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Osmotica's Georgia expansion shows there are jobs in drug delivery
There has been a fair amount written on a story we previewed last week. With plenty of windy speechifying from politicians, including the governor of Georgia, it was announced that drug-delivery
Drug-delivery company Osmotica to announce expansion near Atlanta
The governor of Georgia is expected to announce on Thursday that global drug-delivery company Osmotica Pharmaceutical will spend about $30 million to build an R&D and manufacturing operation in
DEA confiscates Georgia's execution drug
The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized Georgia's supply of sodium thiopental , a substance used in lethal injections, amid questions over how it was imported into the state. Sodium thiopental
Georgia officials map out Atlanta R&D complex
Economic development officials in Georgia are hoping to trigger something of a biotech boom in southwest Atlanta with the creation of a 170-acre research park in the redeveloped Fort McPherson. The
Dendreon blueprints $70M Provenge facility in Atlanta
Seattle-based Dendreon has yet to get FDA marketing approval for Provenge, a next-gen therapeutic cancer vaccine, but the company has confidently blueprinted plans to build a $70 million
'Project Boss' could deliver 1,000 biotech jobs to GA
'Project Boss' may be Georgia's ticket to the big time in biotechnology. Economic development officials are playing their cards close to their vests, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle says that
Supremes ask for Obama view in vaccine case
Just how far does the vaccine shield law go? The U.S. Supreme Court wants to know. It's eyeing a Georgia Supreme Court ruling that allowed a liability suit over vaccines made by Wyeth and
Maryland, Georgia unveil new biotech programs
In other BIO-inspired announcements, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley unveiled plans for the Maryland Biotechnology Center, a one-stop shop to help the state's biotech industry. The shop will have
Georgia sees life sciences growth
A new report suggests that the life sciences industry created more than 62,000 new jobs in Georgia last year. As the state prepares to host the annual BIO meeting next month, the University of
TX, MD consider incentives following stimulus
Texas officials and leaders from the medical industry gathered earlier this week to discuss the future of the states' biotech sector. Texas has the medical facilities and money to compete globally,
