Exact Sciences Corp. stock leaped more than 30 percent Wednesday after the Madison company announced that drug giant Pfizer will help sell Exact’s Cologuard non-invasive DNA stool test for colorectal cancer. Pfizer will invest $20 million to $24 million a year, for a total of more...
Cellectar Biosciences (Nasdaq: CLRB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer, announces data from Cohort 5 of the company’s ongoing Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating CLR 131 for the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma...
Xconomy Wisconsin — Propeller Health said this week that it has partnered with an Ohio-based health insurer to help a group of its Medicare patients who have respiratory disease better manage their symptoms. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio has begun recruiting patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
Propeller Health announced recently that it’s collaborating with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to help improve health outcomes for Ohio consumers enrolled in Anthem’s Medicare Advantage health plans who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “We’re excited to partner with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Cellectar Biosciences, a Madison company working on cancer-fighting medications, is cheering early patient test results of its main compound, but it has ended production of the drug here, cutting jobs, and last week the company learned its supply of the drug has been temporarily halted...
Three years ago Kevin Conroy was standing on Ireland's Cliffs of Moher, gazing at the Atlantic Ocean 500 feet below, when he was blindsided by a phone call about his company's colon cancer test. Since 2009 Conroy has been running Exact Sciences, a firm trying to...
Epic Systems Corp.’s broad influence on the Madison area economy ripples through again. Bluetree Network, an Epic consulting group, is moving to bigger space to accommodate its growing staff. Bluetree offers support and mentoring to health care organizations that use Epic’s electronic health records software. “That’s all...
HealthMyne, a Madison, WI-based startup developing software that integrates medical imaging data and information from patients’ electronic health records, says it has raised $15 million in new funding. Ascension Ventures, an investment arm of the St. Louis-based healthcare provider Ascension, led the Series B funding round, HealthMyne says....
Gregor Diagnostics, a Madison startup working on a new way to screen men for prostate cancer, is getting a $900,000 financial boost from investors around the country, paving the way for the company’s first patient study. Gregor, founded in 2016, is developing a home test kit...
Promega Corp., the Fitchburg biotechnology firm, has had a busy week. According to the state’s job creation agency, the company plans to expand its manufacturing operations in Madison. That announcement comes after Promega broke ground on a $190 million facility in Fitchburg on Wednesday, a 270,000 square...