December

Israeli firms with medical IT emphasis to visit area; companies will travel to NE Ohio on mission to meet with potential partners (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Selling investors on state's high-tech firms (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Cleveland reaches out to venture capitalists (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Incubator delivering medical company: Clinic spinning off device manufacturer (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

NE Ohio gets a high-tech boost;: Clinic-led effort is one of six in region sharing $113 Million (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Neomed Technologies adds Boake Sells and Jerry Cirino to Board (Company Press Release)

State agencies propose venture capital center (Wisconsin Technology Network)

November

On The Ohio Economy: Interview with BioEnterprise CEO Baiju Shah (Bloomberg Television)

Deal Flow, VC Interest in Midwest: Health Care Ventures Increasing, Survey Shows (American Venture Magazine)

Ann Arbor, Detroit Reputation Rises for Quality Health Care Deals (MITechnews.com)

Pittsburgh ranked third among midwestern cities (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh near top of health care venture investments (Pittsburgh Business Times)

Midwest health care a good investment (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

VCs rate KC as weak for health-related investments (Kansas City Business Journal)

Teraphysics reaps another $400K in gov't grants (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Entrepreneurial efforts get grants (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Health-care startups buoyed by VC interest (Columbus Business First)

October

Midwest healthcare investments rise (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Ohio investment in health-care startups among best in Midwest (Dayton Business Journal)

Influx of out-of-state money helps fledgling Columbus bioscience firms grow (The Daily Reporter)

Health care VC funding jumps in Chicago (Crain's Chicago Business)

19 Ohio companies get venture capital (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Ohio top in Midwest for health-care start-up investment (Business First, Columbus)

MEDC readies venture fund proposals (Michigan Live)

First Phase Done at Arteriocyte (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Arteriocyte Inc. Completes Phase I Stem Cell Clinical Trial Enrollment; Will Present Update at TCT2006 Meeting (Company Press Release)

New tool in fight against cancer (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Health Care Technology Strengthens Cleveland Economy (TV5 News)

Midwest tries to sell itself to booming biotech industry
(Canton Repository, October 2006)

Venture capital firm coming to Cleveland (Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 4, 2006)

Roundtable: Medtech Funding and Investment (MX Magazine, September/October 2006)

Grants, Awards Must Drive Growth Before VC Interest (BioWorld Financial Watch, October 2006)

September

Bioscience Clusters: Long-Term Strategy for Success (BioWorld Daily, September 2006)

Bioscience Boost, Backing Sought (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Forum Links Bioscience firms, Investors (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Midwest Conference Seeks to Attract National Venture Capital
(Associated Press)

BIO Midwest Event Brings Biotech, VCs to Cleveland (BioWorld Today, September 2006)

What's Really Propping Up the Economy (Business Week Magazine)

Training for Today (And The Future) WCPN Radio Interview (mp3 file)

60 Seconds: BioEnterprise CEO Baiju R. Shah on Catalyzing Cleveland (Midwest Business.com)

Putting Bio in Ohio (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Imalux to sell Down Under (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland BioLabs gets SBIR contract (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

BioLabs gets $750K for research (Crain's Cleveland Business)

August

PartsSource 138 on INC Magazine's Fastest Growing Companies for 2006 (Company Press Release)

Draper Triangle Ventures Invests in Cleveland Biotech Startup (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

CardioInsight gets capital (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Heart-imaging firm gets seed money (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Climb out of the rut: Cleveland and the region must do whatever it takes to reverse population decline before it's too late (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Eastwood to join BioE Board (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Let's Not Lose Sight of Progress (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Eastwood Joins BioEnterprise Board (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Case President Gregory L. Eastwood Joins BioEnterprise Board (Company Press Release)

Athersys gets OK to test obesity drug (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Simbionix Announces Immediate Availability of its Newest Module for Training Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Procedures (Company Press Release)

Bits & Bytes: Reaching across state lines could help tech industry (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

Be My Neighbor: This philanthropic fund is encouraging business growth, but will it start a trend? (Entrepreneur.com)

July

Biolabs completes trial (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Midwest Health Care Startups Raise $287 Million in First Half 2006 (American Venture Magazine)

Our economic future focuses on the health care industry (Cleveland Jewish News)

Ill. health firms in the pink (Crain's Chicago Business)

