GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative's fifth annual Life Science Business Showcase on April 23 will feature more than 30 life science and medical device companies, inventors and entrepreneurs from across the region, exhibiting their innovation and successes in the life science industry. Registration deadline is April 17. No other event
LANSING - For the second time in as long as Democrats have controlled the House, legislation repealing state lawsuit protections for pharmaceutical companies has been passed. But a measure allowing residents harmed by a drug since 1996, when the protection was enacted, to retroactively sue saw the narrowest support in the chamber. Eleven Democrats joined
DETROIT - IDG's Computerworld Magazine has honored Janet MacQueen, vice president and chief information officer of Blue Care Network of Michigan, for her outstanding achievements in the field of information technology. Computerworld Magazine selected MacQueen from more than 1,000 nominations as one of the nation�'s Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2009. "I am very honored
LANSING - The health care system of Michigan as well as the entire nation needs to be completely restructured to focus first on individual wellness practices, social structures that reinforce individual practices and the infrastructure of the health care system, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich told the Senate Health Policy Committee. After doing that,
ANN ARBOR - The same day that President Obama signed federal legislation easing restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, the University of Michigan announced it had launched a consortium to create new embryonic stem cell lines that could lead to breakthrough cures for many common diseases. The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research
ANN ARBOR - Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a gene that is overexpressed in 90 percent of pancreatic cancers, the most deadly type of cancer. Researchers believe this gene has potential as a target for developing future therapies. Expression of the gene, Ataxia Telangiectasia Group D Complementing gene, called
ANN ARBOR - Please join BioArbor for a presentation and Q&A with two US Food & Drug Administration regulatory experts on March 11 at Ann Arbor SPARK. The program will cover topics essential when planning for FDA approval of medical products, including drugs and devices. Special attention will be given to recent trends, and issues
AUBURN HILLS - What's the role of technology in the medical device manufacturing sector? That's a question answered by Mark Symonds, CEO of Plex Systems, in this special edition of the Plex Systems podcasting channel. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute was named Monday by the life sciences magazine The Scientist, in its 7th annual survey, as one of the top fifteen Best Places to Work for Postdocs in the nation. The survey invited readers who identified themselves as �??non-tenured life scientists working in academia or other non-commercial research
ANN ARBOR - AureoGen Biosciences, which is developing a genetic-engineering technology for the discovery and production of cyclic peptide-based drugs, was named the Best Technology Company of 2008 by the New Enterprise Forum. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>