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Feb-25-2011 —

First FDA-Approved Cancer Treatment Vaccine

Feb-25-2011 — The nation’s first FDA-approved cancer treatment vaccine, Provenge (sipuleucel-T), is being offered for the first time in Western New York at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). The vaccine is designed for men with advanced prostate cancer who have limited treatment options and who meet eligibility requirements. “It’s the first time we are able to offer immunotherapy with an FDA-approved product,” says Roberto Pili, MD, Chief of the Genitourinary Section in RPCI’s Department of Medicine.

Study of TAK1 Enzyme Searches for New Ways to Stop Breast Cancer

Feb-25-2011 — New research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) with the goal of developing a drug that could stop the spread of breast cancer has received support from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation through a $62,500 grant. Andrei Bakin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oncology in the Department of Cancer Genetics at RPCI, will lead the research that seeks to better understand how a protein enzyme known as TAK1 can be manipulated to slow or stop the spread of breast cancer.

Roswell Park Creates Center of Excellence for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer

Feb-25-2011 — Roswell Park Cancer Institute has created an Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer program to expand and enhance its treatment and services addressing the medical, social, psychological, cultural and educational needs of young adults facing cancer. The program will be funded by The Steadfast Foundation.

UB introduces two new job fairs

Feb-25-2011 — The University at Buffalo will host two fairs for engineering majors – the Virtual Global Engineering Career Fair on Tuesday, March 1 and the On-Campus Global Engineering Career Fair on Friday, March 4. The former will take place entirely online, with students virtually "meeting" prospective employers. The latter, for master's and doctoral-level students, will stick to a traditional format and so far involves 15 companies. Both fairs will include domestic and international employers.

$2 million in stimulus funding supports
purchase of two mass spectrometers

Feb-25-2011 — Two new, high-powered mass spectrometers worth a total of more than $2 million will enable UB scientists to conduct a variety of health and environmental studies without outsourcing lab work to institutions outside Western New York.

Academic-industry collaboration 
behind growth of medical device company

Feb-25-2011 — The success of Buffalo-based Medical Acoustics, a medical device company expecting to turn a profit for the first time in 2011, exemplifies how partnerships with universities like UB can help businesses bring new products to market.

New techniques for stapling peptides
could spur drug development

Feb-25-2011 — UB researchers have devised two new ways of “stapling” peptide helices to prevent these medically important molecules from losing their shape and degrading in the presence of enzymes.

Kaleida/UB project halfway there

Feb-25-2011 — Officials from the HMO provided an update Monday on the heart vascular institute and research complex that is being attached to Buffalo General Hospital. The project has been under construction since September 2009. The first portion of the structure, housing the emergency department, is expected to open in November.

IMMCO lab on line in Buffalo

Feb-25-2011 — Company officials opened the site Monday. The UNYLAB Transplant Immunology, Immunogenetics, and Diagnostic Immunologytesting and consulting services unit will house 20 IMMCO employees with plans to increase this number by 20 percent by the end of the year. Along with the move, UNYLAB will now officially be named IMMCO Diagnostics.

Greatbatch, Boston Scientific expand deal

Feb-25-2011 — Greatbatch Medical has signed a five-year agreement with Boston Scientific’s Cardiology, Rhythm and Vascular Group.

Upstate Trends in Real Estate 2011

Feb-24-2011 — ULI – the Urban Land Institute and the New York District Council presents its first annual “Upstate Trends in Real Estate” event, featuring insights from leading experts both nationally and locally. The inaugural event will feature a presentation of the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2011 Report”—a publication from PricewaterhouseCoopers and ULI—as well as a session on the outlook for the upstate New York region, including a panel of leading area real estate investors and experts.

Larkin District Plan Gets $1.8 Million Tax Break

Feb-18-2011 — Developers Howard Zemsky and Doug Swift are getting more than $1.8 million in tax breaks for their $8.4 million project to build a new headquarters building for debt collector Capital Management Services in the Larkin District.

AAA Localizing its Travel Magazine

Feb-18-2011 — The AAA of Western and Central New York's travel magazine is going local. The auto club has revamped the magazine that it sends each quarter to more than 575,000 member households to focus on local and regional travel destinations, rather than far-flung tourist spots, like the Caribbean or Europe

Mayor Lauded in Seeking 3-year Property Tax Freeze

Feb-18-2011 — Mayor Byron W. Brown's call for a three-year freeze on city property tax rates is winning praise from homeowners, business leaders and some lawmakers. Brown's push to revamp Buffalo's assessment policies, changing annual property revaluations to once every three years, also has garnered early support.

Giving life sciences firms a hand

Feb-14-2011 — Nole, a longtime consultant in the life sciences sector, signed a deal with BNMC officials for 13,000 square feet in the ground floor of the Innovation Center at 640 Ellicott St. downtown. The space, vacated this fall when Chakra Communication moved its operations out to Lancaster, will give Nole’s business a very visible presence at the Innovation Center.

ECIDA Helped 67 Projects in 2011

Feb-11-2011 — The Erie County Industrial Development Agency last year provided more than $230 million in incentives to 67 projects that are expected to create more than 1,000 local jobs over the next two years, the economic development organization said today

Survey Finds Business Leaders More Confident

Feb-11-2011 — Upstate New York business leaders are more confident about the economy and their own prospects than at any time in the past four years, but they still are not ready to invest or borrow too much. And they have little faith in state government, a new study shows.

University at Buffalo Global Engineering Career Fair

Feb-09-2011 — Are you a Canadian employer seeking candidates to fill engineering, technical jobs, and internship opportunities?

Employees called key to GEICO success

Feb-03-2011 — A company's brand and reputation are among its most valuable assets, but they're only as good as the service provided to customers by its employees, the head of auto insurer GEICO Corp. said Wednesday evening in Cheektowaga.

Small Businesses in N. Y. to Benefit Through Federal Grant of $3 million

Feb-03-2011 — A new $3 million federal grant to an arm of the U. S. Small Business Administration will provide more resources to small businesses across New York State, including five more business-development advisers for Western New York.

62 Major Markets Add Jobs; Buffalo Ranks 43rd in U

Feb-03-2011 — Nearly two-thirds of the nation’s major labor markets added private-sector jobs in 2010, and Buffalo was among them.

Niagara IDA Nears Deal with S. Ont. co.

Feb-03-2011 — A Hamilton, Ont., corrugated box manufacturer has selected a Lewiston location for its first U.S. operation. The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency is working with HT Productions Inc. on an incentive package that will help finance the company’s plans to acquire a vacant 55,000-square-foot building on Ridge Road where it will set up shop, for the first time, in the U.S. HT Productions makes corrugated paper products for the industrial sector.

Holiday Valley Adds Non-Skiing Attractions

Feb-03-2011 — The latest investment by Holiday Valley Ski Resort will see the Ellicottville skiing and golfing center adding two new attractions including a “Mountain Coaster.”

Tim Hortons Fundraiser to Aid Hospital Foundation

Feb-03-2011 — For the ninth straight year, Tim Hortons is seeking to raise money for Women & Children’s Hospital Foundation of Buffalo through the restaurant chain’s smile cookie fundraiser, which kicks off today.

Crossing the Border with Old Convictions

Feb-02-2011 — Gone are the days of simply stating one’s citizenship and entering the U.S. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), now in effect for over a year, requires all travelers to present a passport or other document that denotes identity and citizenship when entering the U.S.

BNE Jumps on Social Media Bandwagon

Jan-31-2011 — The local business development and marketing group is increasingly turning to social media sites as a way to get its message out to site selectors and company executives.