Biomedical
According to Ohio Midwest Health Care Venture Report 2008, Ohio ranks second in the Midwest for dollars attracted for healthcare start-ups. This ranking is a direct result of the number of biomedical companies receiving the investment capital that enables them to grow and succeed in Ohio.
Biomedical Features
Douglas Trattner
Thursday, February 25, 2010
"I came to Akron because I was quite impressed with the vision of what the BioInnovation Institute could become," says Dr. Frank Douglas. "There is a tremendous desire here to do something that improves the health of the economy in this region – and that's why this will succeed."
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Colin McEwen
Thursday, February 25, 2010
President and CEO of BioEnterprise Baiju Shah never stops moving. And neither does BioEnterprise. Shah's organization has been a part of a growing campaign that -- in the last eight years -- has developed 120 biomedical companies, attracted $925 million in funding and created more than 2,100 jobs (and counting) in northeastern Ohio.
hiVelocity recently caught up with Shah to get the inside scoop on how BioEnterprise is helping to define an industry and a region.
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Colin McEwen
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Cleveland Clinic may have hemorrhaged millions of dollars during this recession, but the setback hasn't stopped the prestigious healthcare organization as a regional growth catalyst poised to bring life back into a lagging job market and local economy.
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Gene Monteith
Thursday, December 17, 2009
If you were to walk into Jeffrey Van Buren's physical therapy practice, you might see him working with clients using a self-designed platform that helps muscles react more quickly when presented with unexpected challenges. Van Buren now has dreams of getting his unique apparatus into the marketplace. And while that goal is still a dream, an innovative collaboration between his employer and TechColumbus is making it closer to reality every day.
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Gene Monteith
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Ohio is quickly becoming a leader in new economy industries, and there's no better example than what's happening in the biomedical industry. Ohio has emerged as a consensus top ten state, with more than 1,141 bio-related entities operating here in 2008. We spoke with Tony Dennis, BioOhio's president and chief executive officer, to find out what's behind the growth.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Ohio is at the forefront of a new economy, creating new ideas, innovative businesses and new jobs needed for the 21st century. It's an important story. Now,
hiVelocity is here to tell it.
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