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Roswell pushes on with genome institute

Dec-31-2010 — Roswell Park Cancer Institute will continue its plans for a cancer research institute without new federal funding.

Batavia hospital to unveil $20M unit

Dec-31-2010 — The Batavia hospital, the only hospital in Genesee County, added 44,000 square feet to the front of the main building. The facility houses five new operating suites, 19 recovery beds, a gift shop, waiting area and new main lobby.

Sleep Inn to Rise Near Medical Campus

Dec-31-2010 — An older independent hotel along Main Street in Buffalo may soon be replaced by a new development, anchored by a 60-room Sleep Inn.

Surgery center envisioned as medical campus gateway

Dec-31-2010 — A proposed medical office building that includes Women & Children's Hospital outpatient surgery center downtown will feature a contemporary glass-paneled design that invites passers-by to see the activity inside.

IMMCO’s UNYLAB announces the availability of a new test for transplant

Dec-28-2010 — IMMCO’s UNYLAB announces the availability of a new test for transplant patients, ImmuKnow® Cylex® Immune Cell Function Assay. IMMCO’s UNYLAB is one of a few select labs in New York State validated and approved to conduct this test.

Junior Hockey Tournament a Major Happening in Buffalo

Dec-28-2010 — It often feels extremely Canadian in this border city, where the Maple Leaf flies alongside the Stars and Stripes in front of City Hall, the average attendance for box lacrosse is 18,000, and the Sabres dominate the wintertime sports news.

NYS Sets Plan to Create Country's Largest Electronic Medical Records Network

Dec-28-2010 — New York eHealth Collaborative submits proposal to spend $129 million in state and federal money on a network that will allow all medical records to be accessed statewide and improve quality of care for all New Yorkers

Planners weigh $80M medical campus project

Dec-27-2010 — A proposed $80 million, privately-funded medical office building in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus received a warm welcome from the Buffalo Planning Board.

Grant Unites RPCI to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities

Dec-27-2010 — A five-year, $4.29 million umbrella grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) will enable Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) researchers and five community health partners to launch a multi-pronged effort to reduce cancer health disparities in three counties of Western New York. Deborah Erwin, PhD, Director of Cancer Health Disparities Research at RPCI, and Willie Underwood III, MD, MPH, DSci, of the Department of Urology are principal co-inv

First Solar Thermal Incentive Program Praised by Industry Group

Dec-22-2010 — ALBANY – New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) today praised New York State for creating the state’s first solar thermal incentive program, a five-year $25 million program to encourage the installation of systems to heat water using solar energy.

Dental School maps plan for excellence

Dec-20-2010 — Glick arrived at UB one year ago and immediately saw what an extraordinary place SDM was—from the students to the staff and faculty. He saw how passionately individuals approached service, research and education.

Photolitec LLC Launches at RPCI

Dec-14-2010 — Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) today announced the formation of Photolitec, LLC, a new life-sciences company at RPCI that will develop photosensitizing compounds used in photodynamic therapy (PDT). PDT is an innovative cancer treatment pioneered at RPCI byscientist Thomas J. Dougherty, Chief Emeritus of the Institute’s Photodynamic Therapy Center.

HEALTHeLINK Announces the Award of a $10 Million Grant at RPCI

Dec-14-2010 — HEALTHeLINK, the Western New York Clinical Information Exchange, has been awarded a $10 million “sole-source” grant from the New York State Department of Health to work with the Department on a statewide initiative to develop and implement a clinical data exchange related to population and public health targeting child health immunization, newborn screening, syndromic surveillance, and chronic disease with a specific focus on cancer. The announcement of the grant was delivered at a press confere

Buffalo Job Count Spiked in October

Dec-13-2010 — Buffalo was part of the largest labor surge in the past five years across New York state in October, picking up 3,100 private-sector jobs, or 0.7 percent, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.

New Era Lands Cap Deal with CFL

Dec-13-2010 — Sports Business ...New Era Cap Co. Inc. has extended its reach with a deal to produce headwear for the Canadian Football League.

U.S.-Canada Trade Gap Hits $1.1B

Dec-13-2010 — Canada held a trade advantage over the United States of $1.09 billion in October, according to figures released Friday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Funds Flow to WNY Expansion Projects

Dec-13-2010 — Empire State Development announced that seven Western New York companies have been awarded $5.75 million in loans and grants to assist with various expansion projects.

