News Archives
02/06/2012 Mary Free Bed's $48 million expansion plan will nearly double size of rehab hospital
02/02/2012 Ferris State University adds first pharmacy college to school choices on Grand Rapids' Medical Mile
02/02/2012 MSU buys Grand Rapids Press building
01/30/2012 Micro Machine appoints new CEO, Clive J. Scott
01/25/2012 How West Michigan researchers' discovery could lead to new ways to treat disease, protect crops
01/19/2012 GVSU'S Muskegon-based MAREC joins state-funded business accelerator program
01/19/2012 Van Andel Studies Boost Understanding Of Kidney Cancer
01/03/2012 Grand Rapids 'SmartZone' gets $500,000 grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund
12/16/2011 Why Grand Rapids could be Michigan's hotbed for investing in startups
12/15/2011 Opinion: Rules for small business success
12/07/2011 Risk of Down syndrome prompts couple to seek out new prenatal blood test developed in Grand Rapids
11/17/2011 State seeks to grow incubators
11/08/2011 Michigan Economic Development Corp. selects 54 companies for economic gardening pilot
11/08/2011 Saint Mary's opens clinical trial unit
11/03/2011 GVSU seeks to expand on Medical Mile in Grand Rapids
11/03/2011 Listen: MichBio Expo 2011 WGVU-FM interview
10/26/2011 New prenatal test accurately detects Down syndrome, but should parents use it?
10/25/2011 Smart Vision Lights hatches from MAREC
10/14/2011 Grand Rapids examines how to drive the next $1 billion in investment on the Medical Mile
10/13/2011 Tech Tour Day Six: Grand Tech At Grand Valley
10/10/2011 DornerWorks Ranked as One of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies
10/10/2011 Trade group seeks to grow venture capital in Michigan by growing talent
10/10/2011 Educators say more Michigan college students are focusing on entrepreneurism
09/30/2011 GLEQ Winners Are Among Top Contenders in $1 Million Competition
09/29/2011 Van Andel Institute Shares $3.5 Million Breast Cancer Stem Cell Study
09/28/2011 SmartZones seeing renewed promotion from MEDC
09/16/2011 GVSU's Kevin McCurren named a Thought Leader in Entrepreneurship 2011
09/15/2011 Business incubators adjust to market demands
09/07/2011 Alternative energy lab in Whitehall Township, a partnership between business and Muskegon Community College, becoming a reality
09/07/2011 West Michigan job growth expected in health care, office clerical positions
08/29/2011 Sarniak Named Grand Valley 2011 Outstanding Electrical Engineering Graduate
08/22/2011 Biotechnology and entrepreneurship with Tetra Discovery Partners, LLC
08/11/2011 Clean technology entrepreneurs go through bootcamp in West Michigan
08/04/2011 Grand Rapids venture capital firm, Hopen Life Science Ventures, reports initial close on new fund
08/04/2011 Michael J. Fox foundation awards $400,000 to Grand Rapids researchers studying treatment for Parkinson's disease
07/29/2011 SmartZones near 20,000 in job creation, MEDC says
07/29/2011 Innovation requires 'supportive culture,' award winner says
07/29/2011 Fortu battery plant construction moves closer: Muskegon Township OKs plan, sets hearing on tax abatement
07/25/2011 A tale of proteins and cells: Metabolic Solutions is trying to write next chapter with new diabetes, heart treatments
07/20/2011 Michigan Economic Development Corp. creates new website to connect companies, job seekers
07/19/2011 Spectrum Health named top hospital in Grand Rapids by U.S. News & World Report
07/18/2011 New test can set Parkinson's patients on proper treatment path
07/18/2011 Investors put $7.2 million into life sciences firm Intervention Insights in Grand Rapids
07/15/2011 Meet Michigan's Innovators!
