BNMC in the News

2008
June 2008 Building biotech regions in smaller cities
A handful of innovative economic development programs are trying to cultivate the biotechnology industry in smaller US cities and towns. The trend has forced planners to identify the key needs of the industry, and design zoning and tax incentive programs that benefit small pharmaceutical startups.
5/7/2008 Housing stays stable
Recent news that housing prices nationwide fell in February at the fastest rate ever is troubling — but not as troubling, here, as it could be. In the Buffalo Niagara region, real estate values remain steady.
5/4/2008 Heart center plan boasts best quality
The heart-vascular institute planned for the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is a $250 million project that advocates say will lay the foundation for a signature medical program capable of attracting patients and doctors from around the country.
4/17/2008 Cardiac center for Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus gets big boost
The state health commissioner has given his crucial backing to the proposed cardiovascular institute on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, generating visions of a world-class health care center downtown staffed by top physicians and offering both treatment and research.
4/11/2008 Move easy to swallow for SpartPill Corp.
SmartPill Corp. expects to move component assembly to Buffalo from Los Angeles later this year, becoming the first medical device company to manufacture on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
4/11/2008 Medcotek licenses technology developed at University at Buffalo
Medcotek Inc., a local medical software company, signed a licensing agreement this week with the University at Buffalo allowing the company to use technology newly developed by university researchers.
4/11/2008 Major heart center could be part of Kaleida-ECMC merger, but many hurdles remain
The board overseeing the consolidation of Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center endorsed a proposal Thursday to build a major center for heart, stroke and other vascular procedures downtown on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
4/6/2008 Cleveland BioLabs gets back in game
Cleveland BioLabs is back in the race to develop an anti-radiation drug for the U.S. military.
3/27/2008 Hauptman Woodward Names New CEO
The Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute has successfully recruited a new CEO from one of the nation's leading research institutions.
1/16/2008 Governor plans boost in upstate economy
ALBANY — Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer is coming to Buffalo today to outline the challenges facing the upstate economy and offer what he says will be long-term plans to boost the region. Included are new partnerships between higher education and local businesses, a $1 billion upstate development fund and $100 million to improve state parks and lure tourists to the region.
1/15/2005 Restore-NY aides medical campus expansion
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus has been promised a $4.5 million grant for renovation of the former Trico Products Corp. complex and one of many to receive state funding.
1/10/2008 $3M awarded to HWMRI scientists
Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer on Wednesday endorsed the ambitious plans for a bigger, better University at Buffalo, which will be made a focal point in the state’s game plan for resuscitating Western New York’s economy.
1/10/2008 Spitzer says state will back UB plan to grow by 40 percent
The Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute has been awarded a $3 million federal contract to conduct research on how viruses mutate and transfer between animals and humans.
2007
12/27/2007 With Housing Down, Some Buyers Spot the Boom Bypassed
The tougher the real estate market gets, the more analyzing location matters.
12/3/2007 Renaissance backs medical campus
The Renaissance Fellowship Fund has been established to support internship programs at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus research institutions.
11/18/2007 Medical Campus will quickly use part of ex-Trico complex
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus will update its master plan to incorporate the newly acquired Trico Products complex into its strategy for growth.
10/14/2007 Downtown projects are a catalyst for Buffalo
The construction crane might soon stand with the chicken wing and snow as a defining Buffalo symbol.
10/12/2007 Medical Campus synergy helped students to success
Science has a better understanding of the inner workings of cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis and other diseases and conditions thanks in a big way to the neighborly existence of researchers on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
9/21/2007 Medical campus, UB win bidding for downtown Trico, M. Wile sites
Two former manufacturing plants in downtown Buffalo have bright futures courtesy of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and the University at Buffalo.
9/07/2007 PersonaDX shows off lab for cancer tests
PersonaDX, one of three spinoff companies from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute this year, showed off its future lab for cancer tests during an open house in Buffalo Thursday.
8/31/2007 Mayor Brown says Buffalo is 'turning a corner' in fight against poverty
Mayor Byron W. Brown says he’s painfully aware that Buffalo faces severe poverty. He also knows fixing the problem will require Herculean efforts by many entities.