Buffalo Home Price Rise Tops U.S. Average

Dec-10-2010 — The National Association of Realtors released updated figures for the summer months Thursday. The median price in the Buffalo area was $128,800 in the period, up from $119,700 in the third quarter of 2009. The national median existing single-family price of $177,900 was down 0.2 percent from $178,200 in the year-over-year period.

Job Listings Boost Outlook for Hiring

Dec-10-2010 — December generally is a bad time to look for work, and even worse now that the unemployment rate is nearing double digits. But new government data offers a reason for some optimism this holiday season: Job openings are at their highest level in two years. A private-sector survey, moreover, predicts the next few months will be the best time for hiring since the financial crisis erupted.

2010 Canadian Business Wins

Dec-09-2010 —

Manufacturing Hits Highest Level in Region in More than 2 Years

Dec-08-2010 — The recovery by the Buffalo Niagara region's manufacturers picked up steam last month, with an index of factory activity hitting a more than two-year high, a local purchasing managers group said Monday.

10M awarded to HealtheLink

Dec-07-2010 — HealtheLink will develop a new clinical data exchange focusing on child health and chronic disease with a new $10 million state grant.

U.S. Region: Tapping into the Northeast's Population Center

Dec-06-2010 — The Northeast United States’ huge population base makes it an attractive region for expanding manufacturing companies, as well as for firms looking to locate distribution and warehouse facilities. Companies that operate facilities in the region have one-day access to large metro areas, both in the U.S. and Canada, and that access offsets the higher cost of doing business in the region.

Wind Blows McKenica's Way

Dec-06-2010 — The 36-year-old company, which machines items such as heat exchangers, pump casings and parts for gas turbines, has already taken steps to do that: It’s certified by General Electric to make parts for turbines, including the 1.5-megawatt towers that comprise the Noble Bliss, Noble Wethersfield and High Sheldon wind parks. It also has made replacement gearbox parts for area wind farms.

PCB Piezotronics Set to Expand in Depew

Dec-03-2010 — PCB Piezotronics plans to expand operations at its Depew headquarters by acquiring the building next door and shifting work that the sensor and instrument manufacturer now does in Lackawanna to the enlarged site.

Plans unveiled for $80 million medical complex

Dec-03-2010 — Plans to build an $80 million medical complex at the corner of Main and High streets were unveiled today in City Hall.

ECIDA to boost Canisius science center

Dec-03-2010 — Canisius College is about to move a step closer to the much-anticipated renovation of a former Sears Roebuck & Co. store, converting it to a new science department center.

Biotech firms cash in on IRS program

Dec-03-2010 — IMMCO Diagnostics Inc. was among just two companies statewide to receive project credits, receiving nearly $211,500 over the two-year period for two projects.

Lung Flute device hits TV

Dec-02-2010 — The therapeutic lung flute device, manufactured by Buffalo-based Medical Accoustics LLC, will be included on The Doctors, a program that airs daily on ABC. In the Buffalo market, the program airs at 4 p.m. daily on WKBW-Channel 7.

NIH Awards UB Pharmacology Lab $2.3 Million

Dec-02-2010 — UB's efforts, led by Gene Morse, to enhance the training of pharmaceutical scientists working with HIV/AIDS in Africa, have received more than $2 million in new NIH funding.

UB Spin-Off Wins FDA Orphan Designation

Dec-02-2010 — The FDA has designated a peptide from tarantula venom as an orphan drug, which Frederick Sachs hopes will lead to development of a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

FDA acts on BioLabs' drug product

Dec-02-2010 — Cleveland BioLabs Inc. has received orphan drug status for its CBLB502 product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

National Center to be Established at HWI with $6.7 million NIH Grant

Dec-02-2010 — Dr. Michael G. Malkowski, Hauptman-Woodward senior research scientist, has received a $6.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health in support of his work to establish the Membrane Protein Structural Biology Consortium (mpsbc.org) as one of nine centers in the United States responsible for determining membrane protein structures within a larger NIH biology-based initiative.

Roswell Park Named to Leapfrog Group’s Annual Top Hospitals List

Dec-02-2010 — The Leapfrog Group’s annual class of Top Hospitals — 65 from a field of nearly 1,200 — was announced December 1 in Washington, D.C., and included Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in Buffalo, NY, for the first time. The announcement came at Leapfrog’s 10th anniversary meeting.

UB CAT Supports Life Sciences Industry with more than $440,000

Dec-02-2010 — The University at Buffalo Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT) is distributing more than $440,000 to help 18 companies in Western New York develop promising life sciences technologies in the 2010-11 fiscal year.