From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— Five health-related small businesses are getting matching grant funds through the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding.
The state program supports companies in the process of completing projects in the federal Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Organizers recently announced a total of eight businesses getting a total of about $700,000 in funding.
Health-focused Phase 1 recipients, getting up to $75,000 in matching funds, include:
*Calimetrix of Madison, which provides quality assurance services for medical imaging studies to improve the quality of results and reduce the risk of “undetected problems that can lead to misdiagnosis,” the release shows.
*CIAN, a Pewaukee company that’s developing biomarkers for diagnosing brain injuries based on altered blood flow.
*UP Oncolytics, based in Milwaukee. The startup is working towards clinical trials for a treatment for glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor.
The Phase 2 recipients, each getting up to $100,000 in matching funds, include:
*BiaCure Therapies in Pewaukee, which is developing a new therapy for treating a fungal infection called onychomycosis.
*Varizymes Corporation, based in Middleton, which is creating molecular diagnostics kits for quickly detecting multiple pathogens from clinical samples.
These grants, along with the others announced recently, represent the 25th round of SBIR Advance funding since it began in 2014. This collaboration between the Center for Technology Commercialization and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has issued 191 awards with more than $16 million in total funding.
“We have made a concerted effort to increase the number of contracts awarded to our state, and we are always pleased to see our efforts pay off with more of these contracts being awarded to Wisconsin small businesses,” Rob Baranowski, program manager for SBIR Advance, said in a statement.
See the release below.
— In the latest GOP radio address, Sen. Patrick Testin discusses a bill to create a new certification for advanced practice nurses that he says will provide greater autonomy to qualified registered nurses.
The Stevens Point Republican says the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Modernization Act, which passed the Senate and Assembly this week, will bolster health care across the state.
“By empowering our APRNs to operate at the highest scope of their practice, I have no doubt they are going to step up and deliver high-quality healthcare in every corner of the state, especially in our rural and underserved communities,” Testin says.
This legislation was previously vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers twice. Testin says he is confident Evers will sign it into law this time.
“There has been a lot of give and take, and no one is getting everything they want. That tells me we are in a good spot right now. That is the true definition of compromise,” Testin says. “By recently passing the APRN Modernization Act, we as legislators have done our part. Now it’s time for Gov. Evers to fulfill his end of the bargain.”
See more on the bill in press releases below.
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