Jan. 5, 2004 — ANN ARBOR, MICH., Jan. 5, 2004 – Michael W. Long, Ph.D., the President and CEO of Velcura Therapeutics™, Inc., recently announced that Julie Glowacki, Ph.D., John Lowe, M.D. and W. Stratford May, M.D., Ph.D. have joined the biotech company’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).

Nov. 19, 2003 — Ann Arbor-based Velcura Therapeutics Inc. Tuesday named Daniel Chagnovich as senior scientist in bioinformatics. Chagnovich most recently worked at Pfizer's global research and development center in Ann Arbor as a scientist in the molecular technologies group, where he spent two years in bioinformatics support for cardiovascular and proteomic research. He has extensive experience evaluating the human genome using bioinformatics tools, and has identified novel genes — one of which is in the patent application portfolio at Pfizer. Additionally, he developed bioinformatics tools to accelerate drug discovery that were used globally at Pfizer. Chagnovich earned his bachelor's degree in Biochemistry at the University of California, Riverside. He completed his Ph.D. in 1996 at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.

Nov. 18, 2003 — ANN ARBOR, MICH., Nov. 18, 2003 – Daniel Chagnovich, Ph.D. has joined Velcura Therapeutics™, Inc. as senior scientist, Bioinformatics. He most recently worked at Pfizer’s Global Research and Development Center in Ann Arbor as a scientist in the Molecular Technologies group.

Oct. 6, 2003 — ANN ARBOR, MICH., Oct. 6, 2003 –Velcura Therapeutics™, Inc. recently was awarded a $224,000 Phase 1 SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant from the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Jan. 1, 2003 — As mentioned in the fall edition of Business Incubation News, Velcura Therapeutics has moved to a new home at 4300 Varsity Drive in Ann Arbor, MI. This new facility, which houses the seven Velcura employees, is a total of 5,500 square feet, including 1,700 square feet of labs, a 1,500 square foot warehouse and storage area, and 2,300 square feet of common and office space.