Science and Enterprise

Tag: biotechnology

  • Acute Radiation Syndrome Drug Granted FDA Fast Track Status

    Cleveland BioLabs Inc., a biotechnology company in Buffalo, New York, today announced that CBLB502, a drug developed for the treatment of acute radiation syndrome (ARS), has been granted fast track status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CBLB502 is derived from a microbial protein that can reduce injury from acute stresses, such as…

  • Biotech Company Delivers Algae-based Jet Fuel to U.S. Navy

    Solazyme Inc. in South San Francisco, California has delivered 1,500 gallons of 100 percent algae-based jet fuel for the U.S. Navy’s testing and certification program. The delivery fulfills a contract awarded to Solazyme in September 2009. The Navy previously announced its objective to operate at least 50 percent of its fleet on renewable fuel by…

  • Biotech-Manufacturing Partnership to Open Biodiesel Pilot Plant

    Novozymes, a Danish maker of industrial enzymes, and Piedmont Biofuels, a biofuels manufacturer and coop in Pittsboro, North Carolina, will unveil tomorrow a new pilot plant demonstrating improved process for the production of biodiesel. The companies say this is the first pilot plant of its kind in the United States and uses a new method…

  • Genzyme to Expand its Suburban Boston Campus

    Genzyme Corporation, a biotech company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, plans to double the size of its manufacturing and research facilities in nearby Framingham, according to a story by Scott Van Voorhis in yesterday’s Boston Globe. The plan involves doubling the size of that facility and adding up to 1,000 new jobs, according to a company executive…