Virtual look at UAlbany’s planned RNA Institute
There is a story in today’s Times Union about the RNA Institute planned for the University at Albany. Here is a virtual walk-through to have a look at at… Construction is due to start in July, and it...
View ArticleMushroom eco-biz spreads in Green Island
Ecovative Design held a ribbon-cutting today for their new manufacturing space in their plant on Cohoes Avenue. The expansion will allow the company, which makes packaging materials from an mix of...
View ArticleSally Temple awarded $3M in stem cell research grants
Sally Temple, co-founder and scientific director of the Neural Stem Cell Institute (NSCI) is the recipient of the Senior Scholar in Aging Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation in Bethesda, Md. The...
View ArticleRegeneron had profit on strength of new eye drug
Drug developer and manufacturer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday it earned $76.7 million in the second quarter and expects to be profitable for the year. It posted a loss of $62.5 million a...
View ArticleAmerica Bio Medica reports mixed results for quarter, first half
Kinderhook-based American Bio Medica Corp. on Tuesday reported a slight decline in second-quarter sales and a loss, but an increase in first half sales, and a narrower loss than in the year-earlier...
View ArticleRPI, UAlbany and Albany Med team up on biomedical research
Three of the region’s leading research institutions are banding together in an alliance to accelerate biomedical research. Officials from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Albany Medical Center and the...
View ArticleGE, UAlbany East Campus get $1M grants
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on Thursday was awarded $1 million in state funds by Empire State Development to purchase advanced calibration equipment used by biotech and...
View ArticleAlbany’s Hocus Locus gets ENYA investment
Hocus Locus, a life sciences company based at the University at Albany’s East Campus, has received an investment from the Eastern New York Angels, an early-stage seed investment fund. Hocus Locus...
View ArticleFrench pharma giant to raise stake in Regeneron
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which is expanding its plant in East Greenbush, announced that French drugmaker Sanofi will be upping its purchase of Regeneron stock. Regeneron and Sanofi have been...
View ArticleAMRI reports smaller loss on higher revenues, and shares surge
Albany Molecular Research Inc. shares surged Tuesday after it reported it narrowed its net loss for 2012 to $3.8 million from $32.3 million in 2011 as revenues increased 9 percent to $226.7 million...
View ArticleRegeneron #4 on Forbes list of most innovative companies
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the Tarrytown-based company that has its manufacturing operations in East Greenbush, was named the fourth most innovative company by Forbes magazine in its 2013 ranking....
View ArticleAMRI awarded contract from UK government
Albany Molecular Research Inc.’s United Kingdom subsidiary in Wales has received a seven-year contract for the development and manufacture of an active ingredient by the Defense Science and Technology...
View ArticleCeremony Tuesday in memory of American Bio Medica founder
Stan W. Cipkowski, the founder and long-time chief executive officer of Kinderhook-based drug test-kit maker American Bio Medica Corp., died Thursday at his home in Melrose. Cipkowski had just stepped...
View ArticleRevenues grow at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the Tarrytown-based company with its manufacturing operations in East Greenbush, said Tuesday sales grew to $597 million in the third quarter from $428 million a year earlier...
View ArticleAMRI says Burlington FDA warning letter lifted
Albany Molecular Research Inc. said Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had lifted a 2010 warning letter issued following concerns over its Burlington, Mass. aseptic fill and finish...
View ArticleRegeneron wins two industry awards in London
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Tarrytown with its manufacturing operations in East Greenbush, received two honors at the SCRIP Intelligence awards event last week in London. The...
View ArticleRensselaer biotech firm lands $1.5 million federal grant
Rensselaer-based Pulmokine today announced it has a $1.5 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to help develop an inhaler to treat...
View ArticleTaconic appoints new chief executive
Taconic, which provides genetically engineered mice for use in drug research and preclinical development, has named Robert J. Rosenthal its new chief executive officer. Rosenthal succeeds interim CEO...
View ArticleMedTech companies, researchers to meet in Albany
MedTech Association, an organization of pharmaceutical, bioscience and medical technology companies, suppliers, service providers and research universities, will hold its annual conference next month...
View ArticleUAlbany researcher awarded $1.43 million grant on stem cells and cancer
University at Albany biologist Prashanth Rangan has received a $1.43 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for his research into differentiation in stem cells as part of efforts to find...
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