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Wednesday, February 06, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
AdvaMed Praises Bipartisan Efforts to Repeal Device Tax »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives shows the growing bipartisan support for repealing the medical device tax, Advanced Medical Technology...
Thursday, January 17, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Cellular Dynamics Announces the Production of Human iPSC Lines Under cGMP Conditions »
MADISON, WIS. , January 17, 2013 –Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), a leading commercial producer of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines and tissue...
Thursday, September 13, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Expert warns biotech firms to prepare for changing health care system »
Finding financial backing may be difficult now for many biotech companies working in the health care field, but those that innovate and pay attention to...
Thursday, September 13, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Speaker at biotech summit says pharmaceutical industry now has 'flawed business model' »
Technology is changing the world, and the bioscience and health care industries are no exception, a biotechnology booster and venture capitalist told a conference in...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
BioForward in Washington D.C. on March 1 to discuss Medical Device issues »
Bryan Renk, BioForward’s executive director, will be meeting with federal legislators to discuss critical issues surrounding WI companies ability to grow medical device related innovation...

Member Press Releases
Wednesday, May 01, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Lucigen Corporation and RCT Announce Partnership and Launch of the Endotoxin free CleanColi™ Express »
May 1, 2013  – Lucigen Corporation and Research Corporation Technologies (RCT) today announced a partnership to commercialize and distribute the  CleanColi™ Expression System , the...
Thursday, April 11, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
UW pharmacy dean says school poised to help business (at BioForward Breakfast) »
The UW-Madison School of Pharmacy has experts at every level of drug development – from the lab bench to clinical testing to use in the...
Monday, April 01, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Cellular Dynamics International Opens Facility in Californiato Derive and Bank Human IPS Cells »
Cellular Dynamics International Opens Facility in California, Leasing Space from the Buck Institute to Derive and Bank Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells MADISON, WIS., April...
Thursday, March 21, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Cellular Dynamics and Coriell Institute for Medical Research Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grants »
MADISON, WIS., March 21, 2013 –Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) and Coriell Institute for Medical Research today announced receiving two multi-million dollar grant awards from the...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Investment Board, WARF launch $30 million venture fund to target early-stage companies »
The  State of Wisconsin Investment Board  and  Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation  are creating an early-stage venture capital fund focused on information technology. Gulbrandsen Called 4490...

WI Bio News
Saturday, April 27, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation names new executive director »
The Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation has named Dr. Robert Steiner, a pediatric medical geneticist and University of Wisconsin medical graduate, its new executive director after...
Thursday, April 11, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Exact Sciences: A Promising Weapon in Fighting Colorectal Cancer »
The debate over the biotech climate in Wisconsin continues. Is it improving or declining? How can we compete with the Coasts? How can we retain,...
Thursday, April 11, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Visonex: Nephrologist Brings Dialysis EMR Vision to Life »
In 2002, a nephrologist in Green Bay, Wisconsin founded Visonex with the goal of creating a software package that would capture the true clinical workflow...
Friday, April 05, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Asthmapolis raises $5 million from Silicon Valley venture firm »
Asthmapolis  said Thursday it has raised $5 million from a Silicon Valley firm in a deal that represents the Madison company's first venture capital-level funding....
Friday, April 05, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Bioenergy research hub in Madison renewed, awarded $125 million over five years »
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center has won renewal of the largest single federal grant the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received, enabling it to continue...