ANNOUNCEMENT

MedCity CONVERGE July 9-10 in Philly gathers payers, providers, medtech, pharma, digital health, policymakers & more.

Governor, chancellor announce Ohio’s bioscience, health care centers of excellence

Governor, chancellor announce Ohio’s bioscience, health care centers of excellence

February 19, 2010 4:19 pm by | 0 Comments

Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut donned their high-tech marketing hats Friday, touting the state's leadership in biomedical and health care innovation by announcing centers ... Read more

Night Read (Ohio): University of Cincinnati researchers get $4M grant

Night Read (Ohio): University of Cincinnati researchers get $4M grant

February 17, 2010 6:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Six researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center have been awarded over $4 million in federal research grants to investigate chronic diseases that ... Read more


Night Read (Ohio): Brookings Institution report calls for VC fund for Great Lakes states

Night Read (Ohio): Brookings Institution report calls for VC fund for Great Lakes states

January 29, 2010 8:41 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio and its neighboring states need a massive venture capital fund that pumps money into businesses, says a white paper, Turning up the Heat: How Venture Capital Can Help Fuel ... Read more

Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron plans first grant awards

Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron plans first grant awards

January 26, 2010 6:23 pm by | 0 Comments

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron plans to award its first six research grants for $100,000 each by mid-February. ... Read more

University of Cincinnati research confirms new tool shows severe heart attacks — MedCity Evening Read, Jan. 8, 2010

University of Cincinnati research confirms new tool shows severe heart attacks — MedCity Evening Read, Jan. 8, 2010

January 8, 2010 6:41 pm by | 0 Comments

A multi-center trial involving University of Cincinnati research confirms that a new tool -- an 80-lead electrocardiogram -- can show severe heart attacks in more patients, potentially leading to better ... Read more

Prilosec OTC wants to help you enjoy your passions ’ MedCity Evening Read, Jan. 6, 2010

Prilosec OTC wants to help you enjoy your passions ’ MedCity Evening Read, Jan. 6, 2010

January 6, 2010 7:25 pm by | 0 Comments

Prilosec OTC today launched the "Official Sponsor of Everything You Do Without Heartburn" program to help consumers enjoy their passions (excluding heartburn). ... Read more

University of Cincinnati students experiment with medical device design — MedCity Evening Read, Jan. 4, 2010

University of Cincinnati students experiment with medical device design — MedCity Evening Read, Jan. 4, 2010

January 4, 2010 7:15 pm by | 0 Comments

Danielle Everman had never heard of pelvic prolapse until she started the Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Cincinnati. ... Read more


Envoy Medical investors envision big returns with Esteem hearing device

Envoy Medical investors envision big returns with Esteem hearing device

January 1, 2010 1:07 am by | 57 Comments

In an interview, Roger Lucas, a former senior vice president and chief scientific officer for Techne, says he believes Envoy will go public in two years and reach a $3 ... Read more

University of Cincinnati gets $2.5 million to study severe voice disorders — MedCity Evening Read, Dec. 29, 2009

University of Cincinnati gets $2.5 million to study severe voice disorders — MedCity Evening Read, Dec. 29, 2009

December 29, 2009 5:27 pm by | 1 Comments

University of Cincinnati laryngologist Dr. Sid Khosla and other researchers will use a 5-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue interdisciplinary partnerships studying the causes ... Read more

The story of the datum

The story of the datum

December 28, 2009 4:00 pm by | 1 Comments

Multiple scientists spent weeks building a prototype to produce information. On one particular day, Clark notes, their work paid off in the form of a small success. ... Read more

Cuyahoga County trying to save Mall C from medical mart — MedCity Evening Read, Dec. 24, 2009

Cuyahoga County trying to save Mall C from medical mart — MedCity Evening Read, Dec. 24, 2009

December 24, 2009 3:52 pm by | 1 Comments

Cuyahoga County is close to a land deal that could keep a proposed medical mart off Cleveland's downtown Mall. ... Read more

Ohio Attorney General asks Jewish Hospital, Mercy Health Partners to delay merger

Ohio Attorney General asks Jewish Hospital, Mercy Health Partners to delay merger

December 22, 2009 4:32 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has weighed in on the proposed merger of Jewish Hospital and Mercy Health Partners. Cordray's plea: Please wait two months, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. ... Read more

Cleveland Clinic gets grants, license agreement, invests in digital medicine — MedCity Evening Read, Dec. 8, 2009

Cleveland Clinic gets grants, license agreement, invests in digital medicine — MedCity Evening Read, Dec. 8, 2009

December 8, 2009 10:20 pm by | 0 Comments

The Cleveland Clinic has received a $2.75 million federal grant to study the use of stem cells in treating multiple sclerosis, received a grant of more than $123,000 from NFL ... Read more

Ohio researchers to study stroke recovery, eye infections

Ohio researchers to study stroke recovery, eye infections

October 8, 2009 9:57 am by | 0 Comments

The University of Cincinnati will use a $3.6 million grant, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, to research how thinking about physical acts can help stroke patients. A $1.57 million grant ... Read more

UC Health partners with cardiac surgery group to bolster heart services

UC Health partners with cardiac surgery group to bolster heart services

September 18, 2009 12:09 pm by | 0 Comments

Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgeons, also known as CVTS, joins the collaborative formalized one month ago between the university, Cincinnati's University Hospital and the University of Cincinnati Physicians. The partnership ... Read more