07/14/2011 West Michigan seeks a national role in medical devices
07/14/2011 Momentum announces third annual Demo Day event
07/14/2011 Michigan ranks 12th nationwide in clean, green jobs - here's where to get one of these jobs
07/14/2011 Mary Free Bed sets forth bold vision of world-class network
07/14/2011 From the attic to the lab. Syzygy again successful in securing funds for startup ?hillbilly biotech? firm
07/05/2011 St. Mary's of Michigan Sterile Processing wins 'Department of the Year'
07/05/2011 Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids forming statewide network
07/01/2011 Innovation Michigan finalists named for 2011
06/24/2011 Van Andel Institute's commitment to children's cancer research inspires hope, parent advocate says
06/16/2011 Local incubator hatches $100,000 award winner
06/14/2011 Entrepreneurs pick up awards at Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest event, where business owners look toward growth
06/13/2011 Location affects cost of business; but Kalamazoo not bad for med-tech, study finds
06/10/2011 Grand Rapids Biotech Startup Wins $100,000 Business Plan Award At GLEQ
06/09/2011 Gov. Rick Snyder announces Varnum program to offer $1 million in free legal assistance to Michigan startup companies
06/09/2011 Grand Valley State University raises $95.3 million for buildings, faculty and scholarships, nearly double original goal
06/07/2011 'Competitiveness Agenda' for medical techology industry calls for broad U.S. policy changes
06/07/2011 Small pharma?s special helpers: Innovative Analytics brings Big Pharma experience to startups
06/07/2011 Consortium opens landmark personalized medicine children's cancer trial
06/07/2011 Spectrum Health Named a Top Ten Health System for Second Year
06/07/2011 Best practices earn best honor VAI nabs LEED platinum despite not chasing points
05/19/2011 Thought Leader in Energy Arn Boezaart: Generating understanding
05/19/2011 Check out parts of Grand Rapids' Medical Mile with new interactive map
05/16/2011 A thriving Medical Mile transforms Grand Rapids
05/16/2011 Production of turbine components energizes family-owned company
05/16/2011 Grand River Aseptic targeting high growth
05/11/2011 West Michigan Science & Tech Initiative Gets $100K From MEDC For Biz Incubator
05/11/2011 West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative Gets $100K State Grant
05/10/2011 West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative Awarded MEDC Michigan Strategic Fund Grant
05/02/2011 Doc shops almost full on the Medical Mile
04/27/2011 Ready for takeoff: MSU Bioeconomy Institute competition seeks companies looking to pilot products
04/20/2011 Van Andel Institute earns rare LEED Platinum
04/20/2011 Enabling data-driven decisions: Intervention Insights puts personalized treatment at oncologists? fingertips
04/14/2011 New coworking space to open in Kalamazoo
04/13/2011 Column: Steps to life science company success
04/05/2011 Spectrum Health, Bronson Methodist and Holland make 100 Top Hospitals list for 2011
04/05/2011 Health care collaborative Pennant Health Alliance ready to reach out
04/05/2011 Medical school can boost Kalamazoo, business leaders say
03/29/2011 Michigan Firms Partner to Improve, Manufacture High-Tech Locating System for Hospitals, Health Care Providers
03/25/2011 Mary Free Bed names Kent Riddle as interim CEO
03/25/2011 Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids ranked No. 3 on best places to work survey
03/25/2011 Grand Valley State University STARS in sustainability efforts
03/24/2011 Congratulations to the 2011 Business Plan Competition Winners!
03/10/2011 Boosting Startups
03/08/2011 It's in the Position
03/08/2011 MI-SBTDC gets more funding for small biz financing
02/24/2011 Invention harvests wasted process energy
02/22/2011 ETF Investing 101
02/17/2011 New Grand Rapids venture fund expects to raise $12 million this year
02/11/2011 DornerWorks receives grant for Navy project
02/10/2011 $200K in grants fuel alternative energy, life sciences, biotech startups in Grand Rapids, Muskegon
02/07/2011 Big MIN-now swims far afield
02/04/2011 No more 'fly over'
02/04/2011 Seeking the 'next level'
01/28/2011 MAREC grant will expand energy and technology start-ups
01/12/2011 Momentum aims to grow and evolve with changes for 2011
01/11/2011 DornerWorks Releases Prototype ARINC 653 Hypervisor to Open Source Community
01/10/2011 MI-SBTDC counsels small businesses on the lakeshore
11/22/2010 Accelerate Michigan selects semi-finalists
11/15/2010 Fostering Innovation
11/09/2010 Drug Company nets $23.5M to further diabetes drug
11/09/2010 Spectrum Health forms innovation unit
11/02/2010 GR plant lands work for stem cell product
10/27/2010 Metabolic Solutions Development Grabs Venture Dollars For Diabetes Drugs, Gets New CEO
10/27/2010 Covance looking to capitalize on partnerships
10/25/2010 Venture fund effort 'truly collaborative'
10/14/2010 Tech Tour Day Six: Grand Tech At Grand Valley
10/04/2010 Newton: Big Pharma seeks partners, not purchases
09/27/2010 WMSTI's SUMiT10 features Newton
09/23/2010 SUMmIT10 to inform students, entrepreneurs on impact of health care reform
09/20/2010 Venture capital, private equity looking up locally
09/14/2010 800 Bond now post-production studio Digital Design Village
09/13/2010 CFGF loans spark life sciences startups
09/02/2010 Small Grand Rapids startup produces low-cost biologic reagents for DNA research
08/23/2010 New VC fund has life science, tech focus
08/17/2010 Grand Rapids company Intervention Insights centered on personalized medicine
08/10/2010 Test scandal widens Sequenom loss, but revenue is up
08/05/2010 Mothers of Inventions: the Maker Movement Thrives in Metro Grand Rapids
07/30/2010 $1 Billion Tax Credit to Support Biomedical Research By Small Firms
07/29/2010 Keystone: Building a better surgical tool
07/29/2010 Bridging the continental divide
07/22/2010 Kalamazoo engineering and manufacturing company launches new medical-device venture
07/12/2010 Action Fabricators Expands its Footprint in the Healthcare Industry With the Launch of Laminin Medical Products
07/12/2010 FDA Commissioner Hamburg Meets with Michigan Bio-Industry Leaders; Hears Perspectives on Regulatory Oversight Impacting Their Business Sectors
07/09/2010 Becoming a leader: Michigan institutes rate well as places for researchers to work
07/07/2010 Action Fabricators Launches Laminin Medical Products
06/30/2010 Magnum Engineering announced as finalist for Innovation Michigan Award
06/30/2010 MichBio to Host FDA Commissioner - your input is needed!
