December 12, 2014
Governor’s Business Plan Contest accepting applications
The 12th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2015 competition until 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015....
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November 18, 2014
Spectrom recognized at Collegiate Inventors Competition
Spectrom, which developed the first device that enables Fused Deposition Modeling, or additive 3D printers, to print in full, variable color, was recently awarded first place in the undergraduate category of the Collegiate Inventors Competition. ...
November 13, 2014
From tools to therapies: Stem cell maker CDI takes one small step
Until now, Cellular Dynamics has been solely a provider of cells to use as research tools, but it recently took a small step toward creating a therapy with its first development deal. ...
October 30, 2014
Startups selected to pitch at the Early Stage Symposium
A range of startups have been selected to pitch their businesses at the Wisconsin Technology Council's Early Stage Symposium....
October 27, 2014
Cellular Dynamics awarded $1.2 million contract from National Eye Institute
Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) announced that the National Eye Institute (NEI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded the company a $1.2 million contract to manufacture clinically compatible induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and iPSC-derived human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells....
October 22, 2014
Exact Sciences’ Cologuard® to be available through MDVIP Physicians
MDVIP, the leader in personalized preventive medicine, announced today that Cologuard®, the first and only FDA approved, noninvasive stool DNA screening test for colorectal cancer will now be available by prescription through its physicians....
October 14, 2014
BD acquires GenCell Biosystems
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has acquired GenCell Biosystems, a privately-held Irish biotech company....
October 10, 2014
Exact Sciences’ colon cancer screening test now covered by Medicare
By Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Madison-based Exact Sciences Corp.'s noninvasive, colon cancer screening test is now being covered for Medicare patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said late Thursday. The decision, which was widely expected, means that Medicare patients will now be able to,...
October 10, 2014
Bioscience Vision Summit highlights impact of biotech in Wisconsin
WisBusiness.com For Mitchell Gold, cancer is personal. That's because his mother died from breast cancer when he was 4 and she was just 26. His grandmother also died of the disease at age 31. They both had -- along with his sister -- a mutation of...
October 8, 2014
Madworks Accelerator announces fall class
Madworks Coworking's accelerator program on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, announces the second class of companies to begin the program this fall....
October 1, 2014
SnowShoe among the finalists to pitch at Rise of the Rest
SnowShoe has been selected as one of nine startups to vie for a $100,000 investment from AOL co-founder Steve Case, during his Rise of the Rest tour stop in Madison. SnowShoe makes plastic widgets that conduct electricity, sending current from the user’s body to a smartphone or...
September 24, 2014
Group Health Cooperative first Wisconsin health plan to offer Exact Sciences’ Cologuard®
Exact Sciences Corp. today announced that Group Health Cooperative will be the first health plan in Wisconsin to offer Cologuard® to its patients....