Biotech

"If you start a biotech company in Montana, the governor and our senators take notice and will help with networking opportunities. If you are awarded an SBIR, the state of Montana will kick in matching funds too."

Funding will support the newly-established Crohn’s Disease Collaborative Research Center

Funding will help establish research capabilities at a Montana Center for Aging Research and Memory Care

"If we do nothing but say, ‘Here’s the problem,’ then the problem will continue to grow."

Even as drug-resistant bacteria pose a growing threat globally, the pipeline of new antibiotics is "virtually dry."

Cook began Bacterin in 1998 and grew it from a small contract research group into a publicly traded company with more than 150 employees and multi-million dollar revenues.

The governor touted the advantages of Montana, and said the plant could represent a $30 million investment, create hundreds of construction jobs and 55 permanent jobs, "the jobs of the future."

I’m starting this blog http://directorsblog.nih.gov/ to highlight new discoveries in biology and medicine that I think are game changers, noteworthy, or just plain cool.

The contract will go toward the company’s Phase II research into its treatment for recurring head and neck cancers.

"As a truly global healthcare company, I believe we have a responsibility to do all we can at GSK to use our resources, knowledge and expertise to help tackle serious global health challenges. However, the complexity of the science and the scale of the challenge mean that we cannot solve these problems alone."