06/29/2010 Flexible innovations for healthcare packages earn industry recognition
06/29/2010 Perrigo says it has exclusive rights to sell over-the-counter versions of seasonal allergy products Allegra and Allegra D-12
06/28/2010 Spring 2010 Newsletter
06/25/2010 Southwest Michigan First launches program to commercialize medical device technology in Kalamazoo
06/25/2010 Monteris Medical ramping up sales of brain surgery device; company could create 100 Kalamazoo jobs
06/22/2010 Action Fabricators Launches Laminin Medical Products
06/21/2010 VARI-TGen alliance yields cancer find
06/10/2010 Cornerstone professor Nigel Crompton creates test to help cancer patients
06/08/2010 GVSU launches entrepreneurship resource website
06/04/2010 Michigan venture capital report shows progress
05/24/2010 Grand Rapids Researchers Take Part in International Coalition to Speed and Improve Research on Kidney Disease
05/17/2010 DornerWorks among the 12th Annual ICIC and Bloomberg BusinessWeek Inner City 100 Winners
05/03/2010 Stimulating Science
05/03/2010 RealBio: startup sees growth
04/30/2010 Quest for the game changer
04/30/2010 VAI researchers take on prostate cancer
04/28/2010 Kalamazoo industry heavyweights weigh in
04/26/2010 Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce changes to Colliers International
04/26/2010 Metro Health, MPI Research join consortium for clinical trials
04/26/2010 Panacea Purveyor
04/24/2010 Column: Time is now for West Michigan business leaders to push for change in Lansing
04/23/2010 $2.3 million grant could boost cancer care at Saint Mary's Health Care
04/19/2010 GR Business Journal "Medical Device Tax 'a deterrent'"
04/14/2010 Alliant Healthcare Products acquires Surge Medical Solutions
04/07/2010 Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour Attracts More than 300 Students to Half-Day Workshop
04/01/2010 DornerWorks - One of Michigan's 50 Companies to Watch.
04/01/2010 The Initiative Thanks its Outstanding Network of Entrepreneurs
04/01/2010 New Saint Mary's unit could boost drug trials in GR
03/10/2010 MichBio Announces Annual Business Keynote and Workshop
03/02/2010 GVSU names Chamberlain executive director of new Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
03/01/2010 Perrigo Acquires Australia's Leading OTC Store Brand Supplier
03/01/2010 Linda Chamberlain, Executive Director of WMSTI, to be honored at "The 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan" event
03/01/2010 Go-go Gadgets
03/01/2010 Pfizer's generic move
02/18/2010 State aims to create jobs with $30M business plan competition
02/17/2010 Sequenom Announces Launch of SensiGene Fetal(XY) (Fetal Sex Determination) Test
02/14/2010 Southwest Michigan First Portfolio Firm Gets Further Funding
02/09/2010 Sequenom Licenses Worldwide Rights to Develop Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diagnostic Test
02/04/2010 Sequenom Announces Launch of SensiGene Fetal RHD Genotyping Test
02/01/2010 Raising GVSU's research bar test
01/21/2010 Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship shows Michigan returning to 'entrepreneurial roots'
01/18/2010 Stem cell opportunities are multiplying throughout the state
01/18/2010 INRAD introducing three new medical devices
01/18/2010 Stem cell research ramps up
01/18/2010 Breakthrough of the Year: The Runners-Up
01/13/2010 Van Andel Institute scientists discover new gene mutations linked with kidney cancer
01/13/2010 Van Andel Institute plant research named among Science Magazine's Top 10 breakthroughs of 2009
01/06/2010 West Michigan medical device consortium grew its ranks in '09, looks to expand boundaries
12/28/2009 LumenFlow counts on medical device status
12/28/2009 Where medicine, manufacturing meet to expand area commerce
12/21/2009 LumenFlow Receives Patent for 360 Degree View Imaging System
12/21/2009 Education Will Drive Life Science Success
12/21/2009 Culture of Entrepreneurship Gives Us Reasons for Optimism
12/21/2009 What's In Store for Small Business in 2010?
