professor program welcomes Professor Richard A. Gross, who will lecture at MMI June 7-11. Gross is the Herman F. Mark Professor of Polymer Science, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Sciences at