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Court lifts ban on stem cell funding during appeal

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has temporarily stayed a cut-off in government funding for human embryonic stem cell research. As a result of the stay, the Obama administration can fund

Wisconsin woos Boston-based biotech with VC funds, loan

Score one for Wisconsin's biotech economic development team. Dangling close to a million dollars in new investment capital and a loan, the state hooked the Boston-based biotech Flex Biomedical, which

Mass. company moves to Wisconsin

Score one for Wisconsin: with the help of a $1 million loan offered by the state, Exact Sciences is moving from Marlborough Massachusetts to Madison. According to a release by the state of Wisconsin,

Pfizer slapped with Medicaid fraud verdict

Wisconsin's AG scored a $153 million victory in court against Pfizer (via Pharmacia, which it acquired in 2003). A jury ruled that the company repeatedly committed Medicaid fraud, purposely