12/17/2009 GVSU raises entrepreneur support
12/16/2009 Ann Arbor's NanoBio Corp. signs licensing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline
12/16/2009 Momentum Now Accepting Applications for 2010
12/10/2009 Mentoring business: Entrepreneurs start incubators to mentor others
12/07/2009 Witness to transition from smokestacks to clean energy
12/07/2009 SCMM tabs Chicagoland Transporter/shipper
12/07/2009 VAI addition opens for scientific research
12/04/2009 State looks at new fund to groom venture capitalists
12/03/2009 Super plants? Van Andel Research Institute discovery could produce crops resistant to cold, drought, other damage
12/01/2009 Van Andel Set to Open Expanded Facility, Triple Staff
11/23/2009 All Locked Up
11/23/2009 Sequenom secures IP amid legal charges
11/18/2009 Keystone Manufacturing Earns International Quality Management Certification
11/17/2009 It's Global Entrepreneur Week Across Michigan
11/16/2009 Flurry of concerns ahead for Sequenom
11/15/2009 THE STUDY OF SCIENCE
11/15/2009 Perrigo reports record earnings
11/09/2009 Bone brothers
11/09/2009 Rewriting the drug development model
11/09/2009 MSU nets elite Parkinson's research grant for G
11/09/2009 Gang Green
11/05/2009 MichBio panelists: Breaking into medical device field has advantages and pitfalls for manufacturers
11/04/2009 MichBio Expo attendees get sneak peek at hot new technologies
11/04/2009 Inventor Robert Fischell urges perseverance in innovators
11/04/2009 HandyLab Inc. sale may signal that life science companies are good investment
11/02/2009 MichBio Expo displays life sciences
10/30/2009 Federal grant allows ground-breaking research of breast cancer surgery
10/26/2009 HandyLab Sale To Becton Dickinson Bolsters Early Investors' Faith, Coffers
10/12/2009 US Congressman Peter Hoekstra recognizes Koops for Robotic Laser Technology
10/08/2009 Venture fund changes name, explores new investors
10/05/2009 Hopen invests in heart item
10/05/2009 Heading up the OTC giant
10/01/2009 VC manager: Obesity, diabetes draw investor attention
09/21/2009 Life sciences summit pegs latest trends
09/18/2009 Venture Michigan Fund Michigan 21st Century Investment Fund September Newsletter
09/18/2009 Conference speakers say medical devices are growing market as Americans get fatter, older
09/14/2009 Forever automotive
09/14/2009 Life Sciences Trends Topic at WMSTI Event
09/10/2009 Trends in life sciences will determine innovations; SUMmIT to explore emerging technologies
09/04/2009 West Michigan investment group Hopen [Therapeutics] helps fund heart valve treatment
08/31/2009 Van Andel Institute scientists discover gene linked to gigantism
08/17/2009 Craig Webb
08/17/2009 Velesco nears its peers
08/17/2009 CF research goes local
08/17/2009 Universities unite to unfreeze early-stage funding
08/17/2009 Gary Zurenko
08/17/2009 VARI diagnostic tool promising
08/17/2009 MI-SBTDC: Growing, sustaining and assisting Michigan?s life sciences companies
08/14/2009 Former Van Andel Institute researcher offers new way to look at U.S. cancer deaths
08/14/2009 Former Van Andel Institute researcher offers new way to look at U.S. cancer deaths
08/12/2009 New network brings inventors together
08/05/2009 Michigan third in Midwest life-sciences venture capital
06/09/2009 VELESCO PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES OPENS NEW CLINICAL TRIAL MATERIALS
06/04/2009 Making Sense of Change
06/04/2009 Muskegon's MAREC fires up energy, incubator development, brings WMSTI's Cook on board
06/01/2009 Electronic engineering firm grows local effort
06/01/2009 VARI cancer work could include GR patients
06/01/2009 GVSU splits incubator assignment
05/28/2009 Entrepreneur report focuses on capital Grand Rapids lags in capital for entrepreneurs
05/28/2009 GVSU's alternative energy center adds more expertise
05/28/2009 West Michigan group will review requests for life science micro-loans
05/26/2009 Tech solves tissue issue
05/26/2009 Report: Michigan at risk without more venture capital
05/25/2009 West Michigan group to review state's life-science micro-loan applications
05/22/2009 Grand Rapids lags similar-sized cities in attracting venture capital, Grand Valley State University survey finds
05/21/2009 DornerWorks invests $1.5 million in Grand Rapids, looking to add 50 Jobs
05/20/2009 West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative and the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund Micro Loan Program
05/20/2009 The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative is Named Statewide Reviewer for Life Science Funding Requests through New Program
