Esperion to cut work force 40%
ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPR), developers of a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, announced a 40 percent work force reduction and said it would focus its marketing efforts more …
Endra Life Sciences gets 21st U.S. Patent
ANN ARBOR—Officials at Endra Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NDRA) announced that the company had been issued U.S. Patent 11,147,067 titled, “Method And System For Monitoring Tissue Temperature” from the United …
Life sciences startup raises $17.5M
ANN ARBOR—Officials at the Ann Arbor-based life sciences laboratory products startup Akadeum Life Sciences Inc. announced the closing of an oversubscribed $17.5 million Series B financing, led by the Ann Arbor-based venture …
Auto tech startup RoboTire closes $7.5M Series A funding round
DETROIT—Officials at the Detroit based automotive robotics startup RoboTire announced the closing of its $7.5 million Series A investment round. The round was led by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Reinalt-Thomas Corp., which …
BlueWillow Biologics sees positive results from Phase 1 trial of anthrax vaccine
ANN ARBOR—BlueWillow Biologics Inc., a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing intranasal vaccines, announced positive interim results from the Phase 1 clinical trial of BW-1010, its next-generation intranasal anthrax vaccine …
GR online coaching startup raises $3.5M Series A round
GRAND RAPIDS—MaxOne, a Grand Rapids-based online youth coaching startup, announced it had raised $3.5 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Stadia Ventures, a St. Louis-based sports …
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 …
Ruru updates tutoring app
FARMINGTON HILLS—Ruru Technologies LLC, developers of the No. 1 ranked on-demand tutoring app in the Google Play Store, has announced an updated version of its app, as well as the …
Ann Arbor startup gets federal grant for lactation training aids
ANN ARBOR—The Ann Arbor startup LiquidGoldConcept announced it has been awarded an additional $55,000 in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in support of its Lactation Simulation Models (LSM) and Newborn Oral …
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 …