Four Georgia research and health care organizations are partnering to form a center that will help develop medical technologies and bring them to market. The Global Center for Medical Innovation...
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Posted inArchive, Education
Costa Rican Sustainable Agriculture Center Seeks Atlanta Support
Atlanta-based Tropics Foundation President Wayne Reece called on Georgia’s business community to support a sustainable agriculture research center in Costa Rica that has proven instrumental in alleviating poverty in developing...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Hong Kong Boosts BIO Presence at Atlanta Convention
Hong Kong isn’t content to be an observer when it comes to biotechnology. The Chinese city and special administrative region followed the lead of Asian nations like Malaysia, Singapore and...
Posted inArchive, Business
U.S. and EU Share Pains of Global Recession
Georgia’s U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson and the European Commission’s Anthony Smallwood both see no quick solution to the current global financial crisis, but they came to understand its extent in...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
Guest Commentary: Latin American Real Estate to Come Back
The return of pension funds and international investors to Latin America by the end of 2009 will signal the re-emergence of the region’s real estate market in 2010, according to...
Posted inArchive, Economic Development
States Need More Than Money to Attract Biofuel Companies
Cash is always good, but biofuel companies are looking to states for more than financial incentives when deciding where to build their plants. They need capital to combat big infrastructure...
Posted inArchive, Business
India’s Biotech Industry Growing Along With China
While the economic downturn caused some countries and companies to trim their delegations to 2009 BIO International Convention, India sent its largest group ever to the annual conference. Many Indian...
Posted inArchive, Business
Chinese City’s Delegation Mixes BIO, Business
The Chinese city of Hangzhou is looking to “join hands” with Atlanta in economic partnership, the city’s Deputy Mayor Tong Guili said at the Metro Atlanta Chamber May 19. Ms....
Posted inArchive, Business
AIDS Is Winning, Elton John Tells Biotech Conference
The world is losing the fight against HIV/AIDS, musician Sir Elton John told an international biotechnology conference in Atlanta Tuesday. “Despite our many advances and despite your laudable work, HIV/AIDS...
Posted inArchive, Business
Emory, Australian Institute Form Vaccine Program
Emory University and the Queensland Institute for Medical Research in Australia are forming a research alliance to develop new vaccines for infectious diseases and cancers. The partnership, funded initially with...