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Argos CEO talks commercialization and hiring following expansion
With a new 40,000-square-foot lease for manufacturing space on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus, Durham-based Argos Therapeutics is prepping for commercialization as early as next year,...
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Fox Run $7.5M expansion advances for state approval
State regulators are advancing plans for a new skilled nursing wing and an expanded health center at Fox Run at Orchard Park. The $7.5 million expansion project will be considered Jan. 26 by the...
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ASU spinout gets national funding for tissue chip
BioSyntagma LLC has received a $213,904 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation. The money will help the Phoenix company continue to develop its Light Stream...
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Arizona bills would restrict gender reassignment (sex change) surgeries
A bill at the Arizona Legislature would restrict state Medicaid system from covering gender reassignment (i.e. sex change) surgeries. The legislation, House Bill 2294, is sponsored by Arizona Rep....
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Niagara Falls wound center tapped for clinical trial
A specialty care center at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has been selected to participate in a national clinical trial on treating wounds. The Wound Center of Niagara is among 30 sites selected...
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EXCLUSIVE: Fast-growing Cincinnati firm taps two for C-suite
Horan, one of Greater Cincinnati’s largest employee benefit firms as well as a leading money manager, has created two senior leadership positions to support the company’s rapid growth. Keith Cheesman...
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Ethicon acquires competitor
Cincinnati-based Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. has acquired a competing medical device company. Ethicon purchased Megadyne Medical Products Inc., a privately held company that develops, manufactures and...
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This former CEO was the leader the VA needed
When it comes to serving customers and operational effectiveness, government agencies generally rank below that of for-profit companies in the private sector. When a government agency makes significant...
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Exclusive: Dayton Children's tower project to get even bigger
Dayton Children's Hospital has again increased the scope of the construction project for its 260,000-square-foot inpatient tower. And it's good news for downtown Dayton's Tech Town, too. "We're six...
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United Way awards $4.6M in grants
A shift in priority areas will change up the list of recipients receiving grant funding through the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County. The agency this week announced nearly $4.6 million in...
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Memphis company's robot featured in CDC trial
A recent study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and led by Duke Health features a Memphis company’s robot in the effort to reduce drug-resistant pathogens in hospitals....
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UMB moves its HSA business to Microsoft cloud service
UMB Healthcare Services, a division of UMB Bank, is taking its Health Savings Account business to the Microsoft Azure cloud-based platform. Begonya Klumb, CEO of UMB Healthcare, said the new system...
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St. Luke’s tops $30 million for capital campaign
St. Luke’s Hospital has raised more than $30.6 million in gifts and pledges for its ongoing $40 million capital campaign. Funds from the campaign will be used to support the new outpatient services...
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How this cancer immunotherapy pioneer is working to improve next-gen drugs
If anyone knows the knock on first-generation cancer immunotherapy drugs, it's Matthew Krummel. Now he's working with three big drug developers to improve next-generation cancer immunotherapies. As a...
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Seattle Genetics plans to hire 200 and seek new FDA approval in 2017
Seattle Genetics plans to hire 200 employees and seek Food and Drug Administration approval of another application for its flagship drug. Seattle Genetics CEO Clay Siegall plans to add the employees by...
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Report: Nearly 30 GA data breaches affected at least 1.26M records (LIST)
Nearly 30 data breaches affecting at least 1.26 million records and some nationally recognized companies were reported in Georgia last year. Aflac (NYSE: AFL), Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE:...
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Community health centers in Buffalo, Salamanca to expand
Expansion projects have been approved for two area community health centers. Officials at the state Department of Health last week issued approvals for projects in Buffalo and Salamanca: • The...
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The time I interviewed the man Donald Trump is now considering to head the FDA
On Monday night, reports surfaced that a senior fellow at the New York City-based Progressive Policy Institute who served as former CEO of several drug and device companies is being considered by...
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Merz North America reboots in Raleigh after C-suite shakeup
In June 2015, Merz North America announced with fanfare the opening of its offices in Raleigh – relocating its headquarters from the Greensboro area. About 18 months later, the aesthetics- and...
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Legislature 2017: Bill would limit first painkiller Rx to 7 days
Proposed legislation would limit opioid prescriptions in Oregon, which has been hard hit by the prescription painkiller epidemic that has touched most corners of the U.S. House Bill 2114 would prohibit...
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