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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed the conference report for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Act which provides funding for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and related agencies for the upcoming fiscal year. This legislation includes $2.963 million requested by Rep. Herseth Sandlin for important agriculture-related projects in South Dakota, listed below. This legislation also provides $2.25 million in funding for the Sun Grant Initiative, administered by SDSU, which was authorized as a federal program through the Farm Bill passed last year. The Sun Grant Initiative conducts important research that holds tremendous potential to improve the domestic supply of renewable energy.
The bill was passed by the House in July and the Senate in August, and differences in the two versions were worked out in a conference committee. Following House passage, it is anticipated that the Senate will agree to the conference report and send it to the President for his signature.
“South Dakota State University is leading the way in conducting vital research that benefits farmers and ranchers across the country and supports our country’s efforts to diversify its energy economy,” Rep. Herseth Sandlin said. “I’m proud to once again support these projects and look forward to continuing my work with SDSU to advance these priorities that hold so much potential for our state’s rural community and the country as a whole.“Read Full Article
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
South Dakota lacks the national exposure of more populous states like California, Texas, New York and Massachusetts that are more known as business hotbeds. But the state is quietly making a name for itself as an affordable, less regulated alternative for companies looking for a Midwestern site.
South Dakota has the lowest per capita state taxes in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Milken Institute economic think tank ranked the state as having the lowest cost of doing business in the country in a 2007 report. Last year Forbes magazine and CNBC both ranked South Dakota as the best state for business. South Dakota has also been ranked among the top states in the nation in business climate, corporate business climate and having a business-friendly state legislature.
The state doesn’t have corporate income taxes, personal property or income taxes, business inventory taxes or inheritance taxes.Read Full Article
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
South Dakota must overcome what university president James Abbott characterized as an inferiority complex if it’s to produce college graduates who can grow a biotechnology industry that’s already taken root.
Abbott and others speaking at the 4th South Dakota Biotechnology Summit said a strong academic foundation and support from government and industry are needed as well.
James Greenwood, president and chief executive officer of the Biotechnology Industry Organization of Washington, D.C., noted his field’s unlimited potential in the use of biology to solve problems in encouraging South Dakota to develop itself as a research hub.Read Full Article
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
South Dakota must overcome what university president James Abbott characterized as an inferiority complex if it’s to produce college graduates who can grow a biotechnology industry that’s already taken root.
Abbott and others speaking at the 4th South Dakota Biotechnology Summit said a strong academic foundation and support from government and industry are needed as well.
James Greenwood, president and chief executive officer of the Biotechnology Industry Organization of Washington, D.C., noted his field’s unlimited potential in the use of biology to solve problems in encouraging South Dakota to develop itself as a research hub.Read Full Article
posted in: News, South Dakota
Monday, September 14, 2009
A biotech conference scheduled in Sioux Falls is expected to draw scientists, educators and a former congressman.
James Greenwood, who represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House for a dozen years, is now president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization in Washington, D.C.
The South Dakota Biotechnology Summit and Trade Show is set Sept. 17 at the Ramkota in Sioux Falls. It is sponsored by the South Dakota Biotech Association.Read Full Article
posted in: News, South Dakota
Friday, September 11, 2009
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--(Business Wire)--
“Investing in Biotechnology for Life, Food and Energy,” is the theme for the 4th
Annual South Dakota Biotechnology Summit and Annual Meeting on Thursday,
September 17, 2009. This annual event is presented by the South Dakota Biotech
Association and will be held at the Ramkota Hotel, Rushmore Room in Sioux Falls,
SD.
James C. Greenwood will be the keynote speaker. Mr. Greenwood is President and
CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in Washington, D.C., which
represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state
biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in
more than 30 other nations. Mr. Greenwood represented Pennsylvania’s Eighth
District in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 1993 through January
2005. A senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, he was widely viewed
as a leader on health care and the environment.Read Full Article
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Monday, August 31, 2009
BROOKINGS, SD — The idea for the Innovation Campus was around long before Governor Mike Rounds turned the first shovel of dirt in September 2006. Now Sept. 4 will mark the dedication of the Innovation Center and Miller Parkway, the initial building projects that made the idea for the 125-acre Innovation Campus a reality.
Even though the building has been operational as a hub of innovative enterprise since last October, the SDSU Growth Partnership board of directors waited until landscaping was in place for formal dedication. Ceremonies for the building and parkway leading to the facility begin at 1 p.m. Friday, east of South Dakota State University off 22nd Avenue.Read Full Article
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Monday, August 31, 2009
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - August 31, 2009) - Braasch Biotech LLC announces its lead vaccine for Obesity, Growth Hormone Deficiencies may have beneficial use for numerous IGF-1 responsive disorders such as diabetes, heart disease and Rett Syndrome based on initial preclinical testing in a mouse model.
A new vaccine technology that stimulates the body to release more of its own Growth Hormone ("GH") and Insulin Growth Factor 1 ("IGF-1") is expected to open a new world of treatment options for growth hormone deficiencies, obesity, specific types of diabetes as well as for a potentially long list of IGF-1 responsive neurological disorders. Braasch Biotech LLC announced today that they have successfully created a vaccine technology specifically designed to generate a high level of antibodies against somatostatin, the inhibiting hormone that controls the release of Growth Hormone. The vaccine’s mode of action is to generate highly specific antibodies which attenuate but do not entirely eliminate the mostly inhibitory actions of somatostatin, which helps the body to continue to release more of its own GH and IGF-1. Braasch’s innovative approach allows the body to do this on its own without having to use “drugs” and thereby presents a new treatment option for human medicine.Read Full Article
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