Stanley Consultants representatives were on hand in St. Catherine, Jamaica, on March 23 to celebrate the grand opening of the North-South Highway. This 41-mile section completes the link between the capital city of Kingston in the south with the tourist city of Ocho Rios in the north.  A drive that formerly took two hours on a substandard road can now be completed in less than 60 minutes on a new four-lane highway built to international standards.  

Voxello, the producer of the noddle, a medical device that helps impaired patients to communicate with nurses and caregivers, continued its efforts to promote the company's marquee product at a venture capital forum in St. Louis.

The company was among nearly four dozen startups that pitched their ideas at the InvestMidWest Venture Capital Forum, held late last month. According to the forum's organizers, InvestMidwest has helped generate more than $1 billion in investments and acquisitions for its companies since the first forum was held in 2000.

Coralville-based biotech company KemPharm announced Wednesday that its first drug submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been granted priority review, and should be more closely examined by regulators by June.

Modern Healthcare magazine this year named MediRevv the 76th best place to work in health care, marking the third time the Coralville company has  appeared as one of the magazine's top 100 employers.