Life Sciences

Device Cos. to Double FDA Fees for Faster Reviews

A new agreement reportedly calls for medical device companies to pay $595 million in fees over five years, and for the FDA to add more than 200 people to its approval processes-which industry representatives have criticized as being too slow.

Securing a Market

Securing a Market

Interrad Medical's catheter securing system attracts $10 million in funding.

MN Attracted Most Health Care VC in Midwest in 2011

Minnesota's health care start-ups led their Midwestern neighbors in attracting venture capital by raising $223.2 million last year, according to a report by Cleveland-based BioEnterprise.

Medical Marvels

The New Medical Marvels

Devices from Minnesota companies that save patients and hospitals money while improving outcomes and recovery times.

bioscience

Is Minnesota a Bioscience State?

Business worries that politics will get in the way.

DesignWise

Thinking Big, Designing Small

DesignWise Medical uses a social enterprise model to develop medical devices for small children.

Cargill Connections

Cargill Connections

The Biobusiness Alliance of Minnesota has traced the growth of a “family tree” of start-ups that have Cargill connections.

Bio Building Boom

Bio Building Boom

The University of Minnesota’s new Biomedical Discovery District aims to innovate and fuel the growth of the state’s bioscience industry.

Picking Up the Pace

Picking Up the Pace

Minnesota is the world's pacemaker headquarters. It's a mature market in some ways, but continuing to juice up its levels of innovation.

Medical Devices Designed in Virtual Reality

The U's new technology could cut the cost of product development in half.

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