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Pharmaceuticals now top NC export, majority of exports to China
NC’s biopharmaceutical industry, which directly employs just 0.31% of the state’s approximately 11 million residents, produced 20% of its export value in 2024.
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Biotech company Genentech breaks ground on Holly Springs facility
San Francisco-based Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, held a groundbreaking ceremony in Holly Springs Monday morning to mark the start of construction of its first East Coast manufacturing facility.
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Biogen is the latest entrant in NC’s corporate investment surge
Biogen Inc. announced July 21 its plans for investing $2 billion in its manufacturing facilities located within North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park (RTP).
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Biotech boom in North Carolina tied to national security, say industry leaders
Federal commission advocates for continued investment in biotech manufacturing.
Opinion
Congress must support ‘EPIC’ legislation to protect NC life sciences
Trump signed an executive order urging Congress to end the investment distortion the pill penalty creates — a step in the right direction to bring new medications to patients’ medicine cabinet.
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Pharmaceutical company to build manufacturing facility in NC
Pharmaceutical company Genentech is expected to come to Holly Springs, with assistance from a JDIG grant.
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House agricultural committee approves bills on manufacturing, taxes
House committee approves a bill supporting agricultural manufacturing and another using excess tax revenue to fund grant programs for eligible farmers.
Opinion
Winston-Salem is top hub for biotech innovation. But can they make it last?
This presents a massive economic development opportunity for Winston-Salem. Unlike industries like banking or tech, once biotech companies build manufacturing facilities, they don’t leave.
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Amgen breaks ground on Holly Springs expansion
Biotechnology company Amgen broke ground on its $1 billion Holly Springs manufacturing facility on Friday. The Wake County expansion is both a recipient of county incentives and a state Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) supported by taxpayer funds. “We thought long and hard about where to build this plant,” said Bob Bradway, Amgen CEO, during the groundbreaking....
Opinion
America has a chance to regain the innovation lead
Like it or not, the United States and China are locked in high-stakes global competition over trade, technology, and national security. Ironically, at this crucial time, China appears to have found an unwitting ally in the US Supreme Court. The challenge couldn’t be more serious. But if Congress can move with bipartisan resolve, a legislative...
Opinion
What A Successful Program!
Advocates of corporate welfare appear to believe that the laws of economics don’t apply to economic-development activities.
Opinion
Technological Treats for Our Pets
As the owner of four furry felines, I am grateful to the responsiveness of the market to the needs of pet owners. Some products are frivolous, some essential; many are technological marvels. It is a testament to the responsiveness of technological innovation to human needs that we can treat our pets so well.