8/21/2007 Medical Campus recognized for development
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus has been recognized for economic achievement by a group that promotes economic and industrial development in the Northeast.
8/21/2007 Bank of American will donate $250,000 to life sciences at UB
Flexing its charitable muscles, Bank of America Corp. will announce today that it is donating $250,000 to the University at Buffalo to create a training program for entry-level and mid-level workers in life sciences.
8/17/2007 Doctors support merger of Kaleida, ECMC
The doctors at Kaleida Health System and Erie County Medical Center held their peace as the hospitals this year flirted with marriage. Now, they say it’s time to speak.
8/15/2007 Open house marks completion of $6 mission St. John Town Homes
Diane Turner was the first tenant of St. John Town Homes, a $6 million community development project that includes 28 new townhouses in a 36-block area of the Fruit Belt on Buffalo’s East Side.
8/14/2007 Holy Angels juniors use vacation to learn about computers
While other students were worrying about getting a tan or going to the pool, Holy Angels Academy students Emily Deutschman and Katherine Spears were spending two weeks of their summer learning about the intricacies of computers.
8/10/2007 Spend hospital aid wisely
Kaleida Health now is looking for $121 million from the state — hospital system restructuring money that Kaleida officials say they need to relocate doctors, nurses and medical programs from Millard Fillmore Hospital at Gates Circle to Buffalo General Hospital. The planned move, filed with the state, may happen in three years.
8/03/2007 Governor's Visit to Buffalo Goes Where Few Have Trod
In more ways than one, Gov. Eliot Spitzer's July 24 visit to Buffalo was unprecedented.
7/20/2007 Kaleida asks state for $123.5M
Kaleida Health has asked Albany for $123.5 million to fund a three-part plan that would help the health-care provider partially comply with state mandates to close or reconfigure services and pursue joint operations with Erie County Medical Center.
7/16/2007 Federal Funds Flow to Fruit Belt
Plans by Buffalo officials to develop the city's Fruit Belt neighborhood will be receiving federal assistance.
7/12/2007 Test Developed for Chromosome Defect
Empire Genomics LLC is months away from selling its first commercial product -- a test that quickly detects genetic causes of diseases or medical conditions.
7/02/2007 Evidence of Buffalo's Rebirth is All Around Us
Something’s happening in downtown Buffalo — a growing vibrancy that downtown has not known for years. Buffalo is returning to life.
6/20/2007 Kinex Pharmaceuticals Files Investigational New Drug Application for Novel Src Kinase Inhibitor, KX2-391
5/30/2007 Then and Now: 50 High Street
5/11/2007 On this day, May 11, 1846, University of Buffalo relocated from Allentown; today it has returned!
5/6/2007 The trickle of good jobs has begun
5/2/2007 M&T gives Canisius $500,000 challenge
5/1/2007 With clock ticking, JCC seeks option
4/20/2007 BNMC: A City within a City, The Best Medical-Science Brains 100 Acres Can Hold
4/12/2007 Can infrastructure improve activity levels?
3/26/2007 Study by Buffalo researcher suggests many angioplasties are unnecessary
1/31/2007 Planner says UB has designs on downtown
1/23/2007 Cleveland BioLabs Chief Scientist Andrei Gudkov Discusses Recent Stem Cell Discovery and Partnership With Roswell Park Cancer Institute With Firestocks.Com
1/22/2007 Toronto Company Locates in Buffalo Niagara Region to Partner with Region's Biotech Industry
1/19/2007 Roswell Park's First Spinoff Will Develop Genetic Test
1/18/2007 Biomed Momentum Continues
1/18/2007 New Company Formed by RPCI, Boston Firm
1/12/2007 Cleveland BioLabs Enters Strategic Partnership With Roswell Park Cancer Institute
1/12/2007 Renowned Scientist Recruited by Roswell
Jan/Feb 2007 Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus—Reversing the Trend of "Big Plans Gone Awry"


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