When its parts pull together, Wisconsin can tell a compelling economic story

...ing an international distribution network for its infectious disease tests. prodesse manufactures multiple-platform tests for respiratory viruses and other dise...oscience community works together. The ties binding small companies such as prodesse and TeraMEDICA to larger institutions such as the Medical College of Wiscon...

Life Science: From company creation to growth: Doing business in Wisconsin

... Did you know? Two of the first three companies in the world to create a test for the SARS virus in early 2003 were Wisconsin-based companies prodesse of Waukesha and EraGen of Madison. Both companies have been presenters at the annual Wisconsin Life Sciences & Venture Conference, a 20-year-old life ...

Entrepreneurial Profile: Kelly Henrickson, founder of Prodesse, Inc.

...ost of his technician. The new business, named prodesse after the Latin word meaning "to benefit," also p...right away," Henrickson recalled. After one month, prodesse had earned enough money to reimburse MCW for the services of its lab technician. Six months later, prodesse moved off campus into its own space. Raising Cas...

Prodesse gets new funding; improves flu assay

...specific reagents that can be used to detect infectious pathogens. "With prodesse now nearly cash-flow positive and our new manufacturing facility completed,...xing capabilities being particularly valuable. Our investors seem to agree. prodesse remains the only company in the world to have successfully commercialized m...

Prodesse enters patent agreement with Roche

... Waukesha, Wis. – prodesse Inc. , a biotechnology company focused on the deve...der the agreement, which will be effective July 1, prodesse receives the right to include Roche enzymes in its products. prodesse also receives the authority to convey end-user rig...

Prodesse joins forces with Invitrogen

.... , a biotechnology firm based here. As part of a new license agreement, prodesse will add to its offerings the first diagnostic assays with light upon exten...hout the world. The agreement provides for the incorporation of LUX into prodesse reagents as a different way to label primer sets. "It enables us to do m...