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07/27/10Helia Pact to Help Diabetic Dogs
Helia Medical, a Wisconsin start-up company that has just opened a Raleigh site, is already working on developing a nanotech-based oral insulin drug for dogs.
07/19/10BD Adds $38.4M Site, 187 Jobs
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has announced plans to invest $38.4 million to build a warehouse and East Coast distribution center in the Johnston County community of Four Oaks.
07/19/10Bio Graphs
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07/16/10UNC-TV Airs AgBio Benefits
Two RTP experts outline the importance of agricultural biotechnology for UNC-TV viewers.
07/15/10Biolex, Merial Grow Agreement
Pittsboro-based Biolex Therapeutics has expanded its longstanding business relationship with Georgia animal health products company Merial to use Biolex's unique duckweed system for developing animal vaccines.
07/14/10PPD, Lovelace to Share Work
Wilmington-based contract research giant PPD has signed an agreement with Albuquerque- based Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI) to share some of their business opportunities.
07/14/10NCSU's Klaenhammer Honored
North Carolina State University scientist Todd Klaenhammer, Ph.D., whose award-winning research has been boosted by two $40,000 grants from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, has landed a major dairy prize.
07/13/10File Now for $5M Fed Tax Credit
Get the lead out if you want to bring the bread in. The Biotechnology Center has identified at least 164 North Carolina firms developing new medical therapies that are eligible to apply until next Wednesday, July 21, for up...
07/07/10First Flight's John Draper Dies
Funeral arrangements are pending for John Draper, an entrepreneurship leader for North Carolina, who died unexpectedly during the weekend.
07/06/10Cornerstone, Medimmune Split
Cary specialty pharmaceutical company Cornerstone Therapeutics and MedImmune have ended a drug-development relationship targeting new treatments for inflammation.
06/30/10Mayors Boost NC Life Science
Gov. Beverly Perdue and former Congressman Dick Gephardt, among others, joined mayors from across North Carolina in support of the life sciences as a job-growth engine.
06/22/10$500K Awaits Your 'Ask'
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is inviting pre-proposals by Sept. 1 from people who would like to nominate themselves for the annual Career Award at the Scientific Interface
06/22/10Big Pharma Buys Into Tranzyme
RTP's Tranzyme Pharma has received more than $250 million in partnership agreements in recentl months from drug giants Bristol-Myers Squibb and Europe's Norgine B.V.
06/21/10Bio Graphs
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06/15/10Bristol Signs Parexel, Icon
Parexel International and Icon PLC, both with major NC operations headquartered in Durham, have signed three-year agreements to help Bristol-Myers Squibb with what the global firm said was a large volume of clinical-development work.
06/15/10Bio Graphs
Bio Briefs with names making news
06/14/10ILS Helps Feds Fight Oil Spill
ILS, a Research Triangle Park-based contract testing company, is among the North Carolina firms working to reduce pollution problems from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
06/09/10OpEd: Sustaining Biotech's Growth
By E. Norris Tolson 1 June 2010 The News & Observer This year, of all years, North Carolina needs to hold fast to its commitment to bioscience as a jobs-growth engine. Even through the economic crisis, North Carolina's bioscience sector...
06/09/10Site Selectors Like Piedmont Triad for Business
The Piedmont Triad region is positioned to absorb a large-scale recruitment project, according to the North Carolina Biopharma Manufacturing Labor Market Analysis. The analysis was put together by New Jersey-based site section and economic development consultants Biggins, Lacy, Shapiro &...
06/09/10Site Selector Study Says Triangle Labor Pool One of Best
The Triangle region is positioned to absorb a large-scale recruitment project, according to the North Carolina Biopharma Manufacturing Labor Market Analysis. The analysis was put together by New Jersey-based site section and economic development consultants Biggins, Lacy, Shapiro & Co....

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