05/11/2009 LumenFlow's good looks win honorable mention in NASA's Create the Future contest
05/07/2009 Michigan lawmakers to boost biotechnology, MichBio CEO says
05/07/2009 EDF focuses on getting 'capital efficient'
05/06/2009 Initiative readies second life sciences incubator
05/04/2009 Kalamazoo drug developer secures $10 million
04/30/2009 West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative develops incubator labs for medical device startups
04/29/2009 Seeing the Light
04/27/2009 WMSTI has new incubator
04/24/2009 Job-creating GR incubator expands
04/23/2009 Grand Rapids life-science incubator will grow medical devices
04/23/2009 The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative Expands Venture Center with Additional Grand Rapids Location
04/22/2009 Innovation + Job News
04/20/2009 Plumstone gets Innovation Award from business group
04/13/2009 MICHIGAN COMPANY FINALIST IN NASA CONTEST
04/07/2009 Partnership opens door to electronics market
04/02/2009 Grand Rapids company invents integrative bio tissue tracking software, saves hospitals time, money
03/26/2009 DornerWorks to add positions serving aerospace, medical industries
03/25/2009 Statewide Pre-Seed Fund Awarded $6.8 Million from 21st Century Jobs Fund
03/24/2009 Sequenom readies prenatal genetic tests for market
03/23/2009 Web-based solution tracks biological hospital products
03/23/2009 Sequenom Center readies for more growth
03/11/2009 Three life sciences startups share their stories of success
03/10/2009 New members gives ClinXus greater capability to manage and lure drug trials
03/10/2009 Van Andel rated among top institutes for postdocs
03/10/2009 Device aims to prevent heart attacks
03/10/2009 Van Andel rated among top institutes for postdocs
03/10/2009 Opinion: Connecting biotech companies with venture capital funds
03/10/2009 Midwest venture capital for life sciences grew in 2008
03/02/2009 ADMETRx carves its niche
03/02/2009 Resistance is futile
03/02/2009 Robert De Wit, President & CEO, Southwest Michigan Innovation Center
03/02/2009 Making some noise
03/02/2009 VAI explores new research, education opportunities
02/19/2009 Study says Michigan has 100,000 high wage bioscience jobs, more investment needed
02/19/2009 Van Andel Institute alliance creates new opportunities for Michigan life sciences
02/16/2009 MICHIGAN PRE-SEED CAPITAL FUND INVESTS IN 3 MORE MICHIGAN START-UPS
02/09/2009 Department of Defense takes notice of Spectrum, Van Andel study on treatment of radiation poisoning
02/09/2009 Study: Michigan bioscience growth 'favorable'
02/05/2009 Grand Angels broadens investment approach
02/05/2009 GVSU initiative brings students and faculty to life science firms
02/04/2009 Local Researchers Published in Journal Blood
02/03/2009 West Michigan Entrepreneurs Receive Funding and Support
01/26/2009 Ann Arbor's SensiGen Bought Out by Sequenom
01/19/2009 Pain relief without drugs
01/19/2009 SWMF courts Israeli medical device start-ups
01/16/2009 Alternative Medical Supplies Receives Certification from the Michigan Minority Business Development Council
01/16/2009 New device could save lives of patients with lung failure
01/15/2009 Life Sciences Seeds Sprouting in Grand Rapids
01/15/2009 Avalon Laboratories Receives FDA and European Clearance to Market Three Catheter Devices
01/04/2009 Grand Rapids Looks to Diversify into Health Care, Life Sciences
11/27/2008 Stryker to cut suppliers
11/24/2008 New medical device firm gets shot in the arm
11/14/2008 Member Spotlight - Cynthia Kay and Company
11/14/2008 Could auto industry layoffs spur more entrepreneurialism in Mich.?
11/14/2008 Member Spotlight - Wolverine Building Group
11/14/2008 Member Spotlight - Impact Executive Search
11/14/2008 Member Spotlight - Lawrence Productions
11/13/2008 Michigan's new economy grows, creates jobs, says Automation Alley report
11/13/2008 New medical device start-up gets boost from Grand Rapids investors, life sciences incubator
11/13/2008 Metro Health partnership with U-M med school creates top radiation oncology position
11/13/2008 Michigan Manufacturers Association looks to life sciences
11/10/2008 West Michigan's Newest Medical Device Company Receives Support from the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative and EDF Ventures
11/10/2008 MichBio Expo Will Feature Sessions for Michigan Manufacturers Interested in Entering Medical Device Market
10/28/2008 MichBio Expo News: Presenters Announced for Emerging Biosciences Showcase!
