LANSING - Attorney General Bill Schuette on Thursday announced another effort to try to better enforce regulations against compounding facilities like the New England Compounding Center largely held responsible for the national meningitis outbreaks last fall due to use of tainted pain killer drugs. In addition to a grand jury and other investigations ongoing related
KALAMAZOO ? Rob DeWitt, president and CEO of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, said he?s using the Internet to reach out to the life sciences industry to present a virtual visit to SMIC on its 10th anniversary. On Oct. 9, SMIC will host ?Leading Life Sciences: A Virtual Visit,? an online exploration of the incubator,
EAST LANSING - Jason Nicholas, an assistant professor at Michigan State University, has received a $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to support his research to reduce operating temperatures, improve performance, lower costs and extend the operational life of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Nicholas becomes the 13th member of the MSU College of Engineering faculty
LANSING - Join the Michigan Manufacturers Association Oct. 8 for the MEDC Export Program, a seminar focused on the importance of exporting to the manufacturing industry. Deanna Richeson, Laura Deierlein and Maureen Lyon of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will be on hand to assist participants in understanding the Pure Michigan Export Program and State
SOUTHFIELD - The DENSO North America Foundation has awarded $50,000 to Lawrence Technological University to help create a new multidisciplinary bio-robotics lab that will benefit students in two growing bachelor?s degree programs in biomedical engineering and robotics engineering. LTU said students in traditional programs in electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering will also benefit.
STERLING HEIGHTS - Entrepreneurs with interest in small business resources, including potential funding, are invited on Sept. 24 to participate in BOOST! Macomb, a pitch competition hosted by the MidMichigan Innovation Center and the Macomb-OU INCubator. Up to 20 contestants will have two minutes to pitch their idea, product, service or business before a panel
GRANDVILLE - BioLife Plasma Services is breaking ground on a third West Michigan plasma collection center In an effort to better serve patients who rely on the lifesaving therapies processed from donated human plasma. A subsidiary of Baxter Healthcare Corporation, BioLife Plasma Services is an industry leader in operating high-quality plasma donation centers throughout the
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund on Wednesday approved $1.2 million in incentives to three companies planning expansions in the state that are expected to generate up to $10.6 million in private investments and add 250 new jobs in Michigan. ?Michigan?s leadership in making things and making things work shines through in these new expansions
ANN ARBOR - Meadowlark Energy and Neighborhood Roofing are partnering to install a local home?s new roof with a unique solar shingle developed by Dow Solar in Midland. The owners of the home, located in Ann Arbor?s Old West Side neighborhood, were pioneers of solar in the late ?70?s, and badly needed a new roof.
SOUTHFIELD - Hannan Lis was re-elected President of The Michigan Israel Business Bridge at the organization?s Annual Meeting. Originally from Haifa, Israel, Hannan Lis, is principal, COO and board member of The WW Group, Inc. (Weight Watchers? largest franchise group), and founder and CEO of Lis Ventures LLC, a venture fund investing in emerging technologies