Plexus Corp. and non-profit SRI International have announced they are working together to develop and commercialize new medical technologies. Company officials said the two organizations would be able to offer interdisciplinary skills to technology companies....
MADISON – Are human embryonic stem cells Democratic or Republican?
As silly as that question is, it appears to be at the core of one of the more lamentable “wedge issues” of the 2004 presidential campaign. Both political parties will deserve some blame if...
What's more important to a manufacturing company: time or money? At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, ruthlessly cutting down the time it takes to get products developed and produced is seen as the best way to reduce costs and end up with...
MILWAUKEE -- PointOne Systems, a company specializing in patient-specific molecular data and personalized medicine, has chosen Frank Langely as its president and chief executive officer, it announced Friday....
CHICAGO—Earlier this summer, we looked at venture capital funding in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2004, which reached about $5 billion in investments in small companies. While promising, this level was lower than the $5.4 billion invested during the fourth quarter of 2003,...
TeraMEDICA Inc., a Wauwatosa-based startup with roots in the Mayo Clinic, offers a solution to a growing problem in the medical industry. TeraMEDICA's software is billed as an enterprise solution that enables instantaneous delivery of digital images, whenever and wherever they are needed, without the...
OpGen, Inc. has added two new members to its board of directors: James Ogle and Thomas Pyle. The company is looking to bring in seasoned executives to help take OpGen's products to the next level....
Platypus Technologies recently announced it received a Phase I small business innovation research (SBIR) grant for $400,000 from the National Cancer Institute....
Scientific research at UW-Madison is being transformed into thriving start-up companies that are playing a key role in the knowledge-based economy. This is the story of one such spin-off, Quintessence Biosciences, and a young graduate student named Laura Strong....
Middleton, Wis.—BoneCare International, a Wisconsin-based pharmaceutical firm, reported turning a profit for two straight quarters, seeing a 103 percent increase in sales and raising the prediction for 2005 sales growth to 74 percent....