Life Sciences/Biotech

CareTech Solutions Signs 5-Year Outsourcing Deal With Colorado Hospital

TROY- Healthcare IT company CareTech Solutions has signed a five-year outsourcing agreement with Yampa Valley Medical Center of Colorado to continue to maintain YVMC's data center operations, applications and communications with physicians. No dollar value was provided. The new outsourcing agreement, effective Oct. 1, continues CareTech Solutions' longstanding relationship with YVMC, which began in January

By |2006-11-14T00:00:00-05:00November 14th, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

BestNet Communications Announces Agreement For Cancer Treatment

GRAND RAPIDS ? BestNet has cut a deal with the Institut fur Umwelttechnologien GmbH of Berlin to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of its treatment for liver cancer. IUT will provide development and testing services in connection with the accomplishment of the Development Feasibility Phase of its Oncosphere program. Oncosphere is the Best Net?s radioactive microsphere

By |2006-10-25T00:00:00-04:00October 25th, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Compuware Covisint Creates Partnership To Access Medical Records

DETROIT - Compuware Covisint has created a strategic partnership with Initiate Systems to provide healthcare professionals with secure access to complete patient identification and medical records, despite where they are located. Covisint's healthcare offering will use Initiate?s Identity Hub software, providing a scalable solution that regional health information organizations, integrated delivery networks and other healthcare

By |2006-10-24T00:00:00-04:00October 24th, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Human Tissue Bank Asterand Makes Research Materials Available

DETROIT ? Human tissue bank company Asterand said it is making available new research materials that can be used to study rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, cancer and other diseases. The company is offering researchers cells that have been isolated from various parts of the body, including synovium from the joints of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis

By |2006-10-24T00:00:00-04:00October 24th, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Rapid BioSense Wins $15,000 MichBio Launchpad Competition

GRAND RAPIDS ? Rapid BioSense of Dexter has won the $15,000 MichBio 2006 Life Sciences Launchpad Competition held last week during the MichBio Expo in Grand Rapids. Rapid BioSense designs and markets a highly sensitive, specific, affordable and rapid biosensor able to detect bacteria and viruses. Uses for the sensor include microbiology tests in veterinary,

By |2006-10-17T00:00:00-04:00October 17th, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Embryonic Stem-Cell Ballot Measure In Missouri Could Be Pattern For Michigan

LANSING - Missouri is the only state with an embryonic stem-cell proposal on its ballot this November, but the Show Me state may do just that if citizens approve the measure, and organizations in other states, like Michigan, move to put the issue on ballot in 2008. Embryonic stem-cell research certainly has already become the

By |2006-10-10T00:00:00-04:00October 10th, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

MichBio Members Get Chance To Meet Top Pharma, Medical Device Makers

ANN ARBOR? MichBio members will have the opportunity to meet with business development, strategic alliance and licensing professionals from top pharma and medical device companies at the MichBio Expo Oct. 10-12 in Grand Rapids. The Business Development Meetings will be held on the last day of the Expo, October 12th, at the DeVos Center. ?We?re

By |2006-10-03T00:00:00-04:00October 3rd, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Harvard Medical School Professor Joins NanoBio Board

ANN ARBOR ? Dr. Robert Moellering Jr., a Harvard Medical School professor, has joined the NanoBio Corp. board of directors. Dr. Moellering is the Shields Warren-Mallinckrodt of Professor of Medical Research at Harvard Medical School. From 1998 to 2005, he served as the Herrman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Physician-in-Chief

By |2006-09-27T00:00:00-04:00September 27th, 2006|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|