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In The News http://www.wmsti.org/news.htm Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT Keystone: Building a better surgical tool http://www.wmsti.org/news_440.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_440.htm Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT Bridging the continental divide http://www.wmsti.org/news_441.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_441.htm Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT Kalamazoo engineering and manufacturing company launches new medical-device venture http://www.wmsti.org/news_439.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_439.htm Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT Action Fabricators Expands its Footprint in the Healthcare Industry With the Launch of Laminin Medical Products http://www.wmsti.org/news_437.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_437.htm Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT FDA Commissioner Hamburg Meets with Michigan Bio-Industry Leaders; Hears Perspectives on Regulatory Oversight Impacting Their Business Sectors http://www.wmsti.org/news_430.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_430.htm Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT Becoming a leader: Michigan institutes rate well as places for researchers to work http://www.wmsti.org/news_429.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_429.htm Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT Action Fabricators Launches Laminin Medical Products http://www.wmsti.org/news_428.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_428.htm Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:44:53 GMT Magnum Engineering announced as finalist for Innovation Michigan Award http://www.wmsti.org/news_426.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_426.htm Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT MichBio to Host FDA Commissioner - your input is needed! http://www.wmsti.org/news_427.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_427.htm Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Flexible innovations for healthcare packages earn industry recognition http://www.wmsti.org/news_424.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_424.htm Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Perrigo says it has exclusive rights to sell over-the-counter versions of seasonal allergy products Allegra and Allegra D-12 http://www.wmsti.org/news_434.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_434.htm Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Spring 2010 Newsletter http://www.wmsti.org/news_423.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_423.htm Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Southwest Michigan First launches program to commercialize medical device technology in Kalamazoo http://www.wmsti.org/news_431.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_431.htm Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Monteris Medical ramping up sales of brain surgery device; company could create 100 Kalamazoo jobs http://www.wmsti.org/news_432.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_432.htm Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Action Fabricators Launches Laminin Medical Products http://www.wmsti.org/news_436.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_436.htm Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT VARI-TGen alliance yields cancer find http://www.wmsti.org/news_435.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_435.htm Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Cornerstone professor Nigel Crompton creates test to help cancer patients http://www.wmsti.org/news_420.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_420.htm Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT GVSU launches entrepreneurship resource website http://www.wmsti.org/news_421.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_421.htm Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Michigan venture capital report shows progress http://www.wmsti.org/news_422.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_422.htm Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:44:53 GMT Grand Rapids Researchers Take Part in International Coalition to Speed and Improve Research on Kidney Disease http://www.wmsti.org/news_419.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_419.htm Mon, 24 May 2010 02:44:53 GMT DornerWorks among the 12th Annual ICIC and Bloomberg BusinessWeek Inner City 100 Winners http://www.wmsti.org/news_418.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_418.htm Mon, 17 May 2010 02:44:53 GMT Stimulating Science http://www.wmsti.org/news_409.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_409.htm Mon, 03 May 2010 02:44:53 GMT RealBio: startup sees growth http://www.wmsti.org/news_410.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_410.htm Mon, 03 May 2010 02:44:53 GMT Quest for the game changer http://www.wmsti.org/news_411.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_411.htm Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT VAI researchers take on prostate cancer http://www.wmsti.org/news_408.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_408.htm Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT Kalamazoo industry heavyweights weigh in http://www.wmsti.org/news_413.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_413.htm Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce changes to Colliers International http://www.wmsti.org/news_414.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_414.htm Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT Metro Health, MPI Research join consortium for clinical trials http://www.wmsti.org/news_415.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_415.htm Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT Panacea Purveyor http://www.wmsti.org/news_412.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_412.htm Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT Column: Time is now for West Michigan business leaders to push for change in Lansing http://www.wmsti.org/news_416.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_416.htm Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT $2.3 million grant could boost cancer care at Saint Mary's Health Care http://www.wmsti.org/news_417.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_417.htm Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT GR Business Journal "Medical Device Tax 'a deterrent'" http://www.wmsti.org/news_407.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_407.htm MichBio to hold annual meeting in Grand Rapids; will discuss potential ramifications of health care bill on medical device manufacturers. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT Alliant Healthcare Products acquires Surge Medical Solutions http://www.wmsti.org/news_405.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_405.htm Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour Attracts More than 300 Students to Half-Day Workshop http://www.wmsti.org/news_404.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_404.htm Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT New Saint Mary's unit could boost drug trials in GR http://www.wmsti.org/news_406.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_406.htm "New plans could further establish Grand Rapids as a destination for clinical drug trials" Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT DornerWorks - One of Michigan's 50 Companies to Watch. http://www.wmsti.org/news_402.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_402.htm One of the nation's premier electronic and software engineering firms has been honored by the Lowe Foundation. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT The Initiative Thanks its Outstanding Network of Entrepreneurs http://www.wmsti.org/news_403.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_403.htm Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:44:53 GMT MichBio Announces Annual Business Keynote and Workshop http://www.wmsti.org/news_400.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_400.htm Michigan's association for biosciences, MichBio to host annual meeting and workshop at GVSU on April 21st. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:44:53 GMT GVSU names Chamberlain executive director of new Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation http://www.wmsti.org/news_394.