(Raleigh, N.C.) The second annual North Carolina, “Quality in BioPharma” Conference will be held May 20-21st 2010 at the Bioprocessing Technical Education Center at the Centennial Campus, NCSU in Raleigh, NC. The focus of the two-day event will be Environmental Monitoring in Biomanufacturing, and will have noteworthy talks, discussions, and networking events for professionals involved in the Quality, Manufacturing, Environmental Microbiology, and Process Engineering areas of the industry. James C. Greenwood, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be speaking about the advancement of the biotechnology industry and how President Obama and the Congress are impacting the industry through legislation on healthcare reform, biosimilars, comparative effectiveness, reimbursement, FDA approval, SBIR and taxes and how BIO is working to shape public policy.

This conference follows on the successes of the 2009 Environmental Monitoring Conference held last June at United Therapeutics Corporation (www.unither.com) in Research Triangle Park. A strong focus will be placed on sharing best practices and hosting a number of round table discussions that started with the first annual event.

Register early to receive discounts from the sponsor companies and receive free access to industry updates. The fee is $49 prior to March 31st and $249 until the conference begins. Professional groups and non-profit organizations are encouraged to attend and receive a display table at no cost. Registration is now open and can be found at www.BiotestUSA.com/micro

A speakers’ agenda and schedule for the conference will be available soon. Please contact the event Chairperson Stew Jason at (910) 232-5984 or stew.jason@biotestusa.com with any questions or topics of interest to cover.

Biotest Diagnostics Corporation (BDC) supports sales and marketing activities for product groups in the United States. For environmental monitoring, the Microbiology product line includes RCS Microbial Air Samplers, APC Airborne Particle Counters and heipha culture media. Biotest Diagnostics Corporation is located in Rockaway, New Jersey and is a subsidiary of German based Biotest AG located in Dreieich, Germany.

The Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) at North Carolina State University is a member of North Carolina’s largest Biomanufacturing training consortium, NCBIOIMPACT, and is located on NC State University’s Centennial Campus, close to the renowned North Carolina Research Triangle Park (RTP). The BTEC facility is the largest facility of its kind in the world and utilizes the same equipment used by the world’s leading Biomanufacturing companies. BTEC is also an international center of excellence for the development of the next generation of cell protein and cell engineering techniques, bioreactors, downstream processes, and technologies for high throughput on-line analysis and optimization.