Read the full article from BizTimes here. U.S. News & World Report today released its annual university rankings. UW-Madison. The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked 15th among public universities nationally, and 49th in the overall national university rankings. Last year, UW-Madison ranked 12th among public universities. UW-Madison retained its spot as the No. 1 national university in Wisconsin, according […]
Read the full article from BizTimes here. A new event called Midwest TechConnect will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29 as part of Maker Faire Milwaukee. A giant hydraulic mechanical hand was on exhibit at Maker Faire Milwaukee in 2016. The event, sponsored by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. and the Milwaukee Institute, aims to display technology-driven southeastern Wisconsin […]
Read the full article from BizTimes here. Advocate Aurora Health Inc. has invested $75,000 in Milwaukee startup Ideawake as part of a larger funding round. It is the first investment from Aurora’s $5 million InvestMKE corporate venture fund, which is targeted to Milwaukee-area startups, since it was announced almost a year ago. Coby Skonord of Ideawake presents his company […]
Read the full article from BizTimes here. The BloodCenter of Wisconsin will receive $5 million over the next five years to recruit and train early career scientists in an emerging area of research. The BloodCenter is one of four academic and research centers to be awarded $5 million from the National Institutes of Health to launch a […]
What do smart phones, economic impact reports, and an awards ceremony have in common? All three play a key role in this years can’t miss Wisconsin Biohealth Summit on October 9th! This one of a kind, all day event will take place at the Overture Center in Madison and will feature an impressive speaker and […]
Read the full article from Xconomy here. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals on Thursday made public select initial data from an early-stage clinical study of a hepatitis B drug it’s developing, sending the company’s stock price (NASDAQ: ARWR) to a four-year high. Arrowhead shared data from a study aimed at evaluating the safety and tolerability of a drug candidate it’s […]
Initiative focuses on advanced technology innovations in biomanufacturing September 6, 2018 By David Tenenbaum For news media A $750,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. announced today (Sept. 6) establishes the Forward BIO Initiative, a collaborative effort to make Wisconsin a recognized center of excellence for biomanufacturing. The new initiative “leverages one of our key long-term strengths […]
Forward BIO Initiative will provide biohealth entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to transition research into commercialization MADISON, WI. SEPT. 6, 2018 – The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has awarded a $750,000 grant to establish the Forward BIO Initiative – a new biomanufacturing center of excellence that will help to bring groundbreaking research happening in Wisconsin […]
Read the full press release here. Alcami Corporation, a leading provider of fully-integrated custom end-to-end solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and the University of North Carolina Wilmington(UNCW), North Carolina’s globally-minded research and development university, today announce they have been awarded an educational grant from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), an organization comprised […]