ANN ARBOR ? OcuSciences, a medical diagnostic device manufacturer that developed a technology to detect eye disease years earlier than current method, was named Medical Main Street?s ?INNO-VATOR of the Year.? OcuSciences is a medical diagnostic device company commercializing a rapid, non-invasive test for early detection of retinal disease. Physicians can use the device to
KALAMAZOO - How can we accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of new medical treatments and cures for patients? That's the question asked by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI 6th) at a roundtable discussion Tuesday in Kalamazoo. The roundtable is one of many being held across the country as part of the 21st Century Cures Initiative.
ANN ARBOR ? Stem cell company Aastrom Biosciences announced Thursday plans to change its corporate name to Vericel Corporation and move its corporate headquarters from Ann Arbor to Cambridge, Massachusetts. "The proposed name change and plan to move our headquarters to Cambridge are the next steps in the transformation of Aastrom from a clinical-stage company
ANN ARBOR - With a $25 million grant from an anonymous donor, the University of Michigan will begin training doctors in Africa in reproductive health services not widely available to many women living in remote areas of the continent. The grant will allow faculty at the U-M Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to create a
SOUTHFIELD - Two student projects at Lawrence Technological University have won $25,000 Ford College Community Challenge grants that promote sustainability and innovation. In all, the Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Ford Motor Company, is awarding $280,000 in Ford C3 grants to 16 student-led projects focused on building sustainable communities. The program,
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute announced Wednesday that Nobel Laureate Michael S. Brown, M.D., will give a special scientific seminar Oct. 27 called A Century of Cholesterol and Coronaries at the Institute. Brown was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1985 along with his colleague, Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, for
LANSING - An additional four health insurance companies will offer coverage for Michigan residents in the federal marketplace in 2015, figures from the federal Department of Health and Human Services showed, bringing to 16 the number of companies that residents will be able to shop for insurance. Michigan is one of seven stats in the
LANSING - As part of an international court settlement, Michigan will get more than $1.6 million in a case where the U.S. subsidiary of an Irish company was charged with improperly promoting its drugs approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to also treat ulcerative colitis. The settlement affects Shire Pharmaceuticals of Pennsylvania, which is
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute has partnered with UK-based research charity The Cure Parkinson?s Trust on an initiative to identify new treatments for Parkinson?s disease. The collaboration, called the Linked Clinical Trials initiative, is aimed at repositioning medications approved to treat other diseases, which have also shown promise in slowing or reversing Parkinson?s
LANSING - The percentage of Michiganders without health insurance fell in 2013 from 11.4 percent to 11 percent, according to census data released Tuesday. According to the data, circulated by the Michigan League for Public Policy, 1,072,000 residents did not have health insurance in 2013. But the league said that number will fall much substantially