NCLifeSci Blog

Newton talks organizational leadership, culture and complacency at Annual Dinner

At the 2023 NCLifeSci Annual Dinner, Sen. Paul Newton, co-chair of the Life Sciences Caucus in the NC General Assembly, shared his insights on leadership, culture and complacency in organizations. Key takeaways from Newton’s talk were prioritize long-term thinking when investing in... Continue Reading

40-year pharma veteran Monteith to direct Biomanufacturers Forum

William “Bill” Monteith has been selected by the NC Life Sciences Organization as the new program director for the organization’s Biomanufacturers Forum. Over the course of his 42-year career, Monteith has overseen the construction of and served as site head of at least six... Continue Reading

Five NC community college students awarded 2023 Taylor life sciences scholarship

2023 Taylor Scholarship recipients Lila Bradshaw and Stephanie Alston at the NCLifeSci Annual Meeting Five community college students have been awarded the prestigious Samuel M. Taylor Memorial Life Sciences Scholarship, providing up to $3,000 per student to offset the cost of tuition, fees... Continue Reading

Life Sciences Caucus chairs field questions at Legislative Forum

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

Study projects extensive damage to drug development, jobs from drug-pricing policies

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

2022 Legislative Reception (photo gallery)

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

Collaboration and statewide support make North Carolina a thriving hub of urgently needed innovation

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

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

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

At Legislative Luncheon, legislators encourage NCBIO members to make industry needs known

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

Second class of Sam Taylor life sciences scholarship recipients named

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 

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