At the age of 94, Columbia Heights native Earl Bakken passed away on Sunday. Many on Monday are remembering him for his positive (and oftentimes life-saving) contributions.
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Former Medtronic CEO Bill George, Medical Alley Association Shaye Mandle, and David Rhees, the retired director of The Bakken Museum, offer up their thoughts on Earl Bakken.
Combining RetiSpec’s machine learning program with the U of M’s imaging system is expected to accelerate time-to-market for a groundbreaking Alzheimer’s detection tool.
The deal, struck quietly last quarter, comes on the heels of another pharmacy purchase by UnitedHealth Group, as the company looks to continue its growth in the pharmacy sector.
The Minneapolis-based medtech startup’s lifetime financing now tops $30 million.
The long-rumored deal gives Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group a boost in the mental health care space.
Can Minnesota play a key role in health care's future? The Medicare chief for Obama and the retired General Mills executive sure think so.
The brand-new health care investment firm closed its first fund with $115 million and used it to invest in three companies, including local insurance startup Bright Health.
The Gonda Building was in dire need of space to accommodate growing patient traffic to its hometown campus, Mayo Clinic medical professionals said.
The new capital will allow the Brooklyn Park heart therapies maker to hire up to ten new workers, expand into a larger headquarters, and fund new rounds of further testing of its AltaValve device.
The hearing aid maker’s new Livio AI product, the “world’s first multi-use hearing aid,” features improved sound elements and 3D motion sensors for health tracking.
The fund has invested $500K so far; Ambient Clinical Analytics is the latest recipient.
OmniTier says its new tech platform has big implications for the spread of personalized medicine.
Capital from Urotronic's biggest funding round yet will help advance its work on a drug-coated medical balloon meant to provide a safer treatment for urethra blockages.
The Center and Connective Link will be added to the Austin campus as part of a regional goal of improved offerings and system-wide inpatient services transition.
The platform allows health researchers to bring zebrafish embryos to life after freezing.
A new 13-member research team will analyze the relationship between gut bacteria and colon cancer.
Sansoro will use the new capital – contributed by existing investors and lead investor of the round LRVHealth – to grow efforts to improve data integration for electronic health records.