ANN ARBOR - Assay Designs, a provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life sciences and translational research markets, and VWR International, a distributor of scientific equipment, supplies, chemicals, and furniture, announced a new distribution agreement - VWR will offer North American customers a variety of Assay Designs' products. Customers will immediately be
GRAND RAPIDS ? Scientific Investigator Cindy Miranti, Ph.D. and her team in the Laboratory of Integrin Signaling and Tumorigenesis at Van Andel Research Institute have discovered that an enzyme that prostate cancer cells are dependent on for survival is not necessary in normal prostate cells. This finding validates the therapeutic potential of targeting this enzyme
GRAND RAPIDS ? Ted Heilman has joined Van Andel Institute as Assistant Director, Investments ? Senior Portfolio Manager. In this newly created position, he assists with the management of the Institute?s endowment. Heilman worked previously as senior portfolio manager and head of portfolio management in the Wealth Management Group at Fifth Third Bank, where he
ANN ARBOR ? Life sciences trade association MichBio will host the MichBio Expo on October 16 and 17 at the Lansing Center and feature James Greenwood, CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, as its opening keynote speaker. Based in Washington, D.C., BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related
ROCHESTER ? JHP Pharmaceuticals will purchase the sterile manufacturing facility of King Pharmaceuticals in Rochester, some of King?s current products manufactured there and related contract manufacturing business for $90 million, subject to final inventory adjustments. The companies also entered into a manufacturing and supply agreement pursuant to which JHP will provide certain fill and finish
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - CJPS Enterprises, through a contract from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, will be inviting a few select medical device and life sciences executives to join its Chief Executives Roundtable. The group will be comprised of CEOs, executive directors, general managers, and business owners interested in growing their medical device or life science
LANSING ? At a forum in Lansing Tuesday, leading experts pounded home this point - Michigan needs to create an environment that fosters economic growth for the state's biotech and life science industry that helps all companies, regardless of size, succeed. The forum brought together biotechnology executives, venture capitalists, academicians, policymakers and business leaders from
NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. unveiled plans Tuesday to reduce its U.S. sales organization by about 20 percent, an acknowledgement that its current model for marketing drugs to doctors has become too expensive. The company said that despite the cuts, it would maintain "strong support" for big sellers Lipitor and Celebrex, as well as for
ANN ARBOR ? Higher expenses due to ongoing clinical trials in the U.S. and Europe, plus added costs for building a new manufacturing facility and paying a severance package to the former CEO, added to the quarterly losses at Aastrom Biosciences. The pharma company, which is developing cells to regenerate growth, lost $4 million for
LANSING ? Neogen Corp. and Niowave will get housing assistance incentives from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to offer special mortgages and other financial incentives to recruit new employees. The Employer Assisted Housing program at MSHDA helps employers create their own housing benefit program and brings a zero-interest down payment loan of up to