(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, a leader in analytical instrumentation for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, has launched a YouTube channel, YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV, to shine the spotlight on quality control issues leading to drug recalls and shortages in the United States and new applications of existing technology which can help solve this devastating problem. Additionally, the company has updated its seminal website, www.mustardtree.com, with new interactive features and information about its industry-renowned leadership team; at-line instrumentation products; and an overview of Raman spectroscopy. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has awarded $1 million in grants to university scientists pursuing improved identification of prostate cancer, developing new membranes and mechanisms for improved drug therapies, and using genetics to improve swine health policy. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) A $30,000 loan from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center is helping NovaTarg grow in the Research Triangle Park area. NovaTarg, founded in Durham in 2009, is developing novel pharmaceutical products targeting liver diseases and diabetes.  The company received a $30,000 Company Inception Loan from the Biotech Center. The loan will help position it for raising outside funding that can advance its experimental therapies into clinical trials. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Mustard Tree Instruments®, the leader in analytical instrumentation for the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, has strengthened its executive team with the promotion of Peter Cregger to the position of Chief Operations Officer. Cregger will be responsible for manufacturing, engineering, software development, and project management for hardware and software products such as the VTT-1000 multi-variant testing device. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) CED, the Southeast’s largest entrepreneurial support organization, today opened registration for partnering sessions at the CED Life Science Conference 2012, scheduled for February 15-16 at the Raleigh Convention Center. The partnering sessions will be open to all conference participants, and priority consideration will be given to those who register early. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Todd Blonshine, CEO of Mustard Tree Instruments® addressed an audience of over 75 members of the pharmaceutical, life sciences, and affiliated market sectors in the Research Triangle Park region as the featured speaker for November’s Innovation in RTP event. In his presentation, “Drug Shortages and Recalls: Redefining Quality Control in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry with A Purpose” Blonshine discussed the challenges of quality control issues with raw materials in the drug manufacturing process and how his company is helping to alleviate the strain on manufacturers through its innovations in analytical testing instrumentation. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) John L. Atkins III, FAIA, Chairman, C.E.O. and co-founder of O’Brien/Atkins Associates PA, a multidisciplinary design services firm, has been elected chairman of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Board of Directors. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) announced that Samuel P. Sears, Jr. has been appointed as an independent director of the Company effective October 21, 2011. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) North Carolina agricultural biotechnology company BioResource International, Inc. (www.briworldwide.com) announces today that Dr. Patrick Biggs has joined the company as an animal nutritionist. This is the first of several positions that BRI will add based on 2011 sales projections. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) North Carolina agricultural biotechnology company BioResource International, Inc. (www.briworldwide.com) has announced that Chairman and CEO Giles Shih, Ph.D has accepted a three-year appointment to The North Carolina Agricultural Biotechnology Advisory Council. Shih will join 21 industry leaders from businesses and universities, as well as government and private organizations across North Carolina. (more…)

(Chapel Hill, N.C.) PharPoint Research, Inc., a leading drug development service provider offering biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies expertise in project management, clinical monitoring, data management and biostatistics services, announces that it is expanding and has relocated their Chapel Hill, NC operations to new office space on Miami Boulevard in Durham, NC in the heart of the Research Triangle Park. (more…)

(Washington, D.C. & Raleigh, N.C.) The 2011 BIO International Convention, one of the most influential global tradeshows for biotechnology, wrapped-up its recent run in Washington, D.C. It boasted an attendance of 15,626, up slightly from 15,322 a year ago and 14,352 in 2009. International competition for developing business opportunities was tough: Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Korea, Belgium, China, Japan, Spain and Australia all sent large delegations to make important connections. The U.S. countered with many states — including North Carolina — hosting centralized pavilions at the event to generate publicity and drive partnering meetings for multiple exhibitors and sponsors. So how did North Carolina fare? (more…)