IN FOCUS FEATURE
NCCU Gets First Chief of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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In Focus
NCCU Gets First Chief of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Whether it's training students with specialized skills for pharmaceutical manufacturing or breaking new ground in personalized medicine, the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise at North Carolina Central University is working to provide training for the next generation of biotechnology workers.
Now, NCCU has added a pharmaceutical sciences department and hired its first leader. In this week's In Focus, read about the person and the position that will forge a new path for the university and its pharmaceutical science students.
From Our Web Site
Biotechnology Center Hikes Loans
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center loan program has increased, providing qualifying new businesses up to $1 million to take product ideas to market.
EnSolve Treatment Used in Gulf
Wastewater from the machinery used to build a natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico is being treated with a product from Raleigh-based EnSolve.
UNC Spinoff Wins Federal Grant
TheraLogics will study how to mitigate the side effects of bone-marrow and cord-blood transplants.
New Test Predicts Heart Disease
Raleigh-based LipoScience's test to measure cholesterol gets support from two science groups.
Duke Students Help Start-Ups
Students from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University continue their work to assist start-up companies. Those interested in the students' expertise should apply by Aug. 31.
News from Other Sites
Nano Group Hires Leader
A proposed North Carolina Nanomedicine Institute has taken another step by hiring a local consultant as its first director.
From Winston-Salem Journal
New Blood Test Better Predicts Heart-Disease Risk
A Raleigh-based company has developed a new blood test that can more accurately predict a person's risk of heart disease.
From WRAL LocalTechWire
Triangle Drug-Testing Companies are Hiring
Increased demand for testing services is good news for those working in North Carolina's contract-research sector.
From the (Raleigh) News and Observer
Biotechnology Center Boosts Industry with Staff, Dollars
New programs from the state-supported organization aim to further shore up the path from mind to marketplace for North Carolina's biotechnology companies.
From WRAL LocalTechWire
From the Triangle Business Journal
From WRAL LocalTechWire
Crop Fortunes Favor Chemical Companies
Corn-based ethanol production and flooding in the Midwest are having an effect on North Carolina's farmers and agricultural-chemical companies.
From the (Raleigh) News and Observer
Community Watch
- J. Scott Merrell, senior vice president, secretary and chief legal officer at RTI International since 2003, has joined the Hutchison Law Group’s corporate practice group, where he serves as counsel to RTI International’s CEO and board of governors. Also, partners Allen Baum and Josh Elliott are leaving Hutchison to open a Triangle office for Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, a Chicago intellectual property law firm. Both attorneys specialize in pharmaceutical, biochemistry, biotechnology and chemical patents. Baum said he and Elliott expect to maintain collaborations with Hutchison in their new office. More
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September 9-10
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October 28
Charlotte Biotechnology Conference
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December 4-5
SE BIO Investor Forum
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Feb. 16-17
Biotech 2009
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