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Forum focuses on improving manufacturing innovation
President Barack Obama has proposed a $1 billion federal investment in advanced manufacturing and a group of congressmen from Rhode Island and Connecticut would like to see even more spent on boosting the sector in southern New England. more
Covidien’s Mallinckrodt to acquire CNS Therapeutics
Medical device maker Covidien LLC’s pharmaceutical arm, Mallinckrodt, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire St. Paul, Minn.-based CNS Therapeutics Inc. more
| 9/24/12
URI chemist awarded $400K ‘early career’ grant by NSF
Jason Dwyer, an assistant chemistry professor at the University of Rhode Island, has been awarded a five-year, $400,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation. more
IlluminOss lands $28M in Series C financing round
East Providence-based medical device firm IlluminOss Medical Inc. - founded by Robert A. Rabiner in 2007 - has raised $28 million in a Series C financing round that included the Slater Technology Fund. more
EpiVax awarded $55,000 to explore nerve disease treatment
Providence-based EpiVax Inc. was awarded a $55,000 grant from the GBS/CIDP Foundation International to explore using Tregitopes as a new therapy for a nerve disease that is treated currently with intravenous immunoglobulin. more
Angels eye life sciences investments
Rhode Island life science entrepreneurs with breakthrough research they hope will conquer the marketplace have a new ally. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 11/5/12

Device paves the way for new healing technique
Healing fractured bones can be a messy business. Surgeons often employ a toolbox of metal rods, plates, screws and nails to align and stabilize fissured bones. The difficulty of the task worsens with aging or osteoporotic bones. more
By Robin Respaut
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
Supporting charity, improving workers’ communities
What makes Amgen Inc. a leader in community involvement and volunteerism is its core values in creating a holistic work/life balance, according to Bill Flaherty, a database administrator who has worked at the biomanufacturing facility in West Greenwich for 10 years. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
Med-tech companies eager to help each other
Connectivity, collaboration and opportunity: These are the watchwords of industry leaders from the Rhode Island medical-technology community who are organizing a new statewide cluster. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 2/4/13
Biomedical Structures merges with Modified Polymer
(Updated, 1:18 p.m.) Biomedical Structures LLC, the developer of biomedical textiles for medical devices, has merged with Modified Polymer Components, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company specializing in the design, rapid prototyping and manufacture of polymer components for medical device original equipment manufacturers. more
| 2/5/13
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