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Companies Expand Export through VEDP Program

Afton Scientific of Albemarle County, and Mediatech of Prince William County were among the six companies from across the Commonwealth to graduate from Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program. The six companies collectively have ... read more ».

2012 General Assembly Opens in Richmond

The 140 members of the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate are back in Richmond for the 2012 legislative session, facing tough decisions on the state budget, transportation, higher education, K-12 education, state pensions and economic development initiatives. The Virginia Biotechnology ... read more ».

‘U.Va. Innovation’ to Foster new Ventures

U.Va. Innovation is a new University-wide initiative led by W. Mark Crowell, executive director of U.Va. Innovation and associate vice president for research, designed to enhance the activities of the University’s researchers and entrepreneurs and maximize the impact of innovative U.Va. ... read more ».

Oxford Provides $15M Senior Credit Facility

Oxford Finance LLC., a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare services companies based in Alexandria, announced a $15 million round of debt financing for Vitae Pharmaceuticals, a clinical‐stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing a ... read more ».

CIT GAP Funds Invests in SphynKx Therapeutics

The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) has made a $50,000 investment in Charlottesville, Va.-based SphynKx Therapeutics LLC. SphynKx focuses on the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics that target the sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) pathway in novel ways, potentially leading to ... read more ».

VA Healthcare Innovators Call for Nominations

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery is more important than ever. The healthcare industry must therefore foster and encourage progress and creativity. The 2012 Virginia Healthcare Innovators Awards honors Virginia providers ... read more ».

Video: Best Practices in Technology Transfer

Click here for the video of the January 12 VABIO Greater Richmond Bioscience Luncheon. The program,“Commercializing Translational Research: Best Practices in Technology Transfer,” was recorded before a sold out crowd of nearly 90 bioscience leaders in the Greater Richmond community. What are the ... read more ».

CIT Invests $50K in Rivanna Medical

The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) has announced a $50,000 investment in University of Virginia based start-up Rivanna Medical, a company specializing in portable, low-cost, radiation-free X-ray replacement technology based on medical ultrasound. Rivanna Medical’s proprietary ultrasound ... read more ».

Novozymes Donates $50K to Radford for Lab

Novozymes Biologicals has made a $50,000 gift to Radford University for a laboratory in the new Center for the Sciences building. The Novozymes Biology Lab will be a teaching laboratory for introductory biology courses for undergraduate students. “We are grateful to Novozymes Biologicals for ... read more ».

Jeremy Levin to Become CEO of Teva

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., has announced that Shlomo Yanai, President and CEO of Teva, plans to retire from the company effective May 2012, and that as part of a succession plan, the Board of Directors has named Dr. Jeremy Levin, a former senior executive at Bristol-Myers Squibb to succeed ... read more ».