Somna Therapeutics, a three-year-old startup in Germantown, WI, passed the first hurdle in March. And it’s making progress on the second, with promising traction in the first several months of selling its Reza Band, a simple device aimed at stopping acid reflux that affects the throat and lungs. Read the full Xconomy story here.

Reza Band was the 2012 Life Sciences category winner in the Governor’s Business Plan Contest.