DETROIT - Wayne State University?s department of surgery at the School of Medicine has received an $8.5 million grant from Mike and Marian Ilitch to develop innovative surgery technologies, the university announced Wednesday. The grant will create the Ilitch Chair for Surgical Innovation and establish a fund to support research. The school has renamed the
ANN ARBOR - Are you interested being paid to receiving hands-on training for an in-demand career, while also being able to pursue a college degree? If so, the Michigan Advanced Technician Training program could be a perfect fit for you. Manufacturing and technology companies are experiencing a shortage of employees with the knowledge, skills, and
ANN ARBOR - The United States can combine its strengths in agriculture and manufacturing and leverage them with new technology, such as biotechnology, to grow our economy and jobs. That simple premise underpins the Farm Bill energy programs, which with recent reauthorization and expansion promise to continue supporting rural business formation, investment and job growth.
LANSING - Following a sharply critical audit of the state's Medicaid Home Help Program for elderly and vulnerable adults, two top state officials said Monday the state would begin background checks for home help workers. However, the only individuals who would be automatically barred from working as home care workers under the program would be
LANSING - Michigan's expanded Medicaid eligibility plan, the Healthy Michigan plan, has gained more than 300,000 enrollees in about 11 weeks since it went live on April 1. Department of Community Health officials said the program had 301,645 enrollees on Wednesday. The state updates publicly the enrollee figures every Monday, and two days ago the
LANSING - More health insurance companies will be available on the Michigan Health Insurance Marketplace in 2015, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Department of Insurance and Financial Services. Eighteen health insurance companies have submitted filing information to be included in the marketplace in 2015, during its second year of operation. The Health
WASHINGTON DC - The following communication was received from the FDA regarding implementation of the Unique Device Identification system. Manufacturers and suppliers should take note of the following information as the deadline nears for compliance to the UDI rule. Today CDRH issued the first phase of the Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID): Guidance for
ANN ARBOR - Rubicon Genomics Monday announced that it signed agreements with seven distributors in Europe to expand the availability of its DNA library preparation products. The new distributors include Cambridge Bioscience in the UK and Ireland, Biozym Scientific GmbH in Germany and Austria, AB ANALITICA in Italy, Sopachem in the Benelux countries, Nordic Biolabs
GRAND RAPIDS - Summer is here and the grill is waiting for ignition! Come to GR Current June 16 for delicious food and conversation with bioscience peers from around the region. Make new connections and talk bio biz at this free event sponsored by GR Current (Grand Rapids SmartZone, formerly WMSTI) and MichBio. GR Current
KALAMAZOO - Armune BioScience has appointed David Esposito as Chief Operating Officer. In the newly created role, Esposito will be responsible for commercial strategy for Apifiny, an innovative prostate cancer diagnostic assay, and expansion of the company?s sales and marketing efforts. Armune BioScience is a medical diagnostics company formed to develop and commercialize unique proprietary