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- DataFlux Receives Patent for Management Technology
- Adherex Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Melanoma Treatment
- Metrics Doubling Its Greenville Operations
- Precision Biosciences Receives Grant for Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic
- onePAC Offers New Customized Prescription Packaging
- Taproot Develops Software for Texas Instruments
- NCSU Scientists Discover Promising Particles
- Japanese University to Open Tech Transfer Office
- Startups at NCSU Incubator Boost Economy
DataFlux Receives Patent for Management Technology
Cary software company DataFlux (www.dataflux.com) ,
was granted a patent for a technology platform that allows
customers to build a single framework to analyze, improve
and control the quality of corporate information. The patent-holders
are DataFlux CEO Tony Fisher, CTO Scott Gidley and lead
developers Brian Rineer and Brent Jackson.
DataFlux is a CED member.
Adherex Receives Orphan Drug Designation for
Melanoma Treatment
Adherex Technologies (www.adherex.com),
a Durham biopharmaceutical company specializing in cancer
treatments, received the Food and Drug Administration’s
orphan drug designation for ADH-1, a drug used for malignant
melanoma. Adherex will add two additional centers, Lehigh
Valley and H. Lee Moffitt, to join the ongoing Phase IIb
trial.
Adherex Technologies is a CED member.
Metrics Doubling Its Greenville Operations
With the help of a $150,000 One North Carolina Fund grant,
lab services firm Metrics (www.metricsinc.com) is undergoing
an $18 million expansion in Greenville. The plans include
a 47,000-square-foot addition, an increase in drug handling
capabilities and a 40 percent increase in lab capacity.
Metrics plans to create 77 new jobs as part of the grant
agreement.
Precision Biosciences Receives Grant for Cystic
Fibrosis Therapeutic
Triangle-based Precision BioSciences, Inc. (www.precisionbiosciences.com)
received a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute. The award will enable the company to
initiate pre-clinical research into a cystic fibrosis therapeutic
using the firm’s Directed Nuclease Editor technology. The
goal is to direct the correction of the human CFTR gene
responsible for Cystic Fibrosis, according to the company’s
CEO.
Precision BioSciences is a CED member.
onePAC Offers New Customized Prescription Packaging
Durham-based Parata Systems (www.parata.com)
launched the onePAC prescription package system that seals
medicines in arthritic-friendly clear plastic packets custom-printed
with the person's name; day and time of dose; medication
names, strengths and descriptions; and other details to
help a patient take the right medications at the right time.
Taproot Develops Software for Texas Instruments
Morrisville software developer TapRoot Systems (www.TapRootSystems.com) created several software programs for Texas Instruments' users to access Linux programming faster on their handheld processors. TapRoot created the software for TI’s OMAP35x platform to support Wireless LAN, cellular connectivity, WiMAX, and board support package development.
TapRoot Systems Inc. is a CED member.
NCSU Scientists Discover Promising Particles
Wolfpack
researchers have demonstrated that microscopic "two-faced" spheres,
called Janus particles, can move when an alternating electrical
field is applied to liquid surrounding the particles. These
potential "smart" materials could be used as microscopic
mixers, molecular "shuttles,"
microsensors or a means of targeted drug delivery.
N.C. State University is a CED member.
Japanese University to Open Tech Transfer Office
Nagoya University announced it will open a technology transfer
office in North Carolina in partnership with the state’s
Department of Commerce. Staff will be housed at the Department
of Commerce until the university acquires space in the Research
Triangle later this year. The center is designed to serve
as a bridge between developers of technology and patents
in Japan and companies in North Carolina. Other partners
in the effort include North Carolina State University and
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Department of Commerce, N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill are CED members.
Startups at NCSU Incubator Boost Economy
Start-up companies from the N.C. State Technology Incubator
(techincubator.ncsu.edu) on the Centennial Campus pumped
$76 million into the state economy last year, according
to a new study by RTI International (www.rti.org).
Companies currently housed in the incubator created almost
900 jobs and contributed $6.5 million to state and local
tax revenue in 2007. Twenty-six companies have graduated
from the incubator and most still operate in the Triangle.