Biotech

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Co., a pharmaceutical firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that licensed some of University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Hector DeLuca's technology in 2002, has filed for an IPO. ...

Most of the biotech companies you'll hear about are developing new drugs, genetic tests or similar life-science advances. But some are merging biotech with Wisconsin's old signature industries: agriculture and forest products....

It is the most important structural protein in the body, reinforcing connective tissue, bones and teeth, and forming long, fibrous cables to strengthen tendons. Now a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered how to make it in the lab....

Madison, Wis. — Third Wave Technologies has settled with a Belgian company that sued last September over genotyping patents. Third Wave will license hepatitis C virus genotyping technology from Innogenetics, for undisclosed financial terms....

As the topic of financing is vital to a biotech company (it is priority #1, #2, and #3) and biotech companies are continually faced with the challenge of raising money due to the long product development cycle, this week's article will focus on venture capital...