Archive for October, 2009
RTP Wrapup 10/30
Friday, October 30, 2009, 4:24 am No Comments | Post a CommentA test that assesses Tysabri’s risk of causing potentially deadly side effects could boost demand of the multiple sclerosis drug, GlaxoSmithKline is not ready to talk about efforts to develop a successor to best selling asthma medicine Advair and RTI International researchers will try to make biomass “oil.”
Chasing an idea
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 4:58 pm 1 Comment | Post a CommentThe idea came to Jeffrey Macdonald on frequent 3½-hour drives to Beaufort, where the associate biomedical engineering professor is scientific co-director at the Martin Ryan Institute for marine science.
RTP Wrapup 10/23
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 5:43 pm No Comments | Post a CommentWorries of Tysabri’s side effect risks are on the rise, BDSI goes on a publicity blitz to boost its stock and Trimeris finds a potential buyer.
RTP Weekahead 10/19
Sunday, October 18, 2009, 8:56 pm No Comments | Post a CommentEvents taking place the week of Oct. 19 in the Research Triangle area that are open to the public:
RTP symposium scores 2009 Nobel prize winner
Saturday, October 17, 2009, 5:45 pm No Comments | Post a CommentHours before Ada Yonath presented highlights of her life’s work at a symposium at the N.C. Biotechnology Center Friday, the Israeli scientist was on the phone talking about growing up poor in Jerusalem and researching protein factories in cells called ribosomes.
RTP Wrapup 10/16
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 2:40 pm No Comments | Post a CommentGlaxoSmithKline gets hit with a $2.5 million jury verdict, Talecris borrows $550 million two weeks after going public and Affiliated Computer Services plans to hire 150 at its call center in Raleigh.
Seeking solutions for health records in the clouds
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 6:21 am 1 Comment | Post a CommentNorth Carolina’s Research Triangle area has emerged as a cloud computing hot spot in the six years since MCNC in Research Triangle Park dismantled its supercomputer to network the state.
RTP Weekahead 10/12
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 5:23 pm No Comments | Post a CommentEvents taking place the week of Oct. 12 in the Research Triangle area that are open to the public:
