On April 16, 2020, Wisconsin Secretary-designee of the Department of Health Services, Andrea Palm, issued Emergency Order #28 at the direction of Governor Tony Evers. This new Order extends Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home” Order until 8:00 a.m. on May 26, 2020, or until a superseding order is issued, and modifies the original order. The original Safer at Home Order issued on March 25, Emergency Order #12, remains in effect until April 24, 2020.
BioForward is actively engaged with community partners, elected officials, state agencies and industry partners to meet the challenges of combating the coronavirus and demonstrating that Wisconsin can help lead the nation through this healthcare crisis. PPE Focus Eight Madison-area community providers serving people with developmental disabilities and seniors received much-needed PPE as they battle the […]
Read the full press release here. With promising results on its first rheumatological protein therapies, Dianomi is strategically expanding upon its core technology to deliver next-generation nucleic acid therapies MADISON, Wis., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Dianomi Therapeutics Inc. today announced that it has licensed a second suite of intellectual property (IP) from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation […]
Thursday, July 18, Morgridge Institute for Research wrapped up their third week of summer camp programming offered at the Discovery Building. The Morgridge Rural Summer Science Camps focused on giving rural high school students and teachers a deep dive into science research.
On June 11, 2019, BioFoward launched a Talent Initiative Campaign using marketing partner, Digital Ring, to develop brand awareness, visibility, and actions for BioForward member organizations. We are a little more than a month into the campaign, which will run through August, and the reach of the campaign thus far has been extensive.
Aldevron announced today its new fermentation capacity of 1,000 liters and plans to significantly increase the Company’s manufacturing footprint in Madison, WI. The large-scale fermentation equipment is already installed and will be coming on-line in Q4 2019. The new fermentation capacity will support gene and cell therapy studies that require large amounts of plasmid DNA, […]
Madison biopharmaceutical company Dianomi Therapeutics has raised $3 million in funding following a partnership with publicly traded drug company Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Dianomi announced Tuesday that Ligand invested $3 million in the startup in exchange for a royalty of two or three percent based on net sales for Dianomi’s first five products developed using its technology. Ligand will also provide […]
MADISON – Wisconsin’s early-stage health and life science firms and the Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) received national attention for the state’s success over the past decade in landing competitive federal grants. Wisconsin ranked third after Oregon and Vermont in securing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding from the […]
BioForward, Wisconsin’s state association representing over 200 biohealth member companies, announced three additions to this year’s Board of Directors. The board represents many facets of the state’s diverse biohealth industry and focuses on advocating for Wisconsin’s strengths in development of integrated health solutions and academic research.Newly elected Board Members for the 2019-21 term include: Jon […]
Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT), the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, today announced it has commenced a $200 million capital investment in its Biologics business to expand drug substance manufacturing capacity and drug product fill/finish capacity due to projected growth among existing and future […]