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Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition Announces 50 Companies as Semi-Finalists

$1 million in cash winnings and in-kind services draws worldwide interest

DETROIT, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, an international business competition designed to highlight Michigan as a robust and vibrant venue for innovation and business opportunity announced today that it has chosen its 50 company semi-finalists. These semi-finalists will compete for more than $1 million in cash winnings and in-kind awards of services, staffing and software.

The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition received nearly 600

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Michigan Biosciences Companies Receive $18 Million in Federal Grants

ANN ARBOR, MI–(Marketwire – November 8, 2010) -  Fifty eight Michigan companies have been awarded federal tax credits or grants under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program. The initiative was created to promote research and development of products and therapies with promise to significantly advance healthcare in the country.

MichBio, the trade association driving biosciences industry growth in the state, announced that the 58 companies statewide received $18,374,696 million from the program, which was created as

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Aastrom and ATEK Medical Form Strategic Manufacturing and Development Partnership

Collaboration Expected to Generate High-Paying Jobs in Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct 26, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!astm/quotes/nls/astm (ASTM 1.84, +0.06, +3.37%) , a leading developer of expanded autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases, and ATEK Medical, a leading medical device manufacturer, today announced the formation of a new strategic partnership in which ATEK Medical will supply key components and technology for use

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Adeona CEO to Provide Keynote Address at 2010 MichBio Expo

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Amex: AEN) announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, James S. Kuo, M.D., M.B.A., will provide the keynote address at the Emerging Biosciences Showcase during the 2010 MichBio Expo & Conference.

The 2010 MichBio Expo & Conference will take place at the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest on October 26 and 27. The event is Michigan’s premiere event for the biosciences industry and brings

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NanoBio CEO to Present at the 6th Annual Grand Challenges in Global Health Meeting

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – NanoBio Corporation today announced that company founder and chief executive officer James R. Baker, Jr. MD, will meet with renown scientists at the 6th Annual Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH) Meeting, taking place from Oct. 25-27 in Seattle, Wash., to present data illustrating the potential of the company’s nanoemulsion-based needle-free intranasal vaccine platform to alleviate the suffering caused by infectious diseases in developing countries.

GCGH supports research

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Ronald Cresswell Joins Aastrom Board of Directors

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 25, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTM), a leading developer of expanded autologous cellular therapies for the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases, today announced that Ronald Cresswell, Ph.D., Hon. D.Sc., FRSE, has joined the company’s board of directors. Dr. Cresswell is the former senior vice president and chief scientific officer of Warner-Lambert and has served on the board of directors of Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., Allergan, Inc., Curagen Corporation, and

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