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By Kevan Goff-Parker Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman PHILADELPHIA — Three Oklahoma State University researchers this week have been connecting face-to-face with some of the world’s top bioscience companies during the 2019 BIO International Convention in Philadelphia. As part of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber’s branded Oklahoma Bioscience Association (OKBio) delegation, the three OSU-based delegatesRead more
By Kevan Goff-Parker Copyright ©2019, The Oklahoman PHILADELPHIA — More than 40 Oklahoma bioscience and industry experts from a wide array of fields are busy telling global industry leaders about the state’s successes in the bioscience sector during the BIO International Conference held Tuesday through Thursday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Manu Nair,Read more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Serendipity showed up at the recent Oklahoma BioScience Networking luncheon in the person of Daniel Pullin, dean of the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. Pullin walked up and introduced himself to Carol Dionne, Ph.D., a professor and director ofRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. In his second book, “Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: Starting, Managing and Leading Biotech Companies,” Craig Shimasaki, Ph.D., titles one section “Learning from Failure.” “Failure is not a person or way of life; failure is an event,” Shimasaki said. “Interestingly, you learn immeasurably more from things that don’tRead more
By Paula Burkes Copyright 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Annual sales for 2-year-old Oklahoma City-based Ultra Botanica dietary supplement manufacturer are on track to hit $1 million this year, CEO Adam Payne said. Every month, he said, thousands of customers — via Amazon.com, ultrabotanica.com, international distributors or through their doctors’ offices — are buying $29.50Read more
By Jack Money Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. A startup technology or medical company based in Oklahoma needed real luck in finding the capital it needed to propel it into the big leagues before 1998. But then, i2E was created. And, during the following 19 years, state, federal and private money the organizationRead more
