UW Health has selected Thomas “Rock” Mackie to be the inaugural leader of the health system’s innovation initiative, which it is pursuing in partnership with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Mackie, who was also named chief innovation officer at UW Health, is a...
Invenra and WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) today announced they have entered into a collaboration to discover and develop a bispecific antibody therapeutic for the treatment of neuroblastoma, a cancer that is the third most common childhood cancer, after leukemia and brain tumors. The collaboration will...
In short: Madison, Wisconsin is one of many non-traditional tech hubs that deserves attention from companies who are looking to establish new offices. Software company Zendesk established an outpost there a few years ago, after deciding to prioritize its employee’s existing connections and ties to...
Exact Sciences Corp. says it is working on separate diagnostic tests to detect 15 of the deadliest types of cancer, and its ultimate, eventual goal is to create, with its partners at Mayo Clinic, a single, universal blood test for cancer. CEO Kevin Conroy said the...
The cost of doing business is always on the mind of startup executives. Salaries, rent, and other expenses like software licenses can often make or break a company. Much of the math comes down to how much money you can raise for your business, and startups...
UW-Madison researchers have developed a new method for creating hybrid yeast strains for use in commercial fermentation and brewing. An info sheet from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation shows interspecies yeast hybrids are needed to produce certain fermented beverages. For example, the globally popular lager beer...
Twenty years ago, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona Terrace Convention Center became permanently etched into our skyline — its existence now as iconic to Madison as Bucky and the state Capitol. A few years later, architect Cesar Pelli’s Overture Center for the Arts transformed the...
- Cologuard test volume increased 64 percent, with approximately 934,000 tests completed in 2018 - Nearly 15,000 health care providers ordered their first Cologuard test during the fourth quarter - We expect approximately 94 percent of patients who completed a Cologuard test during the fourth quarter to...
Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics, Inc. (FCDI) plans to build a $21 million facility in Madison to manufacture stem cells for use in developing regenerative medicine drugs -- its own drugs and those of other companies. FCDI, formerly Cellular Dynamics International, manufactures human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs),...
Talking the cost of doing business in Wisconsin with Tom Still, President of The WI Technology Council, who says there is reason to be optimistic. Also find out about the WI Governors Business Plan Contest. Great conversation about Wisconsin's technology economic impact and future opportunities. Click image...
Stemina Biomarker Discovery’s roots are in stem cells, one of the pillars of Madison’s standing in the bioscience world. After eight years as general counsel and director of business development for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, Beth Donley founded Stemina in 2006 with...
Exact Sciences Corp. is looking at two new targets for cancer screening: blood cancers and melanoma. The company also has begun a study to see if its flagship product, the Cologuard stool test for colorectal cancer, is as good at finding the illness in younger people,...