Banding Together to Drive Clinical Utility in Health IT

*This post is also on the Bio in Wisconsin blog.* One of the first things I learned about Srini Kalluri, founder, president, and CEO of Forte Research Systems, was that the ring tone on his phone is New York, New York. For those of you not familiar with the lyrics, the song includes this classic verse: […]

Visonex: Nephrologist Brings EMR Vision to Life

*This piece was cross posted on the Biotech in Wisconsin blog.* In 2002, a nephrologist in Green Bay, Wisconsin founded Visonex with the goal of creating a software package that would capture the true clinical workflow dealt with in his everyday practice. The result is Clarity, an electronic medical record for dialysis clinics, which was […]

Connecting with Biotech in Wisconsin – April Edition

*This piece was cross posted on the Biotech in Wisconsin blog.* For the last couple of months, the Biotech in Wisconsin blog provided a list of local biotech events but this month I wanted to take it a small step further with two ways to get more involved with your biotech community. Invite Others We […]

Everything is Bigger in Texas: Texas Medical Center

Since the first time I went to MD Anderson Cancer Center for work, I’ve been impressed by the large scale of medicine in Houston. Walking through the area around MDA, building after building was a hospital or specialty care center of some kind. While the scale is impressive, I’ve wondered why all these institutions were […]

Leveraging Technology to Build Community: Biotech Meetup

A few years ago I was on the board of the biotech association in Wisconsin, now called BioForward. I joined for a variety of reasons but one of my “causes” was trying to reach deeper into organizations – to build value beyond the top layers that seemed to populate much of the activity. As we […]

Aldevron: Building Biotech on Trust & Talent

*This post was written for the Biotech in Wisconsin blog and is cross posted here.* If you aren’t familiar with Aldevron’s story, you might wonder why a North Dakota biotech company choose Wisconsin for their expansion plan. The answers are trust and talent. From the Midwest to the Black Forest and Back In the late 1990’s, two […]

By the Numbers: Madison Biotech Employment

*This post was written for the Biotech in Wisconsin blog and is cross posted here.* Biotech employment numbers for states are often pulled from the Batelle/BIO State Bioscience Industry Development report. The five sectors are: Agricultural feedstock & chemicals, Drugs & pharmaceuticals, Medical devices & equipment, Research, Testing & Medical Laboratories and Bioscience-related distribution. The […]

Biotech Venture Capital – EOY2012

A challenge with data is that the collection methods are critical when you are comparing data from different sources. Over at lifescivc.com, Bruce Booth of Atlas Venture recently referenced 2012 year end numbers for biotech venture capital investment from BioCentury: $5.5 Billion was invested in 2012, up from 2008-2011. Over the last couple of years, I’ve […]

Sanofi R&D: Open Inovation…and Networks

*This post was written for the Biotech in Wisconsin blog and is cross posted here.* This week we had a group from Sanofi R&D come to Wisconsin for a range of activities that culminated with Dr. Elias Zerhouni, the President of Global R&D, talking about the approach to developing new drugs at a breakfast gathering of […]

Investing in Long Distance Relationships in Wisconsin

In my previous post about 2012 investment capital in Wisconsin, I asserted and supported the following two statements: Wisconsin has a good environment and the capital to seed and grow companies. The state lacks the in-state capital to take companies through the full funding cycle. In this post, I’m moving to the potential takeaways from […]