Biotech

The executive vice president of the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association is throwing his support behind the efforts of U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl to speed the transfer of medical research into clinical practice and to improve the drug-approval process. Jim Leonhart said additional spending...

Madison's Third Wave Technologies will collaborate with a North Carolina clinical laboratory on the development of a companion diagnostic test to personalize the treatment of heart failure. The diagnostic would be a companion to a new pharma product being developed by the Denver-based ARCA Discovery....

The fate of three stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation hangs in the balance before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and opinions vary wildly as to whether they will be upheld, weakened, or overturned. In this WTN guest column, the...

There is more than one way to finance a start-up technology or biotechnology company, according to columnist and Madison attorney Joe Boucher. In this 12th edition of Early Stage, he looks at still more alternative forms of business finance, including factoring receivables and sales and...

By restoring additional funding for the Act 255 tax credit program, the Assembly Republican Caucus has set the stage for negotiations in conference committee to resolve its budget differences with the State Senate Democratic Caucus. The forthcoming conference committee negotiations may be the most contentious...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will not be a finalist for a national disease research facility, according to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal. The university was one of 14 institutions seeking to build the $450 million National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility. ...

With only a short explanation provided, Abbott and GE have agreed to terminate their contract for the sale of Abbott's core laboratory and point-of-care diagnostics businesses. Both companies said they were unable to agree on the final terms and conditions of the proposed sale. ...