Midwest

Midwest hotter for healthcare investments

The report said the Midwest experienced a 25 percent increase in 2006 for health care-related investments....

Midwest holds strong position in worldwide diagnostics business

To put diagnostics into perspective, Steve B...

Want a raise? Ten best midwest tech salary-increase pitches

You know you have to have a great argument for your boss to get him on board with your pay-raise proposal. You also know that dollars are tight and your boss is pre-disposed (or programmed after several years of heart-rending pleas fro...

Using Technology to Professionally Network in the Midwest

CHICAGO Professional networking has traditionally been a face-to-face interaction in which people meet for the first time in person. Since the technology boom, the networking landscape has changed thanks to the introduction of innovations such as e-mail list servs and online social networking. People no longer have to initially meet in person to start building relationships....

Traveling the I-Q Corridor: Upper Midwest technology future is bright

MADISON I might just as easily have datelined this column Chicago or Minneapolis, because last week found me in both of the economic powerhouses that bookend the I-Q Corridor. It was a reminder that better days lie ahead for Upper Midwest tech companies that have ideas, intellectual property, innovative spirit and investment capital four of the Is in the I-Q. The fifth is the interstat...

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...

Midwest life science stocks kept sizzling in Q2

going from a one percent decline to a very robust eight percent growth for the first half. Not far behind was the <a href="http://www.nasdaq...

Midwest life science stocks sizzle in a tepid first quarter

The major life scie...

A Midwest passage to India, Part II

When I last left you, it was in the middle of a week's trip to India as part of an Illinois trade mission to open up a new trade office in that country. The initial part of the trip took me to Delhi (both New and Old), the ancient capitol of Agra (home to the Taj Mahal among other things). We then moved on to Mumbai (Bombay) for the last part of the trip. I promised...

Midwest offers non-stop flight to North Carolina research park

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A Midwest life-science odyssey comes full circle

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A Midwest small-cap, life-science surprise package

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2006: A mixed blessing for Midwest life science companies

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Midwest gaining stature in nanotech research

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Midwest colleges strong contenders for NIH funds

funding by state for 2005. At that time, we saw that the Midwest had two states in the top 10 states for funding, and we had another five states in the top 20 states. I promised to circle back with you to review the results for the leading universit...

Japan on the rebound: Implications for Midwest

in September after a three-ye...

Investor links East Coast funds to Midwest tech

, a sector fund of the Peak Ridge Capital Group, wants to bridge the gap between the Midwest and the East Coast venture communities, and his passion for investing in innovative Midwestern technology companies is one of th...

NIH '05 funding: Midwest has two states in Top 10

(NIH) annual list of spending in grant money by states. The NIH's annual budget, some $28 billion, not only funds research activities in its own institutions in the Washington, D.C./Maryland area, such as the <a href="http://www.cancer...

Midwest shines among best hospitals in U.S.

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It's not exactly OPEC, but Midwest states are trading ideas on biofuels

Brendan Jordan of the Great Plains Institute...

The world of in-vitro diagnostics is another Midwest success story

I am in a real quandary this week: I have a number of juicy topics I wanted to review with you, including my recent participation in the annual Israel biotech/medical device conference (BIOMED 2006), recent participation in meetings about India and my growing insights into the Indian biotech market, happenings in Japan, and other research that has crossed my transom...

The world of in vitro diagnostics is another Midwest success story

I am in a real quandary this week: I have a number of juicy topics I wanted to review with you, including my recent participation in the annual Israel biotech/medical device conference (BIOMED 2006), recent participation in meetings about Indian and my growing insights into the Indian biotech market, happenings in Japan, and other research that has crossed my transo...

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...

Midwest retains dominant role in 2005 world medical device market

Although definitive numbers on the size of the total medic...

Let the olympics of biotechnology in the Midwest begin!

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

Lone Wisconsin firm to present at InvestMidwest

, a firm that was founded in Milwaukee just over a...

Midwest plays small role in VC investment, angel groups to the rescue

The information we will use for this analysis...

Wisconsin neighbor grabs most Midwest health-care capital

Wisconsin has some catching up to do even among Midwestern states when it comes to health-care venture capital investment, according to the latest Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report. Released by BioEnterprise, it looked at publicly disclosed investments in 12 states or regions in the Midwest area. Minnesota topped the list with more than three times the investment Wisconsin ha...

Midwest is key player for Biofuels industry

While assembling the speakers helped illuminate me, it was really not until I sat through their combined presentations and listened to some of the excellent Q&A that I really felt somewhat knowledgeable on th...

InvestMidWest calls for business presentations

Dec. 16 is the early application deadline, and Jan. 13 is the final applic...

The challenge of financing today's Midwest life science companies

There are now 48 Midwest VC groups in 16 states with combined capital of $2 billion under management that are affiliated with the ever...

Midwest biotech stocks drop like a rock during the third quarter

As he was born on Oct. 9, 1940, he would have been 65 years old if he was still alive. He was shot outside his apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980. He was 40 years old. The article gave a fascinating perspective on probably the most in...

Midwest large cap life science group strengthening in the third quarter

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Midwest called next 'biotech hotbed'

The Midwest will become the nation's next "biotech hotbed," the leader of a West Coast venture capital firm said Wednesday, pointing to initiatives in Wisconsin and other states in the region. "The Midwest's biotechnology parts are greater than its whole right now," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO of , a San Francisco-based firm who...

Midwest health care technology luring greater investment focus

Venture capitalists are increasingly interested in health care technologies developed in the Midwest, results of a new national survey show. Wisconsin, however, only rated in the middle tier for its reputation among health care investors. About two-thirds of the survey respondents have their primary offices in the Midwest, and three-fourths of the respondents said they have invested in a...

Midwest biotech on a roll

& bull; The coming of the Olympics of biotech to Chicago in April 2006. & bull; The continued acquisition of Midwest biotech companies by Big Pharma and Big Biotech. While they recognize the value...

Midwest plays key role in developing new medical device companies

Before we comment on some trends from this table, here are a couple interesting observations: Clea...

Medical device industry growing in importance in Midwest

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Midwest venture capital funding declines in first half of 2005

All of the VCs present were Midwest VCs that were actually funding deals....

Midwest biotech stocks receive hefty haircut in first half of 2005

The message was that the major indices were substantially (as can be seen below) with the exception of the Amex Biotech index. In spite of this g...