ANN ARBOR - Arboretum Ventures LLC is raising a new fund of $215 million, according to a form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, what would be the largest VC fund in Michigan, Crain's Detroit reported Thursday. The previous largest was the $180 million raised in 2013 by Farmington Hills-based Beringea LLC for
PLYMOUTH - Sandbox Industries, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, is interested in any company that is strategically relevant to health insurance within the healthcare IT and tech-enabled services space. Sandbox is interested in working with MichBio members in the following investment areas: Complex Care Management: New models to manage chronic disease patients and high cost
ANN ARBOR � The MichBio Job Bank has added three new positions all in Ann Arbor. Clinical Research Coordinator IClinSite, LLC - Ann Arbor, MI IClinSite is currently seeking a versatile, energetic and outgoing individual to serve as a clinical research coordinator at our site. The position entails implementing simple to moderately complex clinical trials
DETROIT - Asterand Bioscience Inc., the Wayne State University TechTown research company, Tuesday announced the acquisition of AdeptBio LLC, a Memphis, Tenn.-based company that procures human tissue specimens. Terms were not announced. Said Peter Ferrigno, CCO of Asterand Bioscience: "Together, we will strengthen our partnership with the pharmaceutical and diagnostic community, providing unparalleled quality samples,
DETROIT - This Sept. 14 BCP meeting will be jointly hosted by Technology Centers 1600 (Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry) and 1700 (Chemical and Materials Engineering), expanding this long-standing industry sector partnership. This meeting will be simultaneously available at locations in the USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, VA and the Midwest Regional Office in Detroit. During this
ANN ARBOR - Arboretum Ventures LLC is raising a new fund of $215 million, according to a form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, what would be the largest VC fund in Michigan, Crain's Detroit reported Thursday. The previous largest was the $180 million raised in 2013 by Farmington Hills-based Beringea LLC for
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University has entered into a community health partnership with the Portage Health Foundation. The partnership combines both organizations' missions, existing strengths and financial resources to create a collaboration focused on improving the health of the community. Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz announced the partnership at the University's Board of Trustees meeting
ANN ARBOR - MichBio U on July 28 will host a webinar to help its medical device makers enter key emerging markets quickly. China has most likely passed from "emerging" status into a "must enter" status as it rapidly becomes the second largest health care market in the world. However, due to familiarity with the
ANN ARBOR - The Cutting Edge, Drug Discovery and Development in Michigan Symposium Sept. 9-10 will showcase drug R&D activities at the state's research universities and discuss the development, funding, partnering, and commercialization of new therapeutic discoveries. The program is meant to bring together representatives from academia, industry, contract research organizations, funders, and others to
ANN ARBOR - The MichBio Job Bank has posted four jobs, one in Detroit and three in Bagdad, Iraq. Scientific Coordinator Asterand BioScience - Detroit, MI Asterand is a global supplier of high quality, well characterized human tissue and human tissue-based research products and solutions. From offices in Detroit, Michigan and Royston, U.K., our innovative