North Carolina Biotech News (United States)

CiVentiChem has appointed Glenn Killingworth as Director of Business Development as part of the company's overall growth strategy in support of recent investments at both their US HQ in North Carolina and their pilot and production facility in India

Polyzen launches new web-site. Polyzen, a leading developer and manufacturer of critical medical components and devices, has redesigned its website as a vital communication tool for its customers and for the medical device market.

Noesys Data unveiled a service that reviews pharmaceutical safety study data for cardiac arrhythmia. Board Certified veterinary cardiologists review the data and issue client reports.

Vizag, India (September 2010) – PharmaZell GmbH, a European Contract Manufacturing Organization for active pharmaceutical ingredients and advanced intermediates, has once again expanded its manufacturing capabilities in India.

The life sciences company Entegrion has received a two-year $8.2 million research and development contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for continuing development of a method for aseptic production of dried human plasma for transfusion.

Biotage has launched a new range of HPLC columns optimized for peptide purification. The Resolux line was introduced during the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting & Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts USA.

The Special Event Company, based in Research Triangle Park, NC announces the launch of International Meeting Planners (IMP). IMP will focus on full-service meetings delivery for the pharmaceutical, medical and biotechnology industries.

Article on Artios Software Suite is published by ALN, a respected industry publication covering animal research

Company’s technology provides improved turnaround time, less processing time and improved accuracy.

Dr. Brian B. Quebbemann, one of the country’s leading experts in minimally invasive bariatric surgery, has successfully performed a single-incision vertical sleeve gastrectomy using the TransEnterix SPIDER® Surgical System.

In an agreement recently signed with Verenium, researchers at Mycosynthetix Inc. will be screening samples from their library of over 55,000 fungal species to identify enzymes to be used by Verenium to produce cost-effective biofuels.

Baker Renewable Energy is pleased to announce the completion of a Skystream 3.7 wind turbine installation in conjunction with the North Carolina Solar Center at North Carolina State University (NCSU).

Speakers include sustainability leaders in business, academia

Catalent Pharma Solutions’ industry experts will deliver scientific poster presentations this week at Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD) 2010, April 25-29 in Orlando, Florida.

Noesys Data has been selected by The Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI) Program Office to present a capability brief to TMTI Performers at the upcoming TMTI Partnership Symposium May 3-4 2010.

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Carolina Liquid Chemistries puts the science back into chemistries with development of some of the most robust reagents available.

1.5AG blood test can be run on Beckman, Olympus, Siemens Advia and other chemistry analyzers.

New Tomato Site Includes Resources on Production Guides, Integrated Pest Management, Crop Budgets and More

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The company can help extend the life of older models in need of service contracts.

Emergys Corporation, leading Business Transformation Service provider, successfully received certification by SAP of its SAP® Business All-in-One solution for small to midsize medical device manufacturers called Medical Devices 360.

The new website design features improved calls-to-action and conversion architecture. The website also provides customers and business prospects expanded Internet marketing information and educational opportunities.

Nu-Tech 2010 will include researchers from Nagoya University discussing how a new gene-based promoter can create pathogen-resistant plants.

South-Tek Systems has been awarded a new contract to supply Nitrogen Generators for a 600 MW (nominal) 2 X 1 Combined Cycle Power Plant at an existing Energy Complex of a major Utility Company.

Trana Discovery and Southern Research Institute today announced that several bioactive hits from a set of 15,000 diverse small molecule compounds screened under contract with the NIAID exhibit antiviral activity against HIV-1 infected cells.

Richard Martin, CFO of Entegrion, joined forty-four distinguished professionals as Triangle Business Leader and BDO Seidman LLP’s 2009 Top CFOs of the Triangle.

Noesys Data is focused on providing tools to reduce the time from data to knowledge, maximize information gained within each experiment, and improve research decision-making within the Safety Pharmacology, Infectious Disease, and Biodefense fields.

Entegrion, Inc., a privately owned life sciences product development company specializing in technologies for hemorrhage control, resuscitation, and tissue repair, was a winner in the 2009 New Product & Technology Awards.

Biotech Vendor Services, Inc. (BVS) is pleased to announce that our much anticipated “La Jolla Drug Development Day” will take place on Wednesday, July 22 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in La Jolla, California.

New advisory board to identify assay development opportunities for emerging and drug-resistant infectious diseases…

An article co-authored by Dr. Hans Westenburg, a senior scientist of structural characterization and analysis at Catalent Pharma Solutions, has been selected for the 2008 Jack L. Beal Award.

Michael Jenkins, PhD, general manager of Catalent’s Middleton, WI facility, will present at the BIO Process Theatre of the 2009 BIO International Convention. His talk will focus on Catalent’s GPEx technology for mammalian cell line engineering.

Two Catalent scientists, Dr. Tom Feinberg, director of structural chemistry services, and Dr. Craig Davies-Cutting, director of research and development, will host a 45-minute interactive workshop at RDD Europe 2009.

Dr. Hans Westenburg, a senior scientist of structural characterization and analysis at Catalent Pharma Solutions, will present this month at the TIDES 2009 Conference to be held in Las Vegas, NV, May 17-20, 2009.

Agency Develops Logo and Packaging for New Product

Drug discovery technology company develops tools to find new treatments for serious infectious diseases…

An article written by Ana T. Menendez, Ph.D., Senior Director of Biotechnology at Catalent Pharma Solutions, was featured in the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) March 2009 e-Newsletter and is available for download @ www.bio.org.

Ana T. Menendez, Ph.D., Senior Director of Biotechnology at Catalent Pharma Solutions, will be teaching a course titled "Bioassay Method Development and Validation" on April 2-3 in San Francisco for IBC Life Sciences.

Michael Barron, MBA, Account Director at Catalent Pharma Solutions, will be a presenter at The Center for Business Intelligence’s (CBI) 2nd Annual Conference on Comparator Studies on March 26-27, 2009 in Philadelphia, P.A.

Regional Capital Forum Selects RTP Biotech Company To Present

Brand Counsel, LLC, a brand strategy consulting firm, today announced the launch of a new brand assessment tool, called BrandScope, which helps companies evaluate the current value and relevancy of their corporate and product branding strategies.

Catalent Pharma Solutions, a worldwide leading provider of advanced technologies for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer health companies, will be featured in the upcoming April edition of Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.

MDS Nordion event information, Society of Interventional Radiology 2009 Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA

MDS Nordion on-site event information for Society of Interventional Radiology 2009 scientific meeting, San Diego, CA

Dr. Peter Johnson has joined life sciences company Entegrion as the new Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer.

Two members of Catalent's Respiratory, Analytical and Biotechnology Group will participate in the Parenteral Drug Association West Coast Chapter’s panel discussion titled “Challenges and Best Practices in Extractable and Leachables.”

Dr. Greg Bleck, the senior director of cell line engineering at Catalent Pharma Solutions, will present at the 12th Annual Pep Talk 2009 Protein Expression Conference to be held in San Diego, C.A., January 12-14, 2009.

Product Life-Cycle Signal Management Can Help Pharmaceutical Companies Protect Public Health and Product Assets

Greg Bleck, the senior director of cell line engineering at Catalent Pharma Solutions, will present this week at the 2nd International Cell Engineering Conference to be held in Santa Barbara, C.A., December 2-4, 2008.