Sickle Cell Disease and a Pivotal Moment to End Health Inequality

Original Source Covid-19 laid bare the long-standing vulnerability of minority and low-income communities in U.S. society and its health system even as we celebrated the power of scientific innovation to rein in the pandemic. It’s time to turn that innovation, driven by an even greater mind shift, to end inequality in treatment. In perhaps no…

Read More

New Study Shows Partnership Between Michigan’s Skilled Craft Unions And The Biopharmaceutical Industry Resulted In More Than $1.1 Billion In Investment Over Six Years

Investment Yielded Nearly $26 Million in Earnings for Michigan’s Skilled Craft Union Workers By PILMA KALAMAZOO, Mich., July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association today released an update to its first-of-its-kind report on the economic impact of the long-standing partnership between skilled craft unions and the biopharmaceutical industry in Michigan and 13 other states. The report…

Read More

BIO – Why we Must Improve Clinical Trial Diversity – and How

By J.P Carroll – View Original Publication Black Americans have lost 3.25 years of life expectancy and Hispanic Americans have lost 3.88 years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published by the British Medical Journal. This is just the latest among the longstanding health inequities brought to light by the pandemic, which has…

Read More

Cayman Develops Powerful Multiplex ELISA for Autoantibody Detection

ANN ARBOR, MI, May 11, 2021 — Cayman Chemical’s new Q-Plex™ Autoantibody Detection 10-Plex Panel, developed in collaboration with Quansys Biosciences, offers standardized, multiplex capabilities for the concurrent analysis of ten prominent analytes associated with rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune diseases. This new qualitative, chemiluminescent ELISA measures human antibodies against PAD3, PAD4, fibrinogen, citrullinated fibrinogen,…

Read More

The Big Pharma CEO Who’s Helping to Put an End to COVID-19

Most Americans don’t know his name. Before the announcement that his company had come up with a vaccine for COVID-19 that was 95 percent effective and was primed to manufacture millions of doses, fewer still knew much about the company he led—Pfizer—other than this: They didn’t like it. Or the industry in which he spent…

Read More

Vestaron Announces New Sustainability Commitment

On Earth Day, peptide-based ag innovator shares sustainable vision April 22, 2021 – (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) – Vestaron, a leader in the evolution of agricultural environmental science, is solidifying their commitment to sustainability through the launch of a new multi-faceted sustainability platform, emPOWERED by Purpose.  With powerful novel solutions, Vestaron’s peptide-based products provide growers with…

Read More

GreenMark Secures FDA Clearance for LumiCare Caries Detection Rinse

Enhanced Visualization of Dental Caries is the First Commercial Application of Startup Venture’s Nanotechnology Platform East Lansing & Ann Arbor, MI, April 8, 2021 – GreenMark Biomedical Inc. announced that the company has secured regulatory clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its LumiCare™ Caries Detection Rinse as a 510(k) Class…

Read More

Ann Arbor SPARK to Manage Statewide Michigan Internship Program

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) will partner with Ann Arbor SPARK to launch the Michigan STEM Forward internship program on a statewide level. SPARK has run the program on a local level through the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti SmartZone with a decade of positive results. In scaling the program up, MEDC will work in partnership with…

Read More

Michigan Health Information Network Kicks Off Virtual Event Series

First event focuses on implications of COVID-19, future of health care delivery GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) yesterday kicked off their 2021 virtual event series, Connecting Michigan for Health and More. The series includes five virtual events over the course of the year, including a combination of full-day conferences…

Read More

Vestaron Announces Partnership with Bee Friendly Farming

March 24, 2021 – (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) – Vestaron, a leader in the evolution of agricultural environmental science, is proud to announce a collaboration with Bee Friendly Farming® (BFF). This partnership represents the two groups’ shared mission to promote and protect honey bees and their vital role as agricultural pollinators. The BFF program…

Read More