The company founded 15 years ago by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson has reached a new milestone: It is about to open a “cleanroom” facility to produce cells for use in human clinical trials. Until now, Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics Inc. has produced cells used by...
WAUKESHA, Wis., September 12, 2019 – GE Healthcare today announced the Food and Drug Administration’s 510(k) clearance of Critical Care Suite, an industry-first collection of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms embedded on a mobile X-ray device. Built in collaboration with UC San Francisco (UCSF), using GE...
An Epic Systems Corp. program called Cosmos, which can mine data from millions of patient medical records at numerous health systems to research how well treatments work, has the potential to transform medicine, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner said Tuesday. “This will revolutionize health care, when the...
A Madison company that makes software approved to gauge treatment response in breast and prostate cancer patients plans to submit a second product, for blood cancers, for approval by early next year. AIQ Solutions, which is based on technology developed at UW Carbone Cancer Center, raised...
Redox today announced it saw its customer base grow by 33 percent over the first half of 2019. The company’s market momentum shows the intense need for healthcare organizations to exchange data more efficiently with digital health vendors. Now, more than 500 health care delivery...
Redox’s “Redox Gives,” a program to ensure that nonprofits and public health teams have the necessary access to data to fully empower their initiative, helped its first live recipient, the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF), the company announced today. According to a release, WWHF went live with electronic...
Primorigen Biosciences has been acquired by Nucleus Biologics, a leader in precision cell culture, the company announced today. “The exceptionally strong fit of the Nucleus and Primorigen product portfolios provide a compelling value proposition for customers seeking more complete solutions for cell biology research and production,” Primorigen...
In the not-so-distant past, the preferred exit ramp for young health-tech companies in Wisconsin was to be purchased by a bigger firm in California or elsewhere. The planned acquisition of Genomic Health by Madison-based Exact Sciences Corp. has altered that pattern, with intriguing possibilities for the...
Madison-based cancer diagnostics company Exact Sciences Corp. said Monday it plans to acquire Redwood City, California-based Genomic Health in a $2.8 billion cash-and-stock deal. Exact Sciences produces Cologuard, a noninvasive, at-home screening test that detects the presence of colon cancer in stool samples. Genomic Health develops Oncotype IQ, a portfolio of genomic...
Redox has added Elif Eracar as its chief customer officer (CCO) and Ben Waugh as its chief security officer (CSO), the company announced recently. “Elif and Ben bring an outstanding set of skills and knowledge as we continue to build strength in two critical areas of the...