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Jacobs Selected to Support Delivery of $1.2B Expansion of FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Large-Scale Biologics Manufacturing Site

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Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected by FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies to support delivery of $1.2 billion expansion of an end-to-end, large-scale cell culture contract manufacturing site in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Jacobs was originally selected to support the construction for the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Holly Springs site, which broke ground in 2021. Jacobs will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for the site’s…

Belimed Life Science to Establish Operations in Charleston, SC

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Belimed Life Science, Inc., a leading supplier of steam sterilizers and parts washers, today announced plans to establish operations in Charleston County. The more than $750,000 investment will create 22 new jobs. Founded in 2019 in Switzerland, Belimed Life Science, Inc. provides Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) sterilizers and washers for the pharmaceutical and biotech…

Governor McMaster Salutes Life Sciences Industry in South Carolina during SCBIO 2021

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SOUTH CAROLINA – February 16, 2021 – In recognition of the importance of the life sciences industry in South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster today issued a proclamation recognizing February 15-19, 2021 as South Carolina Life Sciences Week in the Palmetto State. Governor McMaster made the announcement just steps from where SCBIO organizers were putting the…

SCBIO Hosts Life Sciences Boot Camp: Insights on SC’s Fastest-Growing Industry

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SCBIO, South Carolina’s investor-driven public/private economic development organization exclusively focused on building, advancing, and growing the life sciences industry in the state, will host a full-day program on Tuesday, March 17, at the SC Hospital Association’s Yates Conference Center in Columbia. Life Sciences Boot Camp: Insights on SC’s Fastest-Growing Industry is intended to inform and update…

Burns & McDonnell Launches Expansion of Life Sciences Capabilities

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International engineering, construction and architecture firm Burns & McDonnell is redoubling its support of the life sciences industry. The firm has hired a dozen professionals across the country, collectively bringing more than 200 years of additional design and construction experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, animal health, medical device and gene therapy sectors. “The life sciences industry is…

South Carolina Life Sciences Conference Features BIO Global CEO Jim Greenwood, 50 National Speakers

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BIO global CEO Jim Greenwood will join more than 50 additional national speakers at SCBIO 2018 – the annual conference bringing top leaders and executives from life sciences organizations across the state and nation to Charleston, South Carolina October 23-25. Mr. Greenwood will address the gathering with a keynote presentation entitled “Global Perspectives for Life…