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Hygieia Adds Metro Detroit Endocrinology Center As Clinical Partner For d-Nav Insulin Management Program

LIVONIA — Hygieia, a provider of digital therapeutics for insulin management, has added Metro Detroit Endocrinology Center in Dearborn as a clinical partner. The partnership extends Hygieia’s d-Nav network and makes autonomous insulin therapy service available for underserved populations. The unique d-Nav Insulin Management Program uses AI-powered technology to prescribe the appropriate insulin dose each

By |2022-09-06T12:24:52-04:00September 6th, 2022|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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BAMF Health And HealthBar Announce Partnership

GRAND RAPIDS – Michigan-based companies HealthBar and BAMF Health announced their partnership in which they will be providing concierge healthcare services to patients who travel to BAMF’s Grand Rapids location for their treatment. The partnership will provide “white glove” nursing services for patients around their care schedules including transportation to and from appointments. BAMF Health

By |2022-08-25T12:00:36-04:00August 25th, 2022|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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Doug Lawrence Joins Hygieia As CEO

LIVONIA – Hygieia, a digital therapeutics company for insulin therapy, has appointed Doug Lawrence its chief executive officer, responsible for leading operations, development, and global growth of the company and its d-Nav Insulin Management Program. Lawrence brings three decades of medical technology leadership to his new role at Hygieia, including significant experience bringing products to

By |2022-08-25T12:00:37-04:00August 25th, 2022|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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XLerateHealth Selects 8 Healthcare Startups for 2022 Flint Accelerator Cohort

FLINT --XLerateHealth, a healthcare accelerator headquartered in Louisville, KY, on Tuesday announced the selection of eight startup companies to participate in its 2022 Flint cohort. XLH Flint has received support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Community Foundation of Flint and the City of Flint. “This is an exciting cohort for Flint - each

By |2022-07-12T10:51:49-04:00July 12th, 2022|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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Life Sciences Company Investing $430M To Revive Former BASF Site In West Michigan

MUSKEGON TWP. — A former BASF herbicide production facility in Muskegon County would return to life with a potential $430 million capital investment by Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC. The Michigan Strategic Fund Board approved two job-training grants totaling $3 million for Marlborough, Mass.-based Global Life Sciences Solutions USA, which would create up to 200

By |2022-06-29T16:42:52-04:00June 28th, 2022|Life Sciences|
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Scientists Discovered New Molecule That Kills Even Deadliest Cancer

DETROIT - Recently, a tiny group of people with rectal cancer saw their disease vanish after experimental treatment. It was a very small trial done by doctors at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, wherein the patients took a drug called dostarlimab for six months. At the end of their trial, every single one of their

By |2022-06-11T18:38:06-04:00June 11th, 2022|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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Every Patient In Experimental Drug Trial Saw Their Cancer Disappear

NEW YORK - In what appears to be a very promising breakthrough for the treatment of rectal cancer, a small drug trial conducted in the US found every patient treated in the experiment had their cancer successfully go into remission. The medication given, called dostarlimab and sold under the brand name Jemperli, is an immunotherapy drug used

By |2022-06-07T08:23:30-04:00June 7th, 2022|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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Health Benefits Key To Addressing The Great Resignation

LANSING - As millions of U.S. employees voluntarily resign and employers desperately scramble to find workers, a new survey suggests employee health strategy may be a key ingredient to keeping employees well and at work. Among employees thinking about changing jobs, better benefits in general (38 percent), better healthcare benefits specifically (36 percent), as well

By |2022-06-06T12:54:39-04:00June 6th, 2022|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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HealthBar Announces New Finance Director And General Counsel

GRAND RAPIDS – HealthBar, a custom healthcare services to consumers and businesses across its service areas, announced a new leader has joined its executive team. Martin Axelrod joins HealthBar in a new role as its Director of Finance and General Counsel and a member of the leadership team. In this role, Axelrod will provide leadership

By |2022-05-27T08:11:27-04:00May 26th, 2022|Life Sciences|
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MSU Medical Society Awarded $200,000 Grant From Kellogg Foundation For Health Equity Initiative

EAST LANSING – Working to bolster its commitment to advancing equity across all aspects of the health care system, the Michigan State Medical Society is set to begin on Partnering to Advance Health Equity—a new project designed to identify strategies and opportunities to better position and support physician leadership in their ongoing efforts to reduce—and

By |2022-04-03T17:14:21-04:00April 3rd, 2022|Life Sciences|
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