Health Technology

TomoThearpy, a Madison-based medical device manufacturer, netted more than $180 million from an initial public offering earlier this year, and now wants to sell an addition 8.5 million shares of stock. The company has filed a registration statement for a secondary offering, but his time...

As it approaches an all-important presentation to investment funds at the BIO Mid-America VentureForum, Madison's Centrose, LLC has received an $875,000 funding commitment from the State Department of Financial Institutions. The company, which is developing drug therapies based on proprietary sugar chemistries, is seeking a...

EraGen BioSciences has named diagnostics industry executive L. Miguel Blanc as its vice president of corporate development. Blanc, a director of the Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association, is expected to play a significant role in the execution of the company's growth strategy during the...

Separating innovation from invention is not rocket science, and there has been some evolution to distinguish the two, according to columnist Ogan Gurel. In this edition of MedTech Futures, Dr. Gurel points to historical proof from IBM that the best innovations are not necessarily about...

A Wisconsin biotechnology company has not only landed two scientific advisors from outside the state, but outside the national as well. GenTel BioSciences, a protein chip maker based in Madison, has recruited South African scientists Reinhard Hiller and Jonathan Blackburn to serve on its Scientific...

Platypus Technologies of Madison will use a $600,000 federal grant to develop more effective hepatitis screening assays, or tests, for researchers. The life sciences nanotech company now has raised more than $15 million in federal funding, and has begun to commercialize some of the “nano-based”...