For several election cycles, Big Pharma has been delivering the mother's milk of politics, namely money, to the Republican Party, but 2008 is different. In this edition of Biotech Takes, columnist Steve Clark notes the pharmaceutical industry has made a dramatic, not to mention pragmatic...
Following a $1.2 million allocation in 2008, the Madison-based ConjuGon has secured an additional $2.4 million in 2009 to continue development of its new wound infection treatment. The funding, which is part of the `09 Department of Defense budget, was secured with the help of...
Madison, Wis. - Promega Corp., a leading life sciences company, and One Lambda, Inc., a leading producer of transplant diagnostic products, will co-market the Promega Maxwell 16 DNA extraction system with One Lambda LABType SSO and Micro SSP tests in the HLA market. The combined...
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan weighed in on the nation's economic and fiscal ills during the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Conference in Waukesha. Both officials have made bold proposals that address public policy conerns, including Feingold's E-4 Initiative to boost...
Madison, Wis. - Senior biotechnology and medical device executives in Wisconsin remain optimistic about the prospects for their own companies despite a dramatic shift from a year ago in their perceptions of capital availability, according to the new Wisconsin Biotechnology Index. The new quarterly index, a...
In this edition of Yer Biotech Blues, columnist Michael Rosen, just back from his annual trip to the Bio-Japan Conference, compares certain healthcare metrics of the United States and Japan. While Japan's per capita healthcare costs are much lower than America's, the Land of...
Madison, Wis. - EraGen Biosciences, Inc. today announced it has appointed Inter Medico, the largest privately-owned medical diagnostics distributor in Canada, as the exclusive distributor of the company's molecular diagnostic products in the Canadian market. Inter Medico has a long and successful history of serving Canada's...
Modern scientific research, especially collaborative research, is impossible with robust information technology. On the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the IT components of the Morgridge Institute for Research are being designed as the facility is under construction, and it's Sangtae Kim's job to be the IT...
Two elected officials that have provided some thought leadership on economic development will deliver keynote addresses during the Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association's annual conference. Senator Russ Feingold and Congressman Paul Ryan will deliver luncheon keynotes during the daylong event, set for Wednesday, Oct....
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