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32950
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The pharmaceutical industry was relatively unscathed by the recession, according to Joseph E. Hoffman, Jr., plant manager of Bristol-Myers Company’s manufacturing facility in Morrisville. Demand for his plant’s products, which include pain relievers and cold medicine, are dependent on factors other than the economy. The company relies on product diversification, quality control, and ample employment opportunities.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 42 Issue 11, Nov 1984, p24-25, il, por
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36261
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East Carolina University’s Pharmaceutical Service Center, also called PSC@ECU, promised a positive economic and occupational impact on the local community and state. Among the project’s goals to ensure this positive impact: educating students and workers for the highly regulated pharmaceutical development and manufacturing environments; enabling workers to be immediately productive in complex jobs requiring multi-disciplinary skills.
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36274
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Medical advancements possible over the next decade included cryopreservation, controlling prosthetic limbs with the mind, and nanotechnology. Areas projected for improvement or further development over the next ten years included gene therapy, noninvasive technology, and cure of Dementia diseases. As for an area the author acknowledges is not clear, it involves medical ethics: when to cease providing procedures, especially where age is concerned.
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1428
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By 1995, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are projected to account for 75% of the health care market. In response to this trend, pharmaceutical firms are adjusting their business and marketing practices.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 52 Issue 2, Feb 1994, p52-57,59, il
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40020
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Along with education, ECU is making a difference in fields such as medicine, life sciences, engineering, technology, and business. Graduates are a particular boon to rural communities, most vulnerable to the economic and occupational challenges the region has known the past few decades. Another industry noted as a potential booster to a region without textiles and tobacco as occupational powerhouses is ecotourism.
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38219
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Several factors were attributed to business booming between North Carolina’s Southeast, an economic development partnership, and international firms from nations such as Australia, China, and South Africa. Among the factors were its waterways, such as Wilmington’s seaport; advantageous infrastructure, such as highway connectivity; military members that are also viewed as lucrative potential employees; comparatively lower costs, such as corporate tax rate.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 4, April 2018 , p83-84, 86, 88, 90-93 Periodical Website
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32952
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Squibb Corporation’s penicillin formulation plant in Kenly is a key part of the pharmaceutical company’s worldwide network of research laboratories, manufacturing plants and distribution centers. The Kenly plant produces antibiotics in capsule and tablet formulations. Several innovations at the plant were designed to enhance pharmaceutical manufacturing efficiency and productivity.
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3010
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Factors that include good location, quality of schools, and recruiting have combined to make the state first in the nation from 1989 to 1995 in the numbers of new and expanded pharmaceutical facilities and first in Southern biotechnology firm locations.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Aug 1996, p14-16, 18,20, il
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32948
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Health products manufacturing has become an important asset to North Carolina’s economy. A study commissioned by the North Carolina Health Products Manufacturers Association surveyed fourteen manufacturing firms which produce pharmaceuticals or medical devices. These firms are attractive because they offer high wages, increasing employment opportunities and largely pollution-free production processes.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 42 Issue 11, Nov 1984, p16-122, por, f
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29769
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The Research Triangle in North Carolina is composed of 13 counties and is the number one region in country for high-tech and biotechnology area in the country. More than 500 life-science companies from large pharmaceutical giants to small biotech startups make the Research Triangle their home.
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NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 66 Issue 9, Sept 2008, p26-27, por, map
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32448
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Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, Ltd., is a biomedical research foundation based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The foundation has a partnership with the Duke University Medical Center and Hospital, fostering collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry and medical research.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 38 Issue 4, Apr 1980, p20-55, il, por