Month: September 2012

Milwaukee-based Promentis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received a three-year, $1.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health to develop more effective drugs to treat schizophrenia. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 9/27)

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin defended her support of the Affordable Care Act in a speech to the Wisconsin Counties Association Monday and criticized opponent Tommy Thompson for his plans to repeal the law. Thompson, meanwhile, struck back at Baldwin's attacks, saying he was a proven reformer who has stayed true to Wisconsin and that Baldwin would simply pay lip service to reforming Washington, D.C. The two gave separate speeches at the second day of the convention in La Crosse. (WISPOLITICS, 9/26)

Medicare has helped provide financial security to tens of millions of Americans over 65 for nearly half a century. It also may be the greatest single threat to the federal budget in the coming decades. That has forced both presidential candidates to confront the long-term fiscal challenges facing a program previously considered politically untouchable. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 9/25)

An increase in steam costs for downtown buildings proposed by the Citizens Utility Board would hurt efforts to stem losses at Aurora Sinai Medical Center and weigh into Northwestern Mutual’s decision on whether to move to Franklin. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/24)

The health care industry in the United States requires reform and President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act is “a step in the right direction,” the top executive with GE Healthcare Systems told a Milwaukee audience. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/24)