The Wisconsin Technology Council reports early-stage businesses in the state last year raised about $490 million through 107 deals, well below the two previous years....
Exact Sciences, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, announced today that it awarded a total of $1.5 million to 28 organizations through its Funding Opportunities for CRC Screening Uptake Strategies (FOCUS) Program. Grant recipients are committed to improving colorectal cancer (CRC) screening...
The funds, announced Tuesday, July 2 by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, will create a new shared health database, send a fleet of cancer screening vans to underserved neighborhoods, provide lab space for science startups and help biohealth businesses develop apprenticeship programs....
The Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub, led by BioForward Wisconsin, achieves a significant milestone as a Phase 2 recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) Regional Technology and Innovations Hub (Tech Hub) program,...
About 400 bills have been introduced or enacted around the country, which is a regulatory pace that seems to be faster than the development of the industry itself. Wisconsin may among those states that follow a more deliberate path....
Dr. Chang Hee Kim opened GoDx in Madison in June of 2017, and the company has benefited from being centrally located in the University Research Park, surrounded by the biotech industry and proximate to the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
Independent judges recruited by the Tech Council heard June 5 pitches from finalists in four categories – Advanced Manufacturing, Business Services, Information Technology and Life Sciences – and winners were announced the next day based on judges’ scores and other contest background....
For decades, Wisconsin has quietly been an expanding force within the pharmaceutical industry. Now, with the recent announcement that Eli Lilly and Co. will take over a new pharma manufacturing plant, Wisconsin’s star may shine even more brightly. Aaron Olver, managing director of University Research...
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire life science company Mirus Bio for US$ 600 million (around € 550 million)....
The question on the minds of many people now that Microsoft has decided to invest $3.3 billion in an artificial intelligence data center in Racine County is “why Wisconsin?” versus the West or East coasts or overseas....