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Madison, Wis. - Gov. Jim Doyle and Kikkoman Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yuzaburo Mogi today marked the establishment of Kikkoman USA's new research and development laboratory in University Research Park. They were joined by a host of state and local officials, including...

Ottawa, Canada - The world's intellectual property system is broken, stopping lifesaving technologies from reaching the people who need them most in developed and developing countries, according to a report released in Ottawa today by an international coalition of experts. “We found the same stumbling blocks...

With all the drug discoveries being reported around the globe, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is becoming the world's prevailing regulatory authority for the approval of healthcare products, notes columnist Michael Rosen. In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, Rosen says a truly harmonized...

Worldwide smartphone sales totalled 32.2 million units in the second quarter of 2008, a 15.7 per cent increase from the second quarter of 2007, according to Gartner, Inc. In addition, of all mobile device sales, smartphones' share remained stable at 11 percent. "Although global smartphone sales...

The term “next-generation” facility may be overused, but local officials believe it applies to TEAM Companies' new Tier 3 data center on the Fitchburg Technology Campus. The data center, which opened last week, will provide storage and protection of corporate information, and potentially serve to...

Stem-cell research in Wisconsin defies the publicly funded strategies of the “Joneses” on the coasts, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. As the annual World Stem Cell Summit approaches, Still notes that in the short haul, this reality poses a competitive threat. Over time,...