Innovation, influence and business in America's medical cities.

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has received a $2.6 million Third Frontier grant for biomedical sensor research and commercialization.

Nonprofit health information exchange HealthBridge has received $13.8 million in federal funding to help area health providers better utilize information technology.

While many college students hope to find a job with any company upon graduation these days, a second-year Case Western Reserve University medical student already has raised $100,000 for his own medical device startup.

The property developers behind Cleveland’s medical mart have signed letters of intent with 32 prospective showroom tenants and 16 conferences and trade shows. But who are they?

A group of Northeast Ohio business leaders and elected officials objects to a TV ad from Gov. Ted Strickland that they say casts Invacare Corp. in a negative light for outsourcing jobs.

Summit Data Communications is the fastest-growing computer hardware company in the Midwest, according to Inc. Magazine.

Quality Electrodynamics recently was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest-growing companies in the United States, ranking 13th among healthcare firms and 193rd overall. Inc. cited QED for its nearly 1,500 percent growth rate over the last three years.

In January, Gary Smith left the top spot at skin biopsy device company CleveX to join IR Diagnostyx, a Columbus-based blood diagnostics startup built on technology pioneered at Ohio State University.

Columbus-based skin biopsy device maker CleveX Inc. is seeking a $637,500 loan that it would use to purchase equipment and machinery to boost production capacity for its ExiClip line of devices. Youngstown-based Syncro Medical Innovations is looking for a $490,500 loan to protect intellectual property and acquire equipment and machinery.

Dr. Matthew McManus takes over as CEO at PrimeraDx, which is developing products aimed at speeding up several medical tests.