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Newton talks organizational leadership, culture and complacency at Annual Dinner

At the 2023 NCLifeSci Annual Dinner, Sen. Paul Newton, co-chair of the Life Sciences Caucus in the NC General Assembly, shared his insights on leadership, culture and complacency in organizations. Key takeaways from Newton’s talk were prioritize long-term thinking when investing in... Continue Reading

40-year pharma veteran Monteith to direct Biomanufacturers Forum

William “Bill” Monteith has been selected by the NC Life Sciences Organization as the new program director for the organization’s Biomanufacturers Forum. Over the course of his 42-year career, Monteith has overseen the construction of and served as site head of at least six... Continue Reading

Five NC community college students awarded 2023 Taylor life sciences scholarship

2023 Taylor Scholarship recipients Lila Bradshaw and Stephanie Alston at the NCLifeSci Annual Meeting Five community college students have been awarded the prestigious Samuel M. Taylor Memorial Life Sciences Scholarship, providing up to $3,000 per student to offset the cost of tuition, fees... Continue Reading

Life Sciences Caucus chairs field questions at Legislative Forum

Life Sciences Caucus chairs field questions at Legislative Forum NCBIO President Laura Gunter, Sen. Mike Woodard, Rep. Robert Rieves, Rep. Donna White and Joe Lanier, principal at Milestone Strategies Don’t expect a state budget anytime soon, encourage... Continue Reading

2022 Legislative Reception (photo gallery)

NCBIO held its 2022 Legislative Reception on Wednesday, June 22, at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. The event was well attended by NCBIO members who were joined by a number of state senators, including Life Science Caucus Co-Chair Sen. Mike Woodard and Sens. Lisa Barnes,... Continue Reading

Where things stand with the TRIPS waiver

Where things stand with the TRIPS waiver It’s been a while since we’ve talked about what’s going on at the WTO. Here’s the latest news — and why extending the waiver of COVID-19 vaccine IP is still a bad idea. The status: The World Trade Organization... Continue Reading

Expanding COVID IP waiver would harm small, medium enterprises, CSBA says

Expanding COVID IP waiver would harm small, medium enterprises, CSBA says Every member of the Council of State Bioscience Associations signed a letter to President Joe Biden expressing serious concerns with the proposed expansion of IP protections for COVID technology. In June, the... Continue Reading

At Legislative Luncheon, legislators encourage NCBIO members to make industry needs known

Milestone Strategy's Joe Lanier and NCBIO President Laura Gunter moderate a panel comprising the chairs of the NC Life Sciences Caucus Sen. Mike Woodard, Rep. Donna White, Rep. Robert Reives and Sen. Paul Newton on Aug. 31. The co-chairs of the NC Life Sciences Caucus talked about workforce... Continue Reading

Second class of Sam Taylor life sciences scholarship recipients named

Taylor scholarship recipients Stephanie Alston, Gage Lindley and Ayonna Sawyer at the 2022 NCBIO Annual Meeting The second class of recipients of the Samuel M. Taylor Memorial Life Sciences Scholarship in the NC Community Colleges Foundation has been named. This year, five scholarships have... Continue Reading

Lab Space Forum discusses tight supply, innovative solutions to lab space shortage

Moderator Marlene Spritzer (Lee & Associates), Joel Gates (Azzur Group), Amy Watkins (Lincoln Harris) and Greg Capps (Longfellow Real Estate Partners) Lab Space Forum sponsors Stone Alexander and Marlene Spritzer (Lee & Associates), Joel Gates (Azzur Group), Carrie Kleinle Nye... Continue Reading

North Carolina unified in attracting new ARPA-H headquarters to the state

Leaders from public and private universities, businesses, nonprofits, trade associations and state government have joined forces to bring the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health headquarters to North Carolina. ARPA-H recently received $1 billion in inaugural funding from Congress... Continue Reading

Supply chain during pandemic discussed at June Biotech Manufacturers Forum meeting

NCBIO's John Wagner and Merck's Vinay Khanna at the June 1 NCBIO Biomanufacturers Forum Representatives of Merck and NCBIO discussed the supply-chain difficulties and issues the COVID-19 pandemic created for the bioscience industry at the quarterly NCBIO Biotech Manufacturers Forum meeting... Continue Reading