Madison, Wis. - Virent Energy Systems announced today that it has been named a Technology Pioneer 2009 by the World Economic Forum. The award recognizes the significant contribution of Virent Founder and CTO, Dr. Randy Cortright, to the innovation and success of the company. Virent...
Madison, Wis. - Quintessence Biosciences announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the first of the Company's EVade Ribonuclease drug candidates, called QBI-139. The company will begin a Phase I trial of QBI-139 in...
Madison, Wis. - The Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest - the nation's first statewide, tech-based business plan competition - is accepting entries online for the 2009 competition. Entries will be accepted Friday through 5 p.m. Jan. 31, 2009. The contest's Grand Prize is worth...
Madison, Wis. - An analysis of information breach incidents by J. Campana & Associates reveals that U.S. public sector data breaches account for over half of all the reported information security breaches, a disproportionately high number of security breach incidents because the public sector makes...
Madison, Wis. - Dane County businesses continued to feel the effects in 2008 of an economic downturn that began in 2007, and business owners are pessimistic about prospects for 2009, according to a report released today by First Business Bank at the invitation-only First Business...
Madison, Wis. - A ground-breaking study to assess the global competitiveness of Wisconsin manufacturers reveals that Next Generation Manufacturing strategies are a powerful catalyst for world-class performance and success. More than 500 manufacturers responded to the Wisconsin Next Generation Manufacturing Study, which was conducted by...
Madison, Wis. - The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation issued the following statement following the rejection of its stem cell patent claims before the European Patent Office. “The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is disappointed in the decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European...
Milwaukee, Wis. - Merge Healthcare, a leading medical imaging solutions provider, announced the launch of two new web applications, Cedara WebAccess and Cedara WebScheduler, available through its OEM division. These solutions give health IT software providers plug-in portals that help expedite and automate tasks such as...
Hartford, Wis. — Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity fund, today announced the completion of its acquisition of API Software Inc., a Hartford developer of labor management systems for the healthcare industry. "We are extremely excited about the future for API," said J.P. Fingado, API's President...
Madison, Wis. — Dave Franchino, president of the innovation firm Design Concepts, Inc. and one of the founders of Sologear, LLC, will present at "Beyond Firewood: Exploring alternative fuels and energy technologies in humanitarian settings." Beyond Firewood, an international research conference organized by the Women's Commission for...