10/23/2008 NASA grant supports life science commercialization
10/20/2008 West Michigan Sciences & Technology Initiative 'speeds up'
10/16/2008 Mercy Health first in Michigan to premiere advanced radiation technology
10/16/2008 Human Capital?the next development toward a progressive, competitive West Michigan
10/16/2008 Beyond VAI: What?s next for Grand Rapids' Medical Mile?
10/15/2008 President Bush says in Ada he brings 'optimism and realism' to economic crisis
10/15/2008 Real estate forum continues the merging of East and West Michigan
10/08/2008 $30 million at stake today in MEDC's 21st Century Jobs Fund announcement
10/02/2008 Grand Rapids' DornerWorks adds 23 jobs, tracking for 50 percent revenue growth
10/01/2008 America's Greenest City
09/30/2008 Pharma Group Touts Made-in-Michigan Breakthrough Drugs On Horizon
09/26/2008 Medicine might drive area's economy in the future
09/24/2008 GR biotech marketing group changes name, scope of service
09/24/2008 Biostatistics grads stay in Michigan
09/23/2008 New jobs creating buzz along Medical Mile
09/21/2008 Entrepreneurs make West Michigan a hotbed for design talent
09/18/2008 Spectrum Health aims to corner cardiac care market, create health care 'destination'
09/18/2008 Grand Rapids PR firm marks 10th year with 18 percent growth, four jobs, bigger digs
09/18/2008 East-West divide is merely a myth
09/18/2008 New life sciences laboratory opens
09/04/2008 Experts Advise Wannabe
09/02/2008 Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Paychex Inc.
09/02/2008 Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - bella Relocation
08/31/2008 Van Andel says Michigan must focus on the life sciences
08/29/2008 Leaders told economic cooperation is key
08/19/2008 Kalamazoo-based Keystone Solutions expands in Grand Rapids
08/18/2008 Company is ready to add jobs, but no loan
08/18/2008 Keystone Manufacturing Opens Grand Rapids Location
08/18/2008 Medical Supply Company Establishes New Location in Grand Rapids
08/14/2008 Michigan gains in life sciences venture capital investments
08/07/2008 $1M seed fund gives leg up to Lakeshore innovators
08/07/2008 VAI researchers discover vital link to improving osteoporosis drugs
08/05/2008 WMSTI Expands Scope of Membership Organization in Response to Growth
07/31/2008 Van Andel Research Institute joins brain cancer genetics consortium
07/31/2008 GVSU, GRCC create collaborative degree completion program in Holland
07/30/2008 MichBio Announces Program for 2008 Expo
07/29/2008 Surgical products company reaches new heights
07/28/2008 GR-Lakeshore area among tops for high-growth firms; Michigan near bottom among states
07/28/2008 Jackson, four others fight for three SmartZones
07/24/2008 Could Life Sciences Become Michigan's Core Industry?
07/24/2008 Michigan Economic Development Groups and Non-Profit Create Life Science and Innovation Center
07/24/2008 Perrigo builds the nucleus
07/17/2008 Manufacturing consolidation results in 50 new jobs for Lowell
07/17/2008 VAI launches middle school science program, adds three jobs
07/10/2008 First tenant opens doors in Grand Rapids' new $23M Women's Health Center
07/10/2008 $178M VAI expansion on track for 2009 opening
07/08/2008 Four programs make cut for 21st Century Jobs Fund
07/02/2008 MSU Unveils Push For Half-Billion-Dollar Nuclear Project
07/02/2008 At least 16 Oakland businesses apply for 21st Century state funding
07/02/2008 Nathan Bomey: Jobs Fund applications showcase Michigan's shifting economic focus
07/01/2008 109 Jobs Fund applicants seek $451.6 million
07/01/2008 MSU unveils leadership committee for half-billion-dollar nuclear research project
06/26/2008 Holland entrepreneur's innovative software drawing the publishing industry's interest
06/26/2008 Spectrum opens $92M cancer pavilion and 75 new healthcare jobs
06/24/2008 MichBio Calls on Congress to Pass R&D Tax Credits Legislation
06/16/2008 Many out-of-state investors call state VC funds too small
06/14/2008 U-M Life Sciences fund created
