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01/23/2023
Curate Biosciences launches its first product to transform cell therapy manufacturing costs and performance
Curate Biosciences announced the commercial launch of its Curate® Cell Processing System. The first-of-its-kind Curate System produces better starting materials for CAR-T cancer therapies and other cell therapies. Its exceptionally gentle microfluidic process recovers about 90% of white blood cells with elimination of more than 90% of red cells and 99% of platelets from patient-sourced …
01/23/2023
Nonprofit drug maker to begin manufacturing this year at $140M Petersburg plant
Richmond, VA (Richmond Bizsense/ January 23, 2023 – A Utah-based nonprofit pharmaceutical manufacturer is gearing up to kick off production at its new Petersburg plant about two years after breaking ground. With construction largely complete on the $140 million facility, Civica Rx expects to start making insulin there this year, Senior Vice President Allan Coukell …
01/20/2023
$100M donor gift to launch U.Va. biotech institute
Charlottesville, VA, /Virginia Business/ – The University of Virginia will build a biotechnology institute funded with a $100 million donation from Charlottesville investor Paul Manning and his wife, Diane, the university announced Friday. Along with the Mannings’ gift, U.Va. will contribute $150 million, and the state has allocated $50 million in initial investments for the institute …
01/20/2023
Mason collaboration receives $3.2 million to help military personnel combat hemorrhagic diseases
Fairfax, VA – Deployed military personnel frequently face numerous health and safety hazards as part of their daily activities in service to their nation. Among many dangers is the possibility of encountering hemorrhagic fever viruses (HFVs), a group of highly infectious pathogens such as the Ebola virus. Many of these diseases do not currently have …
01/20/2023
PS-Fertility, maker of a male fertility test, to establish HQ outside Charlottesville
Life sciences startup PS-Fertility Inc. will invest $1.4 million to build out a headquarters and laboratory in Albemarle County, the office of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. PS-Fertility is aiming to commercialize a male fertility diagnostic that was originally developed at the University of Virginia. The company will lease 4,000 square feet at 3030 …
01/10/2023
Forest man invents device to control flow of fentanyl from patches
Forest, VA /The News and Advance/ – In 2011, Forest resident and former auditor Neil Jackson was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma — a type of cancer that affects the bones and joints. It is a rare cancer that accounts for about 20% of bone tumors. After undergoing life-threatening surgery and surviving, Jackson, now 73, was …