Conference To Link Life Science Entrepreneurs With Disease Foundations

Isaac-Davy Aronson and Laura Candler — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:00:00 +0000

Biotech researchers and entrepreneurs from across the region will gather for a networking conference intended to link researchers to funding partners this week. The first Southeast Venture Philanthropy Summit will take place at the at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill April 3-4, and more than 30 foundations will attend, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The summit seeks to help local companies tap into philanthropic venture capital.

N.C. Biotech Sector Is Fastest Growing In The Nation

Gurnal Scott — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:25:17 +0000

Biotechnology leaders in North Carolina are encouraged by a new survey's results. Officials with the Batelle Technology Partnership say North Carolina's biotech -- or life sciences sector is the third largest in the nation -- behind only California and Massachusetts. Numbers show that while the state's economy has struggled, biotech has continued to prosper. The state's biotech industry has grown 23-and-a-half percent from 2001 to 2010..faster than any other state. Norris Tolson is C-E-O of the

NC Biotechnology Center

Conference To Link Life Science Entrepreneurs With Disease Foundations

N.C. Biotech Sector Is Fastest Growing In The Nation