5 Wisconsin-based women-led businesses gave 5 minute pitches at the Madison Public Library this morning, with Lynx Biosciences winning and walking away with a $5,000 grant. Congratulations! Doyenne Group, a support network of women entrepreneurs, partnered with 1 Million Cups Madison for this year’s 5x5x5 Pitch...
Some national business publications have begun to recognize Madison, WI, as a market for software professionals that punches above its weight. One example was Forbes ranking the city fifth on the magazine’s 2014 list of “Cities Winning The Battle For Information Jobs.” Healthcare IT stands out...
Madison chamber President Zach Brandon says Epic’s growth in the Madison area is a “trend line, [not] an anomaly.” Brandon said yesterday the Madison area isn’t the only place trying to brand itself as a health tech hub -- describing that space as the “Wild West.”...
Sixteen Madison-area companies have made the 2016 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing, privately owned companies in the U.S., including two that cracked the top 500. But getting named to the high-profile list is no sure sign of a company’s long-term success, as some past years’...
Salt Lake City, UT – August 10, 2016 – Leavitt Partners and Forward Health Group have announced a collaboration to support physician groups and payers succeed in Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), a payment initiative set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Primary...
Imbed Biosciences, a Fitchburg startup whose technology, with tiny silver particles, is used to heal wounds, can start selling its product for use on humans. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Imbed’s Microlyte Ag for prescription and over-the-counter use. “We are very excited about it,”...
Cellectar Biosciences Inc., a Madison developer of cancer treatment and diagnostic drugs, said Wednesday it has received $2 million from the National Cancer Institute to support a clinical study of its leading drug candidate. The drug candidate uses ionizing radiation and has potential to treat hematologic malignancies,...
Madison, WI – July 27, 2016 – Drawing on her long track record of innovation and forward-thinking, internist Dorothy (Dody) Fisher, M.D. has joined Forward Health Group as Chief Clinical Officer. With the goal of helping Forward Health Group client physicians make the transition to value-based...
FluGen, a Madison company developing a novel influenza vaccine, is starting its first round of human tests. Phase 1 clinical trials of RedeeFlu began this week in Kansas City, Kansas, and will involve 96 healthy adults between 18 and 49 years old. The vaccine, sprayed into a...
MADISON, Wis., July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) today announced that the company generated revenues of $21.2 million during the second quarter ended June 30, 2016, representing a 161-percent increase from $8.1 million in the second quarter of 2015. The company completed...