September 2, 2010 | No Comments

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health information technology to help tackle leading health problems in communities across the country. HealthBridge to receive $13.8 million over three years to help health providers in a 16-county area use health information technology.

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Bioscience’s innovation improves life, bolsters economy in Ohio
April 16, 2009 – 2:09 pm | No Comment

Ohio’s bioscience industry, which includes pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and world-class researchers and developers, drives the forward-looking innovation that contributes so much to our economy and helps improve our daily lives.

Dr. Michael Parkinson - Diseases that Will Drive Future Technology and Opportunity
April 15, 2009 – 5:37 pm | 2 Comments

Dr. Michael Parkinson provides his insight into the root causes for dysfunction in the U.S. healthcare system.

Patent Baristas: Court: It’s Not An Invention If You Use Conventional Techniques To Make It
April 10, 2009 – 6:33 pm | No Comment

In In re Kubin (08-1184), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences was correct to hold claims as unpatentably obvious when applicants use “conventional techniques” to make an invention. This is bad news not just for biotech but for all arts.

Funding Priorities Under the Obama Administration
April 10, 2009 – 11:22 am | No Comment

Brenda Seto provides her perspective and insight into the funding priorities under the new Obama administration.