Best And Brightest Wellness Champion Award Winners Named
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association has named its Best and Brightest Wellness Champion Awards, including six of those winning companies as Elite Winners.
View ArticleNanoBio Promotes David Peralta to Chief Executive Officer
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation has promoted David Peralta to chief executive officer. Peralta, who previously served as the company's chief operating and financial officer, replaces James R. Baker,...
View ArticleVan Andel Institute Hires Two Staff Members To Mine Philanthropy
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute has hired two staff members to expand the organization's capacity to attract philanthropic support for new programs in biomedical research and science education.
View ArticleVan Andel Institute Partners With 2 Hospitals To Create Biorepository
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute, Saint Mary's Health Care and Mercy Health Partners have signed agreements paving the way for the expansion of a world-class biorepository that will store tissue and...
View ArticleWSU Biotech Startup Biotech Earns Michigan Emerging Technologies Fund Award
DETROIT - Wayne State spinout Advaita Corporation received the final $125,000 installment of a Michigan Emerging Technologies fund award, this on the heels of a $2.2 million Phase II Small Business...
View ArticleForensic Fluids Laboratories Continues Growth: Names IT Lead, Grows Sales Team
KALAMAZOO - Forensic Fluids Laboratories, a drug testing laboratory using oral fluid exclusively, continues to see strong business and employee growth. This year FFL has expanded its staff by 20...
View ArticleRubicon Genomics Partners With Diagenode SA
ANN ARBOR - Rubicon Genomics has partnered with Diagenode SA to integrate Rubicon's ThruPLEX technology into Diagenode's epigenetics platforms to increase the efficiency and quality of DNA sample...
View ArticleSouthwest Michigan Innovation Center Offers Rental Web Labs For Startups
KALAMAZOO - Life science startups will be able to rent wet lab space at the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center on an hourly, daily or monthly basis.
View ArticleHarvard Drug Group Lands $53.5 Million Federal Contract
LIVONIA - Harvard Drug Group landed a one-year contract modification worth up to $53.5 million from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, just days after closing on a $117 million product line...
View ArticleMichigan To Get $1.3 Million From Pfizer For Deceptive Marketing Settlement
KALAMAZOO - Michigan will get about $1.3 million from Pfizer in a deceptive marketing practice settlement with 33 states, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Schuette said.
View ArticlePerrigo Completes Acquisition Of Cobrek Pharmacenticals For $45 Million
ALLEGAN - Perrigo Company has completed the acquisition of Cobrek Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, Chicago, Illinois-based drug development company, for approximately $45 million on a cash free and...
View ArticleNeogen Acquires Scidera Genomics
LANSING - Food and animal safety products developer Neogen Corp. announced Thursday that it has acquired the assets of Scidera Genomics, LLC, an animal genomics business based in Davis, California.
View ArticleMayleben Rejoins Esperion As President, CEO
PLYMOUTH - Tim Mayleben, the CFO of the original drug developer Esperion, has rejoined Esperion Therapeutics as president and CEO.
View ArticleWells Fargo Foundation Provides $8000 Grant To Van Andel Institute
ST. LOUIS - Wells Fargo Foundation announced recently an $8,000 grant awarded to Van Andel Institute to help fund the research of rare disorders being conducted at VAI in cooperation with clinical...
View ArticleStudy: Michigan University RandD Corridor Creates $15.5 Billion In Economic...
LANSING - Michigan's University Research Corridor generated $15.5 billion in economic impact statewide, exceeded $2 billion in annual research expenditures and awarded more than 31,600 degrees in one...
View ArticlePerrigo Complete Buy Of Rosemont Pharmaceuticals For $283 Million
ALLEGAN - Perrigo Company announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement and has completed the acquisition of Leeds, U.K.-based Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd. for approximately $283 million...
View ArticleCarol Van Andel Named To Davenport University Board Of Trustees
GRAND RAPIDS - Carol Van Andel, wife of Van Andel Institute Chairman David Van Andel, has been named to the Davenport University board of trustees.
View ArticleMichigan One Of Seven States Seeking Joint Federal, State Exchange
LANSING - Michigan is one of just seven states are looking to create a joint federal, state exchange for health insurance.
View ArticleHospice Of Michigan Offers Mobile App To Track Progress Of Loved Ones
DETROIT - Hospice of Michigan Wednesday unveiled a mobile app that will allow family and friends of patients to stay better connected to the care teams of their loved one in hospice care - no matter...
View ArticleMedical Devices Makes Could Provide Cure For Dubai's ailments?
GRAND RAPIDS - As local medical device companies look for new growth opportunities, they may do well to consider serving the burgeoning market in the Middle East, specifically Dubai.
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