Category: Health Tech

OFS Healthcare, U of I partnership receives $50 million gift for medical research

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 19, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

A partnership between OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering is receiving another $50 million to boost advancements in clinical simulations, healthcare systems and medical education.

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Sterigenics to reopen Willowbrook facility

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 18, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

Sterigenics has reached an agreement with the state of Illinois to reopen its Willowbrook facility. The facility has been shut down since spring after reports of increased levels of ethylene oxide emissions in the surrounding area. As part of the agreement, Sterigenics said it will install additional emission capture and control equipment to meet the […]

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DPH adds maternal and child health data to its community map

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 15, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

The Department of Public Health is adding information on maternal and child health to its Health Community Map. The new data includes low birth weight, breastfeeding, prenatal care in the first trimester, smoking during pregnancy and teen birth rates.

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Nexus Pharmaceuticals plans drug manufacturing plant in Wisconsin

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 11, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

Lincolnshire-based Nexus Pharmaceuticals will build a sterile drug manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin, according to a Wednesday statement.

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Rosalind Franklin University open bioscience incubator in Lake County

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 11, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science announced Wednesday the opening of a new bioscience incubator in Lake County that will house therapeutic, diagnostic and medical device startups.

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