Life Sciences Caucus chairs field questions at Legislative Forum NCBIO President Laura Gunter, Sen. Mike Woodard, Rep. Robert Rieves, Rep. Donna White and Joe Lanier, principal at Milestone Strategies Don’t expect a state budget anytime soon, encourage... Continue Reading
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A new study estimates that there would be 237 fewer FDA approvals of new medicines over the next decade and 1.1 million lost jobs if proposals to expand government-mandated drug pricing policies are implemented. The policies include allowing Medicare to set prices for specific drugs five years... Continue Reading
NCBIO held its 2022 Legislative Reception on Wednesday, June 22, at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. The event was well attended by NCBIO members who were joined by a number of state senators, including Life Science Caucus Co-Chair Sen. Mike Woodard and Sens. Lisa Barnes,... Continue Reading
The rarest day on the calendar is the one that does not even occur in every year: February 29. In 2008, this was designated as Rare Disease Day and since then, the last day of February has been an opportunity to draw attention to, honor and support people living with these... Continue Reading
Where things stand with the TRIPS waiver It’s been a while since we’ve talked about what’s going on at the WTO. Here’s the latest news — and why extending the waiver of COVID-19 vaccine IP is still a bad idea. The status: The World Trade Organization... Continue Reading
Expanding COVID IP waiver would harm small, medium enterprises, CSBA says Every member of the Council of State Bioscience Associations signed a letter to President Joe Biden expressing serious concerns with the proposed expansion of IP protections for COVID technology. In June, the... Continue Reading
Milestone Strategy's Joe Lanier and NCBIO President Laura Gunter moderate a panel comprising the chairs of the NC Life Sciences Caucus Sen. Mike Woodard, Rep. Donna White, Rep. Robert Reives and Sen. Paul Newton on Aug. 31. The co-chairs of the NC Life Sciences Caucus talked about workforce... Continue Reading
Taylor scholarship recipients Stephanie Alston, Gage Lindley and Ayonna Sawyer at the 2022 NCBIO Annual Meeting The second class of recipients of the Samuel M. Taylor Memorial Life Sciences Scholarship in the NC Community Colleges Foundation has been named. This year, five scholarships have... Continue Reading
Part D drug price “negotiation” comes at cost of jobs, investment, cures Update: The House passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Friday, Aug. 12. This past weekend, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Included in the law is a provision that gives... Continue Reading
Moderator Marlene Spritzer (Lee & Associates), Joel Gates (Azzur Group), Amy Watkins (Lincoln Harris) and Greg Capps (Longfellow Real Estate Partners) Lab Space Forum sponsors Stone Alexander and Marlene Spritzer (Lee & Associates), Joel Gates (Azzur Group), Carrie Kleinle Nye... Continue Reading
Leaders from public and private universities, businesses, nonprofits, trade associations and state government have joined forces to bring the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health headquarters to North Carolina. ARPA-H recently received $1 billion in inaugural funding from Congress... Continue Reading
NCBIO's John Wagner and Merck's Vinay Khanna at the June 1 NCBIO Biomanufacturers Forum Representatives of Merck and NCBIO discussed the supply-chain difficulties and issues the COVID-19 pandemic created for the bioscience industry at the quarterly NCBIO Biotech Manufacturers Forum meeting... Continue Reading