Ill. , Mo. in top 5 for '06 health-care startup investment (St. Louis Business Journal)

Missouri Ranks No. 4 for Health Care Start-up Investments (Kansas Business Journal)

Talent scarce for health care jobs (Crain's Cleveland Business)

More deals, less money (Crain's Cleveland Business)

St. Louis venture cap fund opens Cleveland outpost (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Cleveland Clinic spinoff goes public; BioLabs will use money for drug development (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland BioLabs takes leap into choppy waters for IPOs (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Cleveland BioLabs has IPO (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. Successfully Completes its Initial Public Offering (Company Press Release)

Venture cap investors sticking close to home (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Riverside makes another acquisition (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Riverside Certifies Latest Deal: Professional Health and Safety Training Company Added to Micro-Cap Portfolio (Company Press Release)

IBF Conferences, Inc. and BioEnterprise Announce the Launch of Global Healthcare Investing Conference (Company Press Release)

NIH Comes to Cleveland (WCPN Radio)

Cleveland lands major health care event; Conference viewed as signal city's place on investment, innovation map is rising (Crain's Cleveland Business)

NDI Medical wins state loan for R&D center (Crain's Cleveland Business)

"Cool Cleveland" Video Interview: BioEnterprise President Baiju R. Shah

Kansas Bioscience Authority sees early progress (Kansas City.Com)

June

JumpStart to open portal to world of entrepreneurs (Akron Beacon Journal)

Medical device company CritiSense Raises $1.2 million (Globes On-Line)

Ayalogic gleans more investment (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Ayalogic raises $1.25 million in follow-on venture round (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Bridge invests $1.2 million in Critisense, an Israeli medical device company looking to connect to Cleveland (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Minnesota biotechs call on local investors (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Research Vs. Entrepreneurship (WCPN Radio)

Records firm stays confident in crowded market; many accolades give ProPractica reasons to expect success
(Crain's Cleveland Business)

State's $4.7M grant to have big effect on Garfield Heights drug-testing biz (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Regional goals demand financial commitment (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Canadian company boosts Athersys' fight to stem cardiovascular disease (Crain's Cleveland Business)

New Simbionix CFO Brings Strong International Financial & Legal Background (Company Press Release)

May

ProPractica's EMR Solution, StreamlineMD, is Again Rated Number One (Company Press Release)

Imalux seeks $2M from Feds for study (Crain's Cleveland Business)

PartsSource Named 19th Fastest Growing Company in America by Entrepreneur Magazine (Yahoo Finance)

Imalux ships first NIRIS system (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Imalux delivers first product to Australia (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Arteriocyte gets 3rd Frontier grant (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Angiotech invests in Athersys Inc. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Athersys Announces Partnership With Angiotech to Commercialize Cell-Based Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease (Company Press Release)

Cleveland bio projects get $16M (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Athersys and Partners Awarded Third Frontier Program Funding (Cleveland Press Release)

California venture capital firm gives Oberlin biz a boost (Crain's Cleveland Business)

NE Ohio grabs lots of biotech grant money (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

NDI Medical gets tax credit (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

AxioMed Spine Corporation Announces the Appointment of Patrick McBrayer as President and CEO (Cleveland Press Release)

Drug Dispenser Producer Looks to Secure Investments (Crain's Cleveland Business)

April

Midwest Healthcare Startups Receive Q1 Investment (InsideIndianaBusiness.com)

Angel investing should lead to more venture funding, Ward says (Wisconsin Technology Network/wistechnology.com)

Case licenses drug technology (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Case licenses technology (Crain's Cleveland Business)

First Toss Since 2000: Cleveland Biolabs betting on future of bioscience in Northeast Ohio (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Ohio among winners of health care capital (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Midwest health care firms draw healthy investments (Crain's Cleveland Business)

SBIR policy needs to be altered to help grow companies (American Venture Magazine.com)

Cleveland - The Next Healthcare Venture Hotspot (Biotechnology Regional Development 2006)

Axiomed Spine Gets McBrayer as CEO (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Case Western Reserve University Completes License Agreement With Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals (Company Press Release)

Gary Zamler named CEO at Simbionix (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Local Firm's Stem Cells Prove Successful (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Ohio Buys Into Biotech Show (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

