Alerje wins federal grant
DETROIT–The National Science Foundation has awarded a federal grant to Alerje, the Detroit-based startup developing digital tools for food allergy management, under the Small Business Innovation Research program of the …
East Lansing medical device investment fund in 3 deals with startups
EAST LANSING—Quantum Medical Concepts, an early-stage investment fund in health care companies established by the Michigan State Medical Society and the Lansing business advisory firm Common Wealth Enterprises, announced new …
Ferndale firm offers rapid COVID-19 testing to Michigan schools
FERNDALE—Officials at Olive Labs Inc. announced a partnership with Concentric, a COVID-19 testing division of Boston-based Gingko Bioworks, to provide rapid testing for schools. Olive Labs Inc. is a women- …
UM prof named to MichBio board
ANN ARBOR—Officials at MichBio, the state’s life sciences industry lobbying group, announced the addition of Lola Eniola-Adefeso, university diversity and social transformation professor of chemical engineering at the University of …
Ann Arbor company to sell new COVID-19 test
ANN ARBOR—Officials of Swift Biosciences, a developer of gene sequencing technology, and BillionToOne, a Menlo Park, Calif. diagnostics company, announced that Swift Bioscience will be the exclusive distributor of BillionToOne’s …
Swift Biosciences expands coronavirus research
ANN ARBOR—Swift Biosciences, Inc., a developer of DNA and RNA library preparation kits, announced the launch of a new ACE2 Swift Normalase Amplicon Panel to further research on the main …
New testing line from MedTest Dx
CANTON TWP.—MedTest Dx Inc. announced it will introduce an improved line of Clinitox Calibrators and Controls for confirmation testing at the 2019 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Scientific …
MichBio to hold first ‘Medical Device Summit’
ANN ARBOR—MichBio, the biosciences industry trade organization, announced Monday that it would present its first Medical Device Summit in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, May 22. The event is intended to …
MGCS issues call for companies seeking funding
ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium has issued its call for companies seeking funding to make pitches during the 38th annual event, to be held May 14 and …
Hygieia gets FDA clearance for insulin guidance app
LIVONIA — Officials at Hygieia, the Livonia-based digital insulin guidance software developer, announced that the company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a phone app …