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SCRA Announces Investment in Virtue Technologies

January 18, 2023

South Carolina Research Authority’s investment affiliate, SC Launch Inc., has invested in Virtue Technologies Inc. The $250,000 investment will help the Chapin-based startup expand and continue improving post-acute delivery of medications, equipment, and visit management services to…

Nephron Pharmaceuticals CEO Lou Kennedy receives honor from USC

January 17, 2023

Compliments of Columbia Regional Business Report The University of South Carolina College of Arts & Sciences Institute for Southern Studies announced on Tuesday that Lou Kennedy, CEO of Nephron Pharmaceuticals in West Columbia, is the 2023 honoree…

Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation Welcomes New Board Members

January 15, 2023

Compliments of GSA Biz Wire Greenwood, SC – The Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) Foundation announces the appointment of four new members to its Board of Trustees. Helen Campbell of Florence, SC owns Organization Solutions. She is an…

SOUTH CAROLINA RELEASES RECORD-BREAKING INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT IN 2022

January 15, 2023

$10.27 billion in announced capital investment, most in state history The South Carolina Department of Commerce today released its 2022 industry recruitment results which reflect historic economic activity. From January to December 2022, the state announced total…

SCRA Contributes Over $1.15 Billion to South Carolina’s Economy

January 12, 2023

Summerville, SC – South Carolina Research Authority had an outstanding year in 2022, making over a $1.15 billion impact on the state’s economy. As published in its recently released annual report, the total includes jobs created and supported, the salaries…

Researchers testing wristwatch device to monitor PTSD symptoms

January 10, 2023

Compliments of UPI A new device is being used in clinical trials to allow therapists to monitor symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans. The device, developed by South Carolina telehealth tech company Zeriscope, looks like a…

Georgetown health care group joins MUSC cancer network

January 6, 2023

Compliments of Charleston Regional Business Journal Charleston’s MUSC Health and Georgetown-based Tidelands Health are expanding a years-long collaboration with the naming of Tidelands Health Cancer Care Network as the first full MUSC Hollings Cancer Network affiliate. This affiliation expands the relationship between the…

Biden Administration Publishes Unified Agenda, Revealing FDA’s Planned Regulatory Actions for 2023

January 5, 2023

On January 4, 2023, the Biden Administration belatedly released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the Unified Agenda). Typically published twice a year in the spring and the fall by the Office of Information and Regulatory…

Dr. Anand Mehta becomes fellow of National Academy of Inventors

January 4, 2023

Anand Mehta, D.Phil., the SmartState Endowed Chair of Proteomic Biomarkers and an MUSC professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)….

USC targeting dementia, autism research in plans for new $300M medical school

December 23, 2022

The University of South Carolina envisions a research focus on dementia and developmental disorders at its planned $300 million health sciences campus, set to open in 2027. The state’s largest university system is hopeful these focus areas…