March

Arteriocyte's Focus: Stem Cells for Ischemic Repair (BioWorld Today)

In Cardiac Regeneration, It's Repair, not Replace: Arteriocyte combines multiple stem cell types to revascularize ischemic tissue (Start-Up, Windhover's Review of Emerging Medical Ventures)

Expanding Biotech Companies Use Clusters to Grow Their Operations (Expansion Management)

A Healthy Return: By cultivating the right companies, Northeast Ohio will become the country's fastest-growing bioscience hub in the next decade (Inside Business)

Workflow.com, newest Hyland venture, raises $3.7 Million (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Nonprofits angle to find Florida angels (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Cleveland will host NIH Innovation Conference (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Retail stores check out new after-hours health care idea (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Imalux Signs China Distribution Agreement (Company Press Release)

This Landlord Hopes Its Tenants are Going to Leave
(Bioscience Real Estate Insights)

February

CornerStone Medical buys Legacy Medical (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland Biolabs plans $14M IPO (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Clinic spin-off seeks to sell stocks (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Syncro Medical Innovations Closes $2.2 Million First Round Financing (Company Press Release)

Feeding Tube Innovator Raises $2.2 Million
(Cleveland Plain Dealer/Cleveland.Com)

Cleveland Clinic Expands Innovation Center (Medical Device Link)

Device Companies Lead Midwest Health Care Investment in 2005
(Medical Device Link)

Symphony Medical Raises $6 Million (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)

Company Plans Move to Valley (Youngstown Vindicator)

Angels wait in the wings to bless new businesses (Akron Beacon Journal)

Imaging veteran now leads Imalux (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Imalux Names New CEO (Company Press Release)

Arteriocyte receives $1.4 million NIH grant to initiate Phase I clinical trial
(www.bioperform.com)

Cuyahoga leaders take aim at grassroots growth (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Biotech Firm to Test Cystic Fibrosis Therapy (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Copernicus Receives $6.1 Million Award (Company Press Release)

Akron's ARCHAngels to link start-ups, financing sources (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Making A Difference at Bio 2006 (KansasBio eNews)

Local Investors Building Bridges to Israel (Cleveland Jewish News)

BioEnterprise Adds Silicon Valley Board Member (Biospace.com)

BioEnterprise Recruits West Coast Board Member (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Mandato Joins BioEnterprise Board (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

FastTrac-inc tech startups (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Keeping health records electronically: Beachwood firm is poised to profit from 'next big thing' (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Local Progress in Biosciences (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

January

BIO Mid-America VentureForum Coming To Cleveland, September 15-27 (Company Press Release)

VC investments in med firms soar
Region could gain national rep if financing stays strong
(Crain's Cleveland Business)

Executive Chatter: Bob Schmidt (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Midwest Health Care Startups Attract $550 Million in Investments
(Genetic Engineering News)

$80 million in health-care funding (St. Louis Business Journal)

Missouri health care startups are attracting investors
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Study: KC-area health care startups get no money in 2005
(Kansas City Business Journal)

Midwest Health Care Startups Attract $550 Million in Investments in 2005
Minnesota, Ohio, Missouri Lead Region; Strong Outlook for 2006 (Company Press Release)

$86 million invested in Ohio bioscience in '05
Capital flowing to companies in state; only Minnesota's numbers are higher (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Simbionix buys eTrinsic Inc. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cancer, obesity research could bring big '06 for Athersys (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Simbionix buys Colorado concern (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Arteriocyte Initiates Phase One Clinical Trial with $1.4 Million NIH STTR (Company Press Release)

OrthoHelix attracts capital (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

OrthoHelix draws venture dollars (Crain's Cleveland Business)

OrthoHelix Surgical Designs Closes Multi-Million Series A Finance Round (Company Press Release)

Non-profits given grants to build Akron presence
(Crain's Cleveland Business)

Follow the Money (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Venture Capital Agency Approved (Kansas City Star)

Business Bookshelf (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Athersys exec "excited" about '06 (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Following Cleveland's Lead (Crain's Cleveland Business)

Kansas Bioscience backs nonprofit to attract VC (Kansas City Business Journal)

Kansas Bioscience Authority exploring investment options (Lawrence Journal-World)

Noble Existence (Crain's Cleveland Business)