Arrowhead, Microbes, Diabetes, & More: This Week’s WI Watchlist

melanoma, as well as cancers of the lung and colon. Separately, the company announced that it had chosen Raleigh, NC-based INC Research (NASDAQ: [[ticker:INCR]]) to be a contract research organization for an upcoming clinical trial of a Cellectar drug candidate that it has said has the potential to treat multiple myeloma.

Build Madison, a free 24-hour “hackathon” for artists, engineers, software developers, and anyone who enjoys creating something from nothing, will take place this weekend at the maker space Sector67. The event will kick off with some pitches from some of the participants, and that will allow others who aren’t set on projects to find ones that interest them. From there, teams will get to work, then discuss what they accomplished and learned at a wrap-up session on Sunday. For more Build Madison coverage, check out this preview in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Author: Jeff Buchanan

Jeff formerly led Xconomy’s Seattle coverage since. Before that, he spent three years as editor of Xconomy Wisconsin, primarily covering software and biotech companies based in the Badger State. A graduate of Vanderbilt, he worked in health IT prior to being bit by the journalism bug.