06/11/2008 New Product, SafeScratch?, Provides Relief
06/10/2008 W. Michigan job outlook improves
06/10/2008 Innovation Michigan 2008 finalists named
05/31/2008 The value of creating a 'welcoming' community
05/30/2008 Study: Health Care Continues to Create Good Jobs in Michigan
05/29/2008 Michigan life sciences exec Stephen Rapundalo calls for businesses to embrace internships
05/23/2008 Member News - Miller Canfield law firm explores Middle East office
05/21/2008 Seminar shows off new medical devices
05/20/2008 Teens lead new wave of West Michigan science researchers
05/15/2008 GVSU's new MBA prepares students for careers in burgeoning health sector
05/15/2008 Deadline Extended for 2008 21st Century Jobs Fund Business Plan Competition
05/14/2008 Tech Tour Lands In Tech-Booming Grand Rapids
05/12/2008 Member News: Designer looks to be recognized as regional economic player
05/08/2008 Expect continued medical and life-sciences growth in West Michigan, experts say
05/08/2008 Grand Rapids' Women's Health Center offers innovative surgical suites, new jobs
05/05/2008 Med School Begins Taking Shape, Focus
05/02/2008 West Michigan medical device consortium growing
05/01/2008 MichBio director: Michigan needs life sciences focus
05/01/2008 Influx of med students expected to boost GR economy
04/30/2008 West Michigan Medical Device Consortium Launches Web Site, Enjoys Membership Growth
04/29/2008 Linda Chamberlain - Regional Thought Leader
04/24/2008 $90M MSU Med School breaks ground
04/21/2008 Research company's expansion in Mich. to create 3,300 jobs
04/10/2008 GVSU business competition seeds entrepreneurial ventures
04/09/2008 Michigan wants high-tech companies to compete for state loans
04/07/2008 Building Grand Rapids' medical mecca
04/07/2008 ATEK Opens Medical Device Manufacturing Facility in Costa Rica
04/01/2008 PharmOptima among finalists for national award
03/26/2008 Creative Byline Signs First Three Publishers - Doubles Stable Of Writers
03/22/2008 Build better identity, life sciences urged
03/20/2008 Saint Mary's steadily builds talented staff for new neurological center
03/20/2008 Panel backs new Jobs Fund round
03/20/2008 Grand Rapids electronics firm adds nine employees, plans for more
03/17/2008 DornerWorks, Ltd. Grows into New Headquarters
03/17/2008 Lambert, Edwards & Associates Named Agency of Record for The West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative
03/14/2008 Life sciences demand urgency, investor says
03/13/2008 State must boost its life-sciences identity, exec says
03/12/2008 SARANAC-BASED CONCEIVEX, INC. RECEIVES INFUSION OF CAPITAL
03/10/2008 Is Michigan behind life sciences?
02/22/2008 Forum: Is Michigan behind life sciences?
02/22/2008 ALS clinic reflects med school's promise
02/19/2008 West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative Seeks Exhibitors for Annual Life Science Showcase
02/19/2008 Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Axios, Inc.
02/18/2008 Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
02/18/2008 Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Wolverine Printing
02/18/2008 Bio Tech Connect Spotlight - Comerica Bank
02/14/2008 10th annual Tech Trends conference eyes technology of the future
02/14/2008 QIAGEN And Center for Molecular Medicine Create Research Collaboration for Molecular Diagnostic Markers for Breast Cancer, Other Women?s Health Issues
02/14/2008 Executive Director Report Podcast
02/14/2008 GVSU selected for nationwide sustainability rating pilot project
02/13/2008 Device co. hopes for 'compounded' success
02/13/2008 Starting Small, Growing Fast
02/07/2008 New women's health research lab taking shape on Medical Mile
01/30/2008 Equipment for Start-ups
01/30/2008 Collaboration Sparks Creation of New Grand Rapids Laboratory
01/29/2008 Alum helps life science industry
01/27/2008 Boom during the bust
01/24/2008 GVSU eyes biomed engineering minor
01/24/2008 UFP Technologies Acquires Stephenson & Lawyer, Inc.
