Cardinal Health, a Dublin, Ohio-based provider of products for the healthcare industry, has sold a group of companies, including Middleton's Gala Biotech, to the Blackstone Group, for $3.3 billion. Gala President Paul Weiss said the sale won't immediately impact the company's workforce or core business,...
The United States Supreme Court's controversial decision in eBay vs. MercExchange has created a firestorm of controversy and is likely to increase the complexity of patent infringement litigation. The best legal advice offered by patent attorneys Joe Goode and Jonathan Fritz is be prepared for...
Madison-based Venture Investors is one of three venture capital firms nationwide to receive money from a Michigan capital fund. The company plans to open a second office in Ann Arbor, putting it in a position to tap into two of the nation's largest research institutions....
Coastal investors are no longer parochial risk takers when it comes to putting their money where their healthcare is, and the Midwest is benefiting from the trend, according to a new report from the Cleveland-based BioEnterprise....
The latest controversy surrounding corn ethanol production is whether it will increase food prices to the point where the world's poor can't afford to eat. Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still says not to worry, especially if the free market is allowed to work. ...
To Scott Converse, director of technology programs for the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, innovation is a mind-set, and the sooner business organizations substitute the dreaded term “change” in favor of “continuous improvement,” the better off they will be....
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's efforts to expand its research portfolio gained some traction with a $1 million gift from Rockwell Automation. The university will use the grant to support the advanced automation industry in southeastern Wisconsin. ...
Wisconsin continues to move forward in attracting venture capital, but the pace of progress is still slow, according to a recent venture capital report. Despite a growing tech industry, the state captured less than one percent of total venture dollars invested....
University Research Park in Madison soon will add 50,000 square feet of “accelerator” office space to give start ups more room to grow. The Accelerator 2 facility will be designed for companies that have outgrown their incubator space, but still are not large enough to...
In what is being described as a policy change that will promote the work of academic scientists, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has agreed to ease licensing requirements for human embryonic stem cell research. WARF, however, is rejecting calls to abandon its stem cell patents. ...