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_394.htm Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:44:53 GMT Perrigo Acquires Australia's Leading OTC Store Brand Supplier http://www.wmsti.org/news_395.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_395.htm Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:44:53 GMT Linda Chamberlain, Executive Director of WMSTI, to be honored at "The 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan" event http://www.wmsti.org/news_396.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_396.htm Chamberlain has been selected as one of West Michigan's 50 Most Influential Women by the Grand Rapids Business Journal Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:44:53 GMT Go-go Gadgets http://www.wmsti.org/news_398.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_398.htm Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:44:53 GMT Pfizer's generic move http://www.wmsti.org/news_399.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_399.htm Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:44:53 GMT Sequenom Announces Launch of SensiGene Fetal(XY) (Fetal Sex Determination) Test http://www.wmsti.org/news_153.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_153.htm Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:44:53 GMT Southwest Michigan First Portfolio Firm Gets Further Funding http://www.wmsti.org/news_152.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_152.htm Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:44:53 GMT Sequenom Licenses Worldwide Rights to Develop Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diagnostic Test http://www.wmsti.org/news_47.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_47.htm Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:44:53 GMT Sequenom Announces Launch of SensiGene Fetal RHD Genotyping Test http://www.wmsti.org/news_48.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_48.htm Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:44:53 GMT Raising GVSU's research bar test http://www.wmsti.org/news_49.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_49.htm Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:44:53 GMT Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship shows Michigan returning to 'entrepreneurial roots' http://www.wmsti.org/news_50.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_50.htm Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT Stem cell opportunities are multiplying throughout the state http://www.wmsti.org/news_51.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_51.htm Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT INRAD introducing three new medical devices http://www.wmsti.org/news_52.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_52.htm Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT Stem cell research ramps up http://www.wmsti.org/news_53.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_53.htm Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT Breakthrough of the Year: The Runners-Up http://www.wmsti.org/news_54.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_54.htm Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT Van Andel Institute scientists discover new gene mutations linked with kidney cancer http://www.wmsti.org/news_55.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_55.htm Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT Van Andel Institute plant research named among Science Magazine's Top 10 breakthroughs of 2009 http://www.wmsti.org/news_91.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_91.htm Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT West Michigan medical device consortium grew its ranks in '09, looks to expand boundaries http://www.wmsti.org/news_92.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_92.htm Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:44:53 GMT LumenFlow counts on medical device status http://www.wmsti.org/news_93.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_93.htm Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Where medicine, manufacturing meet to expand area commerce http://www.wmsti.org/news_94.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_94.htm Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT LumenFlow Receives Patent for 360 Degree View Imaging System http://www.wmsti.org/news_95.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_95.htm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Education Will Drive Life Science Success http://www.wmsti.org/news_96.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_96.htm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Culture of Entrepreneurship Gives Us Reasons for Optimism http://www.wmsti.org/news_97.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_97.htm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT What's In Store for Small Business in 2010? http://www.wmsti.org/news_98.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_98.htm Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT GVSU raises entrepreneur support http://www.wmsti.org/news_99.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_99.htm Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Ann Arbor's NanoBio Corp. signs licensing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline http://www.wmsti.org/news_100.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_100.htm Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Momentum Now Accepting Applications for 2010 http://www.wmsti.org/news_101.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_101.htm Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Mentoring business: Entrepreneurs start incubators to mentor others http://www.wmsti.org/news_103.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_103.htm Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Witness to transition from smokestacks to clean energy http://www.wmsti.org/news_104.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_104.htm Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT SCMM tabs Chicagoland Transporter/shipper http://www.wmsti.org/news_105.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_105.htm Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT VAI addition opens for scientific research http://www.wmsti.org/news_106.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_106.htm Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT State looks at new fund to groom venture capitalists http://www.wmsti.org/news_107.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_107.htm Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Super plants? Van Andel Research Institute discovery could produce crops resistant to cold, drought, other damage http://www.wmsti.org/news_108.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_108.htm Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Van Andel Set to Open Expanded Facility, Triple Staff http://www.wmsti.org/news_109.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_109.htm Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT All Locked Up http://www.wmsti.org/news_110.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_110.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Sequenom secures IP amid legal charges http://www.wmsti.org/news_111.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_111.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Keystone Manufacturing Earns International Quality Management Certification http://www.wmsti.org/news_112.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_112.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT It's Global Entrepreneur Week Across Michigan http://www.wmsti.org/news_113.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_113.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Flurry of concerns ahead for Sequenom http://www.wmsti.org/news_114.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_114.htm Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT THE STUDY OF SCIENCE http://www.wmsti.org/news_115.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_115.htm Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Perrigo reports record earnings http://www.wmsti.org/news_116.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_116.htm Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Bone brothers http://www.wmsti.org/news_117.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_117.htm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Rewriting the drug development model http://www.wmsti.org/news_118.