01/23/2008 MEMBER NEWS - Independent Bank has profit despite loan losses
01/23/2008 The Center for Molecular Medicine Doubles Lab Staff
01/19/2008 Van Andel Institute: Closing in on a killer
01/17/2008 Manufacturers weigh challenges of leaving auto behind
01/08/2008 Center for Molecular Medicine Selected to Provide DNA Analysis For Children's Oncology Group Leukemia Study
01/08/2008 Know the major healthcare players in the 75 most significant metro markets
01/03/2008 To do or not to do
12/20/2007 Area will become life-sciences leader, officials say
12/17/2007 New signs may help guide Michigan Hill visitors
12/11/2007 Auto manufacturing breaking into the production of medical devices
12/05/2007 Medical Industry Grows, Despite Economic Woes
11/30/2007 Life saving lung device: Local company's transplant alternative
11/29/2007 Grand Rapids lab among first to offer highly specialized breast cancer test
11/27/2007 Fresh start - BBK Studio is now People Design
11/15/2007 Van Andel Institute awarded $400K for groundbreaking breast cancer research
11/15/2007 Michigan ranks sixth most entrepreneur-friendly state, up from 10th
11/15/2007 Device consortium ready for new members
11/15/2007 Granholm in Kalamazoo for ribbon cutting
11/13/2007 Grand Rapids lab offers groundbreaking breast cancer blood test
11/12/2007 CUSTOMER FOCUS: OLIVER MEDICAL
11/12/2007 GR lab among first to offer advanced cancer test
11/08/2007 Bio R&D center progressing
11/05/2007 WMSTI Member - JS Die & Mold Announces New Conformal Mold Cooling Technology
11/01/2007 Device consortium ready for new members
11/01/2007 'A good idea whose time has come'
10/08/2007 MichBio Expo Opens in Lansing Next Week
09/27/2007 NEW YORK FASHION DESIGNERS MAKE ONE OF ONLY TWO PERSONAL APPEARANCES TO PRESENT SPRING COLLECTION IN GRAND RAPIDS
09/27/2007 With momentum building, Technology Initiative names new leader
09/27/2007 Panelists Announced for 2007 Manufacturing Forum
09/24/2007 Breathing new life into lungs
09/18/2007 WEST MICHIGAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE NAMES
08/30/2007 VARI scientists closer to finding leukemia gene
08/23/2007 Spectrum Health among first in MI to offer alternative hip replacement procedure
08/23/2007 Center for Molecular Medicine pioneers test to protect nursing infants
08/16/2007 West Michigan's life sciences industry sixth largest in the nation, and growing
08/14/2007 New companies put Grand Rapids on biotech map
08/02/2007 GR's Surge Medical on track for 40 percent growth and more employees
07/26/2007 Van Andel Institute researchers step closer to drug for prostate cancer
07/26/2007 Medbio hires 5, will add 4 more jobs by year's end
07/26/2007 High-Flying Innovations
07/19/2007 Medical manufacturers team up to capture potential $500M in sales
07/12/2007 Grand Rapids is home to breakthrough in prosthetics
07/12/2007 From GR to Detroit, 21 cutting-edge labs lure life sciences entrepreneurs
07/11/2007 Grand Rapids Lays Foundations for a Health Mecca
06/28/2007 Medical device manufacturers in West Michigan join forces to promote their expertise
06/21/2007 Health Hill's children's hospital boosts plans by $60M
06/21/2007 Be more like GR, Boston writer says
06/21/2007 Praxis is Changing the Economic Trend in West Michigan
06/18/2007 WZZM 13 Launches Healthy You!
06/18/2007 New Soy Products being developed in West Michigan
06/13/2007 Center for Molecular Medicine First Midwest-Based Lab Offering
06/12/2007 New tenant at the Innovation Center
06/02/2007 Bioscience center gets $100,000
05/31/2007 GR firm opens city's first professional podcast studio
05/31/2007 21st Century Jobs Fund Spared in Compromise
05/03/2007 RG TV Life Science Starters
05/01/2007 2007 Tech Tour
04/26/2007 WMSTI leverages over $23M for life sciences start-ups, pursues patents
04/26/2007 MI farmers produce 12M lbs of soy flour for innovative GR food maker
04/21/2007 Be more like GR, Boston writer says
04/12/2007 GR's Soy Ultima predicts first year sales of $7M
04/05/2007 Rich Cook joins WMSTI as Venture Center Director
03/30/2007 Chamberlain Named Interim Director of WMSTI
02/21/2007 Life Science bright spot in Michigan economy
02/19/2007 The West Michigan Public Relations Society of America announced its new board of directors
02/06/2007 Regions role in life sciences to be examined
01/18/2007 WMSTI Shows Initiative in 2007 Life Science Business Showcase
01/17/2007 WMSTI leads effort to make Grand Rapids a biotech center
12/15/2006 Kalamazoo companies land investments from capital fund
10/03/2006 GVSU & VAI co-host MichBio Student Career Day
08/23/2006 NSF Funds Innovative Prosthetics Company
07/19/2006 New Partnership to Create Innovative Clinical Research Infrastructure in West Michigan
05/18/2006 WMSTI Holds Product Development Seminar
05/05/2006 GREAT LAKES 2007 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION WILL
02/27/2006 Innovative software eases informed consent
01/10/2006 WMSTI hosts Life Science Business Showcase 2006
01/12/2005 Sordal and the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative announce graduation from Grand Rapids Product Development Center.