NCBio is undergoing a rebranding to NCLifeSci, which will reflect the expansion of the state’s ecosystem. Students and alumni from Wake Tech and Durham Tech participated in a massive life sciences jobs fair in Raleigh. Several RTP companies prepare for presentations at CHEST in Hawaii and Syneos Health announced a new CEO.
Weekly Quick Hits (BHCR) – Week of October 2, 2023 Nominations for BioBuzz’s Annual Awards are open, and there are plenty of leaders and projects to tout. Who will you [….]
At BioBuzz, community is at the very heart of who we are as a company, and as people, and the Baltimore community is particularly part of who we are because it’s our home. This week we want to celebrate the spirit of Pava LaPere, a Baltimore community leader and Tech CEO who we lost from our community this past week. We want to honor what she lived for because she was a beacon of good in the world. She lived to build, explore, and inspire others – which she did. She believed in the power of community and ecosystems to do good. She was on a mission to help ecosystems flourish by being more open and more equitable – which she was accomplishing through her company, EcoMap. Our team knew Pava’s smile and her unparalleled capacity for sharing information and inspiration in equal doses, and we’ll honor her with our work and carry her spirit of community forward as best we can.
RTP will see a first-of-its-kind life sciences campus with HUB RTP. The new site will include offices, lab space, retail sites and even residential units. Pfizer will re-open its manufacturing facility in Rock Mount that was damaged by a tornado earlier this year. This will restore the flow of essential medicines used by hospitals across the country.
Temple researcher receives $2.5 million funding for alcohol and e-cigarette research, The Innovation Space marks $1 billion raised by sponsor companies and more Philadelphia Region life science stories.
We’re making news lately, with Baltimore TV channels coming to our City Garage HQ during the job fair BioBuzz held in collaboration with laid-off Emergent BioSolutions workers. We also heard poignant news from our friends at UpSurge, reminding us that our community of innovators are people first, many of whom are motivated by personal or family health issues that drive them to improve patient care and quality of life.
Two biopharma companies with deep ties to North Carolina saw setbacks this week. Nighthawk Biosciences announced plans to scale back operations and lay off 14% of its employees and a Novo Nordisk manufacturing facility in the state was flagged by the FDA for quality control issues. On the research front, researchers at N.C. State and UNC made strides on environmental and neurological fronts.
Wistar Institute finds possible new treatment for triple-negative breast cancer, Penn researchers develop possible vaccine against Lyme disease and more life science news for the Philly Region.
Baltimore shot to the top of the charts of a new national ranking of underdog life science hubs this week, showing the country what regional ecosystem members already know–that the life science community is coalescing and growing in amplified, shared value. The regional ripple effect continues, with activity from the D.C. sphere and out to Frederick joining multiple public and private institutions in active collaborations. As innovation activity and regulatory stimuli come from places like Johns Hopkins and CDC, researchers and business leaders are teaming up to expedite delivery of leading solutions to patients, not least with a new wave of COVID vaccines.
It has been a busy week for RTP life sciences companies heading into the last part of the year. TARGAN opened a new manufacturing facility in a converted 100,000 square-foot former grocery store. The National Sciences Foundation backed N.C. A&T’s quantum research programs with $5 million and the N.C. Board of Science, Technology & Innovation provided funding for dozens of small life sciences companies in RTP and across the state.