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_118.htm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT MSU nets elite Parkinson's research grant for G http://www.wmsti.org/news_119.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_119.htm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Gang Green http://www.wmsti.org/news_120.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_120.htm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT MichBio panelists: Breaking into medical device field has advantages and pitfalls for manufacturers http://www.wmsti.org/news_121.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_121.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT MichBio Expo attendees get sneak peek at hot new technologies http://www.wmsti.org/news_122.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_122.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Inventor Robert Fischell urges perseverance in innovators http://www.wmsti.org/news_123.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_123.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT HandyLab Inc. sale may signal that life science companies are good investment http://www.wmsti.org/news_124.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_124.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT MichBio Expo displays life sciences http://www.wmsti.org/news_125.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_125.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:44:53 GMT Federal grant allows ground-breaking research of breast cancer surgery http://www.wmsti.org/news_126.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_126.htm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:44:53 GMT Grand Rapids Looks to Diversify into Health Care, Life Sciences http://www.wmsti.org/news_60.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_60.htm Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:44:53 GMT Medical device manufacturers in West Michigan join forces to promote their expertise http://www.wmsti.org/news_90.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_90.htm Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT Health Hill's children's hospital boosts plans by $60M http://www.wmsti.org/news_87.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_87.htm Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT Be more like GR, Boston writer says http://www.wmsti.org/news_88.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_88.htm Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT Praxis is Changing the Economic Trend in West Michigan http://www.wmsti.org/news_89.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_89.htm Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT WZZM 13 Launches Healthy You! http://www.wmsti.org/news_85.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_85.htm Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT New Soy Products being developed in West Michigan http://www.wmsti.org/news_86.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_86.htm Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT Center for Molecular Medicine First Midwest-Based Lab Offering http://www.wmsti.org/news_84.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_84.htm Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT New tenant at the Innovation Center http://www.wmsti.org/news_83.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_83.htm Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT Bioscience center gets $100,000 http://www.wmsti.org/news_82.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_82.htm Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:44:53 GMT GR firm opens city's first professional podcast studio http://www.wmsti.org/news_80.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_80.htm Thu, 31 May 2007 02:44:53 GMT 21st Century Jobs Fund Spared in Compromise http://www.wmsti.org/news_81.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_81.htm Thu, 31 May 2007 02:44:53 GMT RG TV Life Science Starters http://www.wmsti.org/news_79.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_79.htm Thu, 03 May 2007 02:44:53 GMT 2007 Tech Tour http://www.wmsti.org/news_78.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_78.htm Tue, 01 May 2007 02:44:53 GMT WMSTI leverages over $23M for life sciences start-ups, pursues patents http://www.wmsti.org/news_76.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_76.htm Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:44:53 GMT MI farmers produce 12M lbs of soy flour for innovative GR food maker http://www.wmsti.org/news_77.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_77.htm Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:44:53 GMT Be more like GR, Boston writer says http://www.wmsti.org/news_75.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_75.htm Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:44:53 GMT GR's Soy Ultima predicts first year sales of $7M http://www.wmsti.org/news_74.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_74.htm Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:44:53 GMT Rich Cook joins WMSTI as Venture Center Director http://www.wmsti.org/news_73.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_73.htm Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:44:53 GMT Chamberlain Named Interim Director of WMSTI http://www.wmsti.org/news_72.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_72.htm Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:44:53 GMT Life Science bright spot in Michigan economy http://www.wmsti.org/news_71.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_71.htm Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:44:53 GMT The West Michigan Public Relations Society of America announced its new board of directors http://www.wmsti.org/news_70.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_70.htm Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:44:53 GMT Regions role in life sciences to be examined http://www.wmsti.org/news_69.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_69.htm Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:44:53 GMT WMSTI Shows Initiative in 2007 Life Science Business Showcase http://www.wmsti.org/news_68.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_68.htm Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:44:53 GMT WMSTI leads effort to make Grand Rapids a biotech center http://www.wmsti.org/news_67.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_67.htm Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:44:53 GMT Kalamazoo companies land investments from capital fund http://www.wmsti.org/news_102.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_102.htm Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:44:53 GMT GVSU & VAI co-host MichBio Student Career Day http://www.wmsti.org/news_66.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_66.htm Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:44:53 GMT NSF Funds Innovative Prosthetics Company http://www.wmsti.org/news_65.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_65.htm Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:44:53 GMT New Partnership to Create Innovative Clinical Research Infrastructure in West Michigan http://www.wmsti.org/news_64.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_64.htm Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:44:53 GMT WMSTI Holds Product Development Seminar http://www.wmsti.org/news_63.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_63.htm Thu, 18 May 2006 02:44:53 GMT GREAT LAKES 2007 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION WILL http://www.wmsti.org/news_62.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_62.htm Fri, 05 May 2006 02:44:53 GMT Innovative software eases informed consent http://www.wmsti.org/news_61.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_61.htm Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:44:53 GMT WMSTI hosts Life Science Business Showcase 2006 http://www.wmsti.org/news_59.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_59.htm Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:44:53 GMT Sordal and the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative announce graduation from Grand Rapids Product Development Center. http://www.wmsti.org/news_58.htm http://www.wmsti.org/news_58.htm Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:44:53 GMT