Biotech

Wisconsin won't get Georgia biotech without a fight

And that's because Georgia is not simply willing to let go of , an Athens, Ga. business that produces neural stem cell kits for research...

The 10 biggest events shaping biotech in 2006

Here's my list, in order of importance: biofuels, stem cells, BIO 2006 in Chicago, the reshaping and resurgence of Abbott Labs, biogenerics in the U.S., the internationalizat...

Gala Biotech among companies sold for $3.3 billion

for $3.3 billio...

Biotech industry reaches midpoint in 50-year maturation cycle

An interesting article in ) on March 1 states unequivocally that most industry cycles run about 50 years until they mature. If this...

First graduates boon to Wisconsin biotechnology

MADISON - Two years ago, 10 students working as scientists, business managers and lawyers came together with a single goal: to become leaders in this state's burgeoning biotechnology industry. On Saturday, May 15, they will graduate as the first alumni of the at the University of Wisconsin-Madi...

Forbes highlights Wisconsin biotech, names Madison #1 business city

MADISON - Madison, Wisconsin was ranked the number-one city in the United States for business and careers by Forbes magazine, followed by Raleigh-Durham and Austin, in the In 2003, the city ranked 5th and was selected this year as th...

Governor Doyle Pledges Support for Stem Cell Research and Biotechnology Advancements

Madison, WI Governor James Doyle was joined by University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley along with leaders from Wisconsins biotechnology industry in pledging their full support for the continued growth and development of Wisconsin s biotechnology industry. The Governor, addressing a special meeting of the Wisconsin Biotechnology Association, proclaimed his full support for the con...

Governor Gathers Biotech Leaders at his Residence

MADISON, WI-- Governor Doyle gathered over 100 executives and leaders of Wisconsin's Biotechnology Industry to his residence Tuesday night to preview his new economic growth package. These leaders included government officials, the Wisconsin Biotechnology Association leadership, The Wisconsin Technology Council as well many biotechnology CEO's and leading UW-Madison researchers and venture capita...

Japan, Midwest Biotechnology Industry Leaders Identify Steps for Greater Collaboration Between Countries

CHICAGO,IL--Top industry, government and academic leaders in the biotech and life science industries from the Midwest U.S. and Japan gathered Wednesday in Chicago as part of the JETRO Midwest-Japan Biotechnology Summit. The topics covered similarity of challenges faced by Midwest Biotech companies and their counterparts in Japan. The goal was to foster discussion and lay down specific p...

The state of global biotech: An Ernst & Young perspective

always releases at this event its latest report on the state of the biotech industry called: Beyond Borders: Global Biotechnology Industry...

Olympics of biotechnology has international flavor

So what am I talkin...

Biotech officials praise focus of new venture fund

The p...

Getting noticed in Genetown: Wisconsin biotech on display

That's not the case in...

Madison biotech NimbleGen files for IPO; one of states' best-funded firms

The share price and number of shares are yet to be determined. J.P. Morgan Securities is taking a lead role, with Thomas Weisel Partners, Leerink-Swann & Company and Robert W. Baird & Co. participating. <...

Wisconsin biotech firm receives $107K NIH grant

The peer-reviewed grant will be used to build and test a new instrument for purifying proteins used in medi...

Biotech executive books a career flight that's closer to home

The Madison native has joined...

Manufacturing partnership will move into biotech and biomedical spaces

WMEP, a state...

Biotech with Madison ties raises $21M in capital

This week, they raised $21 million, mo...

NimbleGen partners with UK biotech firm

Under the terms of the supply ag...

2006: A great biotech financing year, unless you were going public!

Well folks, this is my last article of the year, and I have talked less about music this year than in years past, so my New Year's resolution for this column is bring back more music (hopefully something blue, rock, or folk-related). Part of the problem is that I simply have not gone to as many concerts this past year, or bought many new CDs (something else I will n...

Big pharma seeks Wisconsin biotech partnerships

At a recent meeting of the <a href="http://www.wisconsinbiotech.org/"...

Proceeding with caution at corner of IT & biotech

However, while information technology is extremely important in the biotech sector - computers run the instruments for manufa...

Wisconsin's role in health a focus of biotech event

The conference, which will be held Oct. 12 at the GE He...

UW among top biotech patent producers

The study, which included nearly 500 universities worldwide and more than 200 in the United States, was authored by the <a...

Biotech firm uses live heart tissue in drug screens

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Chinese pharma-biotech dragon rears its head

conference as part of a small Illinois mission. I have written a number of times over the years about both the Japanese pharma and biotech industries, but I haven't been back to Japan for a few years and I'm looking forward to getting up to speed on...

Biotech talent drew venture-funded firm to Madison

The company, , will move...

Biotech firm has strokes, Alzheimer's in its sights

Quincy Bioscience is based in Madison's University Research Park, but it derives its research sup...

The flattening world and its impact on U.S. biotech

article "It's a Flat World, After All" (Friedman is author of the book "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century"), he contrasts a personal trip in 2004 to India to Columbus's 1492 trip to the New Wor...

At 30, biotech is an industry at a crossroads

In this a...

Can sales outsourcing grow Wisconsin biotechs?

In the past, NeoClone, a seven-year-old manufacturer of monoclonal antibodies, has grown its revenues and built a customer base organic...

Madison biotech continues its climb

And while , a maker of instruments for the analysis of molecular interactions on bioarrays, is not yet in the penthouse, the early-growth comany recently settled in a "nea...

First half of 2006 roundup: Big Pharma trumps biotech

We all know about continu...

Wisconsin investors the lifeblood of New Jersey biotech

This round of financing, coordinated through ., a Milwaukee investment banking firm, w...

Baldwin backs funding for Midwest biotech incubator

Funding for the Midwest Biolink Incubator was included at the request of , D-Madison, in an appropriations bill passed Wednesday in the House of Representa...

Madison biotech introduces drug discovery advance

The product, called the Preserve Pro-Screen Pack S1, is an extension of the company's existing PreserveX line, an...

Milwaukee area biotech ZyStor seeks more funding

Peterson explained the company's plans during an informal gathering at the Innovation Monday program. He said ZyStor, which is developing enzyme rep...

In competitive biotech world, Wisconsin can't afford to fall behind

"I really think there's more action around the Wisconsin exhibit than anywhere else I've been on the (exhibit) floor," he said. T...

Making Wisconsin the biotechnology leader

From developing innovative new sources of renewable energy that will help our nation rel...

Let the olympics of biotechnology in the Midwest begin!

Although all kinds of records are being broken in terms of number of exhibitors, reven...