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NCBIO forum offers guidance on creating new lab space
When it comes to creating lab space for a new or established business, getting your team together early and allowing plenty of time to plan are the keys to success, according to panelists assembled for NCBIO’s Lab Space Forum held online Tuesday, July 13.
Read MoreLaura Gunter named new NCBIO president
Laura Gunter named new NCBIO president Laura Gunter Laura Gunter, M.B.A, has been selected as the new president of NCBIO, the N.C. Biosciences Organization, succeeding longtime president Sam Taylor who died in February.  Gunter has served as the organization’s executive vice president since 2020 and has filled the executive role since Taylor’s death. Gunter joined…
Read MoreNCBIO to create NC Community Colleges scholarships honoring longtime president Sam Taylor
NCBIO to create NC Community Colleges scholarships honoring longtime president Sam Taylor NCBIO Co-Founder and former President Sam Taylor NCBIO, the NC Biosciences Organization, is raising funds to create the Samuel M. Taylor Memorial Life Sciences Scholarship in the North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation to provide scholarships for students pursuing training and careers in the…
Read More2021 BIO Digital Roundup
2021 BIO Digital Roundup BIO Digital 2021 spotlighted biotech’s transformative role and impact on today’s four key challenges: COVID, social justice, the economy and climate change. NCBIO brings you this summary of the speakers and sessions that made the event so important. Click the link that follows each day’s description to read more in-depth coverage…
Read MoreBIO: How the PASTEUR Act would support antibiotic R&D
BIO: How the PASTEUR Act would support antibiotic R&D The PASTEUR Act, legislation designed to make research and development of new antibiotics economically viable, was reintroduced in Congress last week with bipartisan support. Here’s what it would do and why it matters. Antimicrobial resistance is a big problem. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and…
Read More2021 CSBI-TEConomy Workforce Trends Report released
2021 CSBI-TEConomy Workforce Trends Report released The Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes released the 2021 Life Sciences Workforce Trends Report (PDF) in June 2021 at the BIO Digital Convention. The report provides a national snapshot of the current and anticipated talent needs of the nation’s dynamic life science industry. The report leverages intelligence drawn from…
Read MoreBMF covers improving manufacturing with automation, digitization
BMF covers improving manufacturing with automation, digitization Salil Desai, Ph.D., says “digital twinning” is the future of biomanufacturing. Presenters from Novozymes, Pfizer and North Carolina A&T State University discussed optimizing production processes using automation and digitization during the June 8 Biotech Manufacturers Forum held online by NCBIO. The forum featured presentations by the following experts: …
Read MoreNCBIO Medical Device Forum covers product development during pandemic
Depending on people, being flexible and agile and remembering the lessons learned during this pandemic were some of the key points shared by the panelists participating in NCBIO’s Medical Device Forum held online Wednesday, May 19.
Read MoreGovernment price fixing for U.S. medicines will cost lives, jobs, innovation
Legislation like H.R. 3 that fixes prices for prescription medicines would limit patients’ access to new treatments while doing nothing to lower prices at the pharmacy counter.
Read MoreVaccine patent waiver breaks faith with American companies, stifles innovation
Vaccine patent waiver breaks faith with American companies, stifles innovation NCBIO is extremely disappointed that the Biden administration has chosen to support waiving critical intellectual property protections for U.S. COVID-19 vaccines. This decision, known as a TRIPS waiver, breaks faith with American innovators, punishes the ingenuity of our life sciences industry and will delay the…
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