Articles tagged: Pfizer
Ex-Pfizer and Lipitor drug developer closes $33 million funding round for new cholesterol drug
Posted: May 05, 2013When Roger Newton started the first Esperion Therapeutics in 1998, he raised more than $200 million and sold his company to Pfizer for $1.3 billion. Now in its second life, the Plymouth Township-based drug development company closed a new $33 million round of funding last week. Read more »
health: Keeping your family safe in the sun
Posted: Jul 09, 2012Jane Klaes, DOJuly is here with blue skies, hot days and summer vacation. It is time for picnics, parks, swimming and playing in the sun. Here are some tips for enjoying the sun safely: Read more »
Michigan Capitol Confidential: Pfizer lesson: Do big-business tax incentives deliver?
Posted: Apr 09, 2012Tax incentives, like the one Ann Arbor gave to Pfizer in 2001, often don’t result in the economic benefits local governments think they will, reports Michigan Capitol Confidential, a publication of the Mackinac Center for ... Read more »
column/with poll: Pfizer closing in Ann Arbor feels like a lifetime ago
Posted: Jan 22, 2012The calendar doesn’t lie: Five years ago, Ann Arbor learned that its largest private employer was closing. The news, as I wrote at the time, made “all of Ann Arbor reel from the blow.” At ... Read more »
video: Ann Arbor Animal Hospital demonstrates microchipping procedure as part of Microchip Month
Posted: Oct 27, 2010In a situation where a companion animal is lost, it's a harrowing experience. It's unexpected, and a pet can't tell anyone where they belong. There are three essential things that can help bring a lost ... Read more »
Daycroft Montessori students show you're never too young to tailgate
Posted: Oct 13, 2010They are at least 12 grades away from sweating out their SATs, moving into cramped dorm rooms, and hurrying between classes across leafy campuses. Â Yet the preschool and kindergarten students at Daycroft Montessori School’s ... Read more »
Three arrested in connection with attempted sale of stolen laptop
Posted: Aug 14, 2010Three suspects were arrested Friday in connection to the attempted sale of a stolen laptop, according to an Ypsilanti Police Department news release. A 17-year-old female, a 17-year-old male and a 16-year-old male were arrested ... Read more »
neighborhood news: Ann Arbor's Glacier Hills Senior Living Community celebrates the launch of $25 million expansion project
Posted: Jun 25, 2010The Glacier Hills Senior Living Community broke ground last night as residents, volunteers, board members and other guests celebrated the launch of a $25 million expansion project. Read more »
University of Michigan will host this year's Winefest at ex-Pfizer site
Posted: Mar 21, 2010This column almost told a story about a non-profit fund-raiser searching for a home. Instead, I get to deliver the news that yes, indeed, the annual WineFest - the year’s largest benefit for the Ann ... Read more »
University of Michigan developing strategy for drug manufacturing complex at ex-Pfizer site
Posted: Mar 04, 2010The University of Michigan - which has settled on the first technology “anchors” for its 2 million-square-foot ex-Pfizer complex - is now devising a strategy to address the massive drug manufacturing and packaging complex Pfizer ... Read more »
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