Diagnovus News

James Stover at Diagnovus in Nashville announced a new cancer-related assay today, in the first offering for the 10-year-old lifescience startup. Their release is here.

Jobs4TN via Haslam-Hagerty

Jobs4TN, the economic-development plan crafted by ECD Commissioner Bill Hagerty for Gov. Bill Haslam, was announced today in rough outline, including news of a 35% staff reduction at ECD and promise of a new senior leadership team for the agency. The release did not mention any logical ECD allies by name. As signalled earlier by both the governor and Hagerty, ECD's gameplan will rely heavily on leveraging existing sectoral strengths and regionally significant industrial bases, and will post basecamp liaisons across the state to help push urban and rural development, the latter being further boosted by the addition of a new senior post for rural development. No word yet on when details will be provided. Today's release is here.

NewsBits Feb. 14, 2011

A compendium today: New leaders at LifeScienceTN, VentureIncite, some staffing it seems at Silicon Ranch, some PE's 'disappear' as Chattanooga firm liquidates, and more right here.

Cook: Life Sciences must be Tennessee 'imperative'

Joe Cook Jr., (left) Life Science Tennessee board member, former pharma CEO and principal of Mountain Group Capital in Nashville, says the state must mobilize schools and other agencies to make life sciences development a focal point, and not rely entirely on TNInvestco funding. NBJ reports the panel discussion.