Biotech

Yer Biotech Blues columnist Mike Rosen offers greetings from New Delhi, India, where he is traveling as part of the Illinois trade mission to India. The implications of this trade mission, while clearly focused on Illinois, could affect the entire Midwest as a region that...

Berbee Information Networks plans to expand in new facilties that would be added to the New Venture Center on the Fitchburg Technology Campus. If plans are approved by the Fitchburg Common Council, Berbee would be the anchor tenant of a new office building and a...

The integration of information technology into virtually all aspects of the economy is responsible for much of America's economic growth, and a new study confirms what many economists have been saying for years - that computers provide a big boost to productivity. How big? Three...

A Madison medical technology business has received a $100,000 federal grant to produce a series of new medical products with better adhesive properties than anything now on the market. Nerites Corp. is developing tissue repair products and advanced coatings for implanted medical devices that are...

An initial public offering filed by a Wisconsin tech company is a strong sign that Wisconsin is moving up the technological food chain, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. The IPO filing announced by NimbleGen, which follows one filed by TomoTherapy, is not only...

During a visit to Milwaukee, Gov. Jim Doyle announced state investment commitments of $12.5 million for the Medical College of Wisconsin, and $3.5 million for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The investments are designed to boost healthcare collaboration and services, and the training of engineers in...

The decision by NimbleGen Systems to file for an initial public offering may primarily be an exit strategy for its investors, but it's also the latest piece of a global sales strategy. Company officials have been mum on recent fund-raising developments, but they have also...

Attorney David Kettner has decided to leave the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and join the staff of Virent Energy Systems as chief intellectual property counsel. During his career, Kettner has emphasized biotech patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing....