IN FOCUS FEATURE
Accelerating Science and Business Together
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Biotechnology Center Taps Chris Brodie to Lead Communications
Scientist and editor Chris Brodie, Ph.D., has joined the North Carolina Biotechnology Center as vice president of corporate communications.
SEBIO Announces Semi-Finalists for Competition
Two North Carolina technologies are among the 10 chosen as semi-finalists for Southeast BIO's BIO/Plan Competition.
ConvaTec Sold to New Owners for $4.1 billion
Bristol-Myers Squibb gets $4.1 billion from the sale of ConvaTec. The maker of wound and ostomy products has 400 employees in Greensboro.
Duke, FDA Experts Lead Clinical Trials Group
A Duke-led coalition to improve clinical trials process names its 12-member executive board. The coalition was co-founded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
ParagonDx Gets FDA OK For Warafin Test
Morrisville-based ParagonDx received clearance from the FDA to market its in vitro diagnostic test for warfarin sensitivity. Warafin is a blood thinner that prevents and also treats blood clots.
Targacept Decision Triggers Milestone Payment
The Winston-Salem company has named the lead compound for its smoking cessation research program. The decision earned Targacept a $500,000 milestone payment from GlaxoSmithKline.
Cornerstone Acquiring Critical Therapeutics
Cornerstone BioPharma is planning an acquisition merger with Boston's Critical Therapeutics. The merger will create a new publicly traded company, Cornerstone Therapeutics, with headquarters in Cary.
In Focus
Accelerating Science and Business Together
The Hamner Accelerator for Translational Bioscience is one of three integrated units at The Hamner Institutes of Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park. It takes the model of business incubators to the next level by adding a strong scientific, collaborative approach.
A goal of the program is to accelerate the science behind new biotechnology companies in addition to business development. The start-ups in the program work with scientists from The Hamner Institutes and local universities, as well as other companies within the accelerator.
Two new companies, BioMedomics and b3bio, are currently in the program. At the accelerator’s facility, they benefit from on-site, fully equipped and staffed research support units established within a “good laboratory practices” validation framework.
Recently the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced an agreement with The Hamner to collaborate on basic, transitional research. This agreement opens opportunities for accelerator start-ups to work with the university’s scientific and business academics.
In this week's In Focus, read more about the program designed to accelerate not just a company, but the science behind it.
News from Other Sites
Serial Life Science Entrepreneur Max Wallace Takes on New Challenge
As of Aug. 1, Wallace will be CEO of the Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure foundation.
From WRAL LocalTechWire
Regenerative Medicine Institute Seeks to Attract Private Investors
Harnessing stem cell research and technology, the initiative in part will aim to find innovative ways to use an injured service member's natural cellular structure to reconstruct new skin, muscles and tendons.
From U.S. Fed News
NCSU’s tech transfer, Centennial Campus executive steps down
John Gilligan, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at North Carolina State University, is returning to teaching in NC State's College of Engeineering.
From WRAL LocalTechWire
Duke to officially open office at N.C. Research Campus
David Murdock gave Duke $35 million last year to launch the long-term medical study that bears his name. The study could start enrolling patients as early as this summer.
From the Salisbury Post
Community Watch
- bioMérieux, a global provider of medical diagnostics with a facility in Durham, received the 2008 Diagnostic Marketing Association (DxMA) Creative Communications Award in Professional Relations. The award was for the firm’s WorkSafe workforce training program for laboratory professionals. More
- John Fogg of the Hutchison Law Group of Raleigh is among winners of the "40 Under 40" award from the Triangle Business Journal, which honors business people in the Triangle under the age of 40 based on their impact within their organizations and the community. More
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