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The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is a non-profit, public-private partnership organization located in Research Triangle Park (North Carolina, United States).Founded in 1984 by the North Carolina General Assembly, it was the first state-sponsored biotechnology initiative in the United States, merging the interests of the academic private and public sectors. [1]
According to the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, North Carolina is home to 528 biotechnology companies that provide 57,000 jobs and $1.92 billion in taxes for state and local government. [3] Employment in the industry has grown 4.1% from 2008 to 2010, when other industries shed thousands of jobs. [4]
A 2010 Battelle report commissioned by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center found that almost 47,000 biotechnology-related (direct and indirect) jobs were added during the period of 2008-2010, bringing the total jobs in North Carolina to almost 227,000 and annual compensation and benefits increased nearly $3.3 Billion. [2]
NCBiotech entered the Build Back Better Regional Challenge and proposed a new coalition aimed at offering good-paying jobs to diverse and underserved populations.
The announcement adds to Eastern North Carolina’s reputation as a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub Johnson & Johnson plans 420-worker plant in Eastern NC, as area gets another biotech boost Skip ...
[2] [3] He also holds adjunct positions in the Department of Cancer Biology (University of Kansas Medical Center) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Ulsan, S. Korea). He is the founder of the biotechnology company, BioFluidica, Inc. [4]
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As governor, Hunt was involved in a variety of efforts to promote technology and technology-based economic development, including the establishment of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He was also very successful at recruiting business to his state.