Two Madison companies have beefed up their management teams with key appointments. Third Wave Technologies has appointed Christopher Burton as senior vice president of sales and marketing, and Parts Now has a new CEO - Bruce Hagen, who held the same position with Conney Safety...
Affymetrix executive Chris Kendrick-Parker will help direct the future of GenTel Biosciences after his appointment to the company's Board of Directors. Kendrick-Parker brings more than 20 years of experience in the life science industry to the GenTel Board, including management of sales and marketing for...
A molecular diagnostic assay that simultaneously detects and differentiates several types of influenza in a single specimen has been cleared for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration. The product, developed by the Milwaukee-based Prodesse, is the first cleared infectious disease test to detect as...
Is TomoTherapy's stock suddenly dropping? Its common stock was down, temporarily at least, on the news that a competitor has received FDA clearance for a radiation therapy product to rival TomoTherapy's Hi-Art System. That competitor, Varian Medical systems, is drawing praise from market analysts who...
UW-Madison's master of science in biotechnology degree responds to the realities of technology commercialization, where market potential, scientific merit, and government regulations collide. The program, which integrates content from six UW-Madison colleges, emphasizes cross-disciplinary learning in its attempt to take a comprehensive approach to business,...
Two products under development by Third Wave Technologies to test for high-risk varieties of the Human Papilloma Virus have passed another test on their way to clinical trials before the Food and Drug Administration. High-risk types of the HPV have been identified as a cause...
While the U.S. tends to think that all good technologies must come from within its borders, a recent trip to Latin America has convinced columnist Michael Rosen that America can learn from research into Brazilian and and Colombian agriculture. In this edition of Yer Biotech...
A coalition of consumer groups, including two that are challenging stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, have filed legal papers in support of new patent continuation rules. The groups contend the new rules would curtail abusive behavior by patent applicants, but...
Coming to the aid of the state's medical device industry, Marquette University has announced that it will offer a new, non-thesis master's degree in biomedical engineering beginning in fall 2008. ...
Promega Corp. will expand in Sweden with the January 2008 opening of Promega Biotech AB. The Madison-based developer of research tools wants to take fuller advantage of Sweden's life-science research base and its thriving biotechnology industry. ...