IN FOCUS FEATURE
In Search of: Treasures of the Deep
FROM OUR WEB SITE
Biotechnology Center funding to small companies has leveraged 100 times more investment in the state.
From Our Web Site
DARA/Point Therapeutics Close Merger
The merger of DARA Biosciences™ of Raleigh and Point Therapeutics of Boston, Mass. became effective at the close of business on February 12, 2008. DARA is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Point, and Point changed its name to DARA BioSciences, Inc.
Precision Biosciences Signs Deal with DuPont
Durham's Precision Biosciences Inc. will give DuPont access to technology that can bring higher-yielding and healthier crops to market faster.
Talecris Reports Positive Phase III Results
Talecris' Gamunex™ proved helpful for patients with a certain neurological disease, reducing their loss of
function and long-term complications of the disease.
In Focus
In Search of: Treasures of the Deep
North Carolina boasts a number of assets from the mountains to the sea, but it is in the sea that some researchers are looking for commercial products and new health treatments.
Many institutions along North Carolina's coast, and outposts of those located inland, have banded together in a partnership to find those potential products, develop them, and bring them to market. That effort just received a $100,000 planning grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center toward creating a Center of Innovation in marine biotechnology.
Read more about the potential that biotechnology holds for marine science, and how the two together can bring great benefits to North Carolina.
News from Other Sites
Site Offers Tech Firms Resources, Exposure
"The Triad's efforts to support and promote its emerging technology and biotech business just got a big boost with the creation of a Web portal for entrepreneurs."
From the Winston-Salem Journal
RTP Biotech Athenix Plans Expansion with Monsanto,
Hooks up with Syngenta
"Two neighboring crop research companies in Research Triangle Park are investing in a new state-of-the-art greenhouse laboratory facility to support increasing demand for research and development in the agriculture industry."
From the Triangle Business Journal
Davidson, ASU Taking a Look at Research Campus
"Davidson College and Appalachian State University are talking to top leaders at the N.C. Research Campus about roles they might play in Kannapolis."
From the Salisbury Post
Biotech Needs Partnerships
(editorial by Randall Johnson, director of the Biotechnology Center's Southeastern office)
"Biotechnology development is economic development, creating high-salary, clean jobs for people with varying educational levels across North Carolina and throughout the southeastern region."
From the Greater Wilmington Business Journal
Community Watch
- Dr. Brad Walters, Ph.D., a senior clinical director at RTI International's Health Solutions business unit, has been named RTI International's chief medical officer. Walters replaces Claude Hughes, who recently announced his intention to pursue a career in managing clinical trials. More.
- David Day, director of the University of Florida's Office of Technology Licensing, will chair the 2008 SEBIO Investor Forum. The event is set for Dec. 4-5, 2008, at the Breakers Resort in Palm Beach, Fla. More.
- Trimeris of Morrisville said Arthur B. Cohen and Joseph P. Healey, the co-founders and co-CEOs of HealthCor Management LP, have been appointed to the company's board of directors. More.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals of Morrisville has retained MedThink Communications of Raleigh to promote an orally disintegrating form of metoclopramide. More.
- Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. announced that Roger Stoll, Ph.D., and Norman Hardman, Ph.D., have been appointed to its board of directors. Chelsea also announced the resignation of former board member Jason Stein, MD. More.
Please send Community Watch items to Jim Shamp.
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