An Aurora, Ohio subsidiary of GE Healthcare is teaming with clinicians and researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Ohio State University to find better ways to take magnetic resonance images of children. GEHC Coils Inc. in Aurora — the former USA Instruments Inc. — will use a $1 million Ohio Third Frontier grant […]
Tim Mulcahy’s eyes lit up as the thought suddenly seized him. “Here’s what we can propose,” said Mulcahy, vice president of research at the University of Minnesota. “Perhaps the university is too risk averse in our assessment” of potential startups. “We will make any of those technologies and potential companies that we pass on immediately […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center incubator building is beginning to fill up. The $19-million, 50,000-square-foot building on the southern edge of the Cleveland Clinic’s main campus opened quietly in April. The goal of the Ohio Third Frontier-backed incubator is to house and feed fledgling companies that are developing products and services to diagnose or treat […]
OrthoHelix Surgical Designs Inc. topped off a recent $14 million investor fundraise late Wednesday afternoon with a $1 million Ohio Third Frontier grant. Third Frontier is Ohio’s $2 billion project to develop the state’s economy by investing in technologies in five industry clusters, including biomedical. In May, voters approved issuing $700 million in bonds to […]
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded more than $3 million to entrepreneur-support organizations that provide services and investments to startup technology companies. The grant awards were made under the Third Frontier Pre-Seed Fund Initiative and Entrepreneurial Signature Program. — Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber was awarded $2 million for its Southwest Ohio Signature Program: The […]
Ohio Third Frontier commissioners made a slew of biomedical grants under two programs today. Recommended for more than $4.9 million under the Ohio Third Frontier Biomedical Program: — CardioX Corp., Dublin, in collaboration with Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates in Cleveland and QTest Labs in Columbus, was awarded $986,373 to finalize designs and clinical protocols for a […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Philips Healthcare is investing more than $33 million in the first phase of a medical imaging research and development center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland. The investment by the Dutch imaging technology company — which could double if a second phase follows — was announced at an afternoon press conference along with […]
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission on Wednesday approved $20 million in Wright Project grants, including more than $8 million for three biomedical projects. During their first meeting since voters approved an extension and expansion of the Ohio Third Frontier through fiscal 2015, commissioners also approved $11 million in entrepreneurial support and pre-seed investment fund grants, […]
Ohio Third Frontier leaders briefly patted themselves on the back Wednesday for a voter campaign that won an additional four years and $700 million for the state’s largest and most successful economic development program. It was the first meeting of the program’s advisers and commissioners since Ohio voters approved Issue 1 by a margin of […]
Ohio voters approved Issue 1 — an extension of the Ohio Third Frontier program — during Tuesday’s primary election by about two votes for every one vote against. Third Frontier is the $1.35 billion, 10-year program to energize Ohio’s economy by investing in technologies in five industry clusters, including biomedical. The current generation of the […]
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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has called a victory for Issue 1 — the extension of the Ohio Third Frontier program, the state’s largest and arguably most successful, economic development program. With the votes of more than 85 percent of Ohio’s precincts counted, Issue 1 was being approved by 61 percent of voters, while 39 percent […]
The Ohio Secretary of State’s office has launched Election Night Reporting — a Web site that will give (unofficial) real-time vote tallies for issues and races in today’s primary election. You can use the site to track votes for Issue 1 — the constitutional amendment to extend the Ohio Third Frontier program for four years […]
By passing Issue 1 on May 4, Ohio voters would extend the Ohio Third Frontier program for four years with a $700 million bond issue. Without voter approval, the state’s largest, most aggressive, and arguably, most successful, economic development program ends in 2012. What would Ohio and its biomedical industry look like had it not […]
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland visited the Cleveland area Thursday morning to make an 11th-hour pitch for Issue 1 — the $700 million bond issue that would extend the Ohio Third Frontier program by four years if approved by voters on May 4. Third Frontier is the $1.35 billion, 10-year effort to rekindle Ohio’s economy by […]
Fresh from passing a landmark angel investor tax credit, Minnesota lawmakers are advancing a bill that would, in time, radically alter high-tech economic development in the state by concentrating authority in a single public-private entity. The proposed Minnesota Science and Technology Authority, modeled after programs like Third Frontier in Ohio and The Ben Franklin Technology […]