ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan announced plans Thursday to purchase the former Pfizer R&D facilities for $108 million. U-M officials said the move will directly create at least 2,000 jobs during the next decade and accelerate expansion of the nation's second ranked research university's activities, so critical to the state's economic development. "This
LANSING - As part of an effort to address health care issues on a statewide level, many states have turned to health information technology as a way to reform the system, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State Legislatures. NCSL documented a surge in health information technology initiatives, noting that of
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute honored Dennis J. Slamon, M.D., Ph.D., and biotechnology company Genentech, with the 2007 Daniel Nathans Memorial Award for their roles in the development of the breast cancer drug Herceptin. Slamon and Arthur D. Levinson, Ph.D., who accepted the award on behalf of Genentech, presented lectures to the public this
KALAMAZOO - Stryker announced Wednesday that the Board of Directors has declared a year-end cash dividend of forty cents per share, an increase of 21 percent over the thirty-three cent dividend declared in December 2007. The dividend is payable January 30, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2008.
GRAND RAPIDS - Senior Scientific Investigator Bart Williams, Ph.D., head of Van Andel Institute's Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Carcinogenesis, was named in September to a post on the National Institute of Heath Study section. Williams will serve as a member of the Skeletal Biology Development and Disease Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, for
NOVI - Don't look for the Obama Administration to be as friendly to big Pharma and the life sciences industry as has been outgoing President George W. Bush, a legislative update panel at the fourth annual MichBio Expo contended Wednesday. Obama will try to get more people involved in preventive medicine, which doesn?t emphasize pharmaceuticals
ANN ARBOR - Life sciences trade association, MichBio, on Friday announced two recipients jointly for its first annual Legislator of the Year Award. The award, which recognizes the state legislator who consistently supports and defends issues of importance to the biotechnology community - Rep. Rebekah Warren (D) and Sen. Randy Richardville (R). "We established the
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan's biotech trade association, MichBio, will present two sessions at its upcoming Expo specifically aimed at manufacturers that are looking to diversify into the medical device market. The MichBio Expo will be held Nov. 18-19 at the Rock Financial ShowPlace in Novi. Both manufacturing sessions are scheduled for November 19 and include
ANN ARBOR - MichBio, the association for Michigan's biosciences industry, Monday announced the names of the winning applicants for its Emerging Biosciences Showcase on Nov. 18, the first day of its statewide Expo. The purpose of the Showcase is to introduce venture capital firms from around the country to biosciences start-ups emerging in Michigan. The
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute researchers have found that when chromosomes stick together during the cell division process, an outcome known as somatic chromosome pairing, the result in two types of kidney cancer is disruption of a gene critical for cellular response to changes in oxygen levels. Somatic chromosome pairing may be present in