Read the full press release from BusinessWire here. BioForward names biohealth industry leaders to Board of Directors MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioForward, Wisconsin’s state association representing over 220 biohealth member companies, announced seven additions to this year’s Board of Directors. The board of eighteen represents many facets of the state’s diverse biohealth industry and focuses on uniting […]
Read the full press release here. MADISON, Wisc. – December 4, 2018 JangoBio is making substantial progress on several commercial and scientific fronts in its quest to develop stem cell-based therapies for hormone restoration. Building on a National Institutes of Health small business grant and an initial seed investment round, JangoBio is expanding its existing […]
Read the full story from BizTimes here. The Medical College of Wisconsin is in talks with Milwaukee County officials about a plan to build a new forensic science facility on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus in Wauwatosa that would house the Medical Examiner’s Office, the county’s emergency management office and academic partners. The Milwaukee County […]
Read the full story from the Wisconsin State Journal here. The biohealth industry in Wisconsin is a fast-growing, high-paying, economy-boosting field whose products are reaching customers worldwide, a new report shows. And the Madison area plays a key role in that sector. Wisconsin has more than 4,000 companies in the biohealth industry, providing more than […]
Read the full Press Release here. JANESVILLE, Wis., Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — SHINE Medical Technologies Inc. (SHINE), a Wisconsin-based company dedicated to being the world leader in the safe, clean, affordable production of medical isotopes, and Phoenix, LLC, manufacturer of the world’s strongest compact neutron generators, announced today that Phoenix has delivered the first production accelerator to SHINE’s Building One, the first building […]
Read the full article from WisconsinSBIR here. $625,000 in state matching grants advance 8 high-tech small businesses MADISON – Eight innovative small businesses in Wisconsin will receive matching grants to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. Seven businesses, selected for Phase I, will receive up to $75,000 each, […]
Read the full article from BizTimes here. Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Memorial Hospital ranked first among the nation’s complex teaching medical centers in an annual study released by Texas-based Vizient, Inc. Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls. Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls received a Bernard A. Birnbaum Quality Leadership Award, ranking first among 100 […]
Read the full article from WisBusiness here. UW-Madison’s Forward BIO Institute has been awarded $5 million from the National Institutes of Health for tissue manufacturing. The grant was announced yesterday at the Biohealth Summit by Professor Bill Murphy, the institute’s director. “This is a unique public-private collaboration that’s committed to advancing the global biomanufacturing industry,” […]
Read the full article from Business Wire here. MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioForward, the member-driven association that serves as the voice of Wisconsin’s biohealth industry, held its annual Wisconsin Biohealth Summit on October 9th at the Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The 2018 Biohealth Summit had over 450 attendees and featured two keynote sessions, four panel discussions, an […]
Read the full article from WisBusiness here. Human understanding of genomics is evolving rapidly, as the cost of analyzing DNA falls and the global pool of genetic data grows. “There’s a big race right now to edit immune cells that are used in immunotherapy, and really edit any cell in the body,” said Dr. Chris […]