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- 09/05/08NC A&T Wins $18.5M NSF Grant
- N.C. A&T State University is one of a select group of universities nationwide, and the first historically black institution ever, chosen to lead a prestigious National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. That center, which will be one of only a...
- 09/05/08UNC Spinoff Lands $2M Grant
- A spinoff from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has won a $2 million federal grant to help it commercialize its medical technology. The company, Morphormics Inc., will use the grant from the National Cancer Institute to market...
- 09/04/08Rho Signs $38.9M NIH Pact
- Chapel Hill CRO Rho, Inc., lands a $38.9 million contract with NIH
- 09/04/08FDA OKs Bone Filler
- Greenville's former Encelle technology gets FDA nod for bone healing
- 09/04/08Hamner, UNC Target Drug Safety
- The Hamner, UNC-CH team up in unique drug-safety research center
- 09/02/085 Bio/Med Firms Boost RTP Area
- This summer five biotech and/or medical device firms in the Triangle area announced $301 million in investments, more than 425 new jobs
- 09/02/08GSK Signs $820M Deal
- GlaxoSmithKline has signed a drug development deal worth as much as $820 million with California company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.
- 09/02/08NC BioNetwork to Fund Training
- A prestigious work force training program funded for the past four years by the U.S. Department of Labor at Forsyth Technical Community College will continue its work as part of N.C. BioNetwork, the biotech work force training initiative of the state community college system.
- 08/29/08BioDelivery Clears FDA Hurdle
- An FDA response letter brings Raleigh's BioDelivery Sciences a step closer to market with BEMA Fentanyl
- 08/28/08Chelsea Therapeutics Gets Fast Track Designation
- Chelsea Therapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to Droxidopa for the treatment of symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH). Fast Track designation is designed to facilitate the review of products that address...
- 08/28/08Research Reports Available at NCBC Library
- BCC Research reports are now available at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center Library.
- 08/27/08Nation Honors Duke's Lefkowitz
- Renowned Duke University Medical Center research scientist Robert Lefkowitz wins National Medal of Science.
- 08/26/08WFU Launching Bioethics Master's Degree
- More than two years after it was first announced, Wake Forest University is ready to launch its master's degree in bioethics.
- 08/20/08NCSU Using Trees to Produce Ethanol
- North Carolina State University will announce a new three-year, nearly $1 million grant to study the feasibility of growing genetically modified trees in North Carolina and using them to produce ethanol inexpensively. The announcement will take place August 21 at...
- 08/19/08Salix Offers $55M in Notes
- Morrisville-based Salix offers $55 million in notes to increase war chest for expanding product offerings.
- 08/14/08UNCG Herbal Expert Joins Kannapolis Group
- UNCG hires leading Chinese herbal medicine scientist to co-direct new nutrition research effort at North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis
- 08/12/08Business Center May Bring Foreign Biotech to NC
- The organizer of the successful community effort to build a biotechnology incubator at the Piedmont Triad Research Park is getting ready to launch a new push he hopes will draw international attention to the Triad's biotech scene. Randy Pool, managing...
- 08/12/08RTI Wins Contract in UAE
- RTI International has won a contract worth at least $80 million to help strengthen environmental services for the government of Abu Dhabi. The 10-year agreement represents the second major contract in the United Arab Emirates for RTI, a nonprofit research...
- 08/01/08Grant Deadline Approaching
- The North Carolina Biotechnology Center's Regional Development Grant Program is a competitive grant program that supports early stage, life-science economic-development initiatives in communities statewide. Types of projects may include: strategic planning, asset and market inventory, building infrastructure, and other activities...
- 08/01/08Wet Lab Space Open at PTRP
- Class A wet lab space and incubator space is available in the Piedmont Triad Research Park at an affordable price. Other organizations in the area include the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Targacept. The Piedmont Triad Research Park...
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