LANSING - Michigan House Republicans were nearly evenly divided on Thursday over legislation allocating federal funding for a federal-state partnership on the federally mandated health insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but the legislation still passed by a comfortable margin. HB 4111 was passed by the House on a 78-31 vote,
LANSING - The Michigan House Appropriations Committee took the first step in setting up a federally mandated health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday when it approved appropriating federal funds for a federal-state partnership. The committee voted 24-3 to report HB 4111 , which would accept $30.67 million in federal grant money
LANSING - Michigan is one of just seven states are looking to create a joint federal, state exchange for health insurance. All states had to indicate to the federal government by this past Friday whether they would establish a health insurance exchange on their own, have one established by the federal government, or go into
DETROIT - Hospice of Michigan Wednesday unveiled a mobile app that will allow family and friends of patients to stay better connected to the care teams of their loved one in hospice care ? no matter where they live. Believed to be the first hospice app that connects patients and families, HOM Cares was demonstrated
GRAND RAPIDS - As local medical device companies look for new growth opportunities, they may do well to consider serving the burgeoning market in the Middle East, specifically Dubai. That?s the word from Don Beery, director of the two-dozen-member West Michigan Medical Device Consortium, who attended Arab Health 2013 in Dubai in late January. Beery
ALLEGAN - Perrigo Company announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement and has completed the acquisition of Leeds, U.K.-based Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd. for approximately $283 million in cash. Founded in 1967, Rosemont is a specialty and generic prescription pharmaceutical company focused on the manufacturing and marketing of oral liquid formulations. Rosemont's current portfolio
GRAND RAPIDS ? Carol Van Andel, wife of Van Andel Institute Chairman David Van Andel, has been named to the Davenport University board of trustees. She serves as Executive Director of the David and Carol Van Andel Foundation and has provided leadership and support to dozens of regional and national organizations focused on education, the
LANSING - Michigan's University Research Corridor generated $15.5 billion in economic impact statewide, exceeded $2 billion in annual research expenditures and awarded more than 31,600 degrees in one year, placing it at or near the top of seven university innovation clusters in the U.S., according to a new Economic Impact Report released Wednesday. The URC
ST. LOUIS - Wells Fargo Foundation announced recently an $8,000 grant awarded to Van Andel Institute to help fund the research of rare disorders being conducted at VAI in cooperation with clinical providers of Spectrum Health. The objective of this research effort is to identify causal mutations for rare diseases. Individuals afflicted by rare disease
LANSING - Food and animal safety products developer Neogen Corp. announced Thursday that it has acquired the assets of Scidera Genomics, LLC, an animal genomics business based in Davis, California. The company, formerly operated as MetaMorphix, Inc., or MMI Genomics, was a pioneer in the development of cattle, poultry, swine, and canine genetic testing. Scidera?s