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February 8, 2023 | Inside Indiana Business

Inside Indiana Business: Life sciences innovation belongs in Indy metro

In my role as mayor of Fishers, I strive to continuously bring new opportunities for my community. Just three years ago, if I came across economic development opportunities in the life sciences industry, I immediately assumed there was no chance for Fishers and that the opportunity would be relegated to communities with research institutions.

November 15, 2022 | Purdue Newsroom

Saving lives, powering rockets, making snacks: The rocket science of freeze-drying

What do spaceships, strawberries and vaccines have in common? More than you might think. The short answer is that Purdue University engineer Alina Alexeenko is tinkering with ways to make processes involved in each safer, faster and more effective.

October 27, 2022 | Purdue Newsroom

Lilly commits $92.5 million to Purdue to establish an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program and to extend research collaboration

Purdue University and Eli Lilly and Company are establishing an innovative new pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program and have renewed their strategic research collaboration in a series of moves that will expand their impact in Indiana and improve lives on a global scale.

June 10, 2022 | Purdue Newsroom

Gift to Purdue University establishes Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals

A generous donation from a pioneer in pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing will establish the William D. Young Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals at Purdue University.

March 31, 2022 | Forbes

Forbes article: Engineering Medicine

Five thousand pediatric-only rare conditions, or “orphan diseases,” lack a market large enough to drive intervention. American universities can change that by serving as a development force to conduct research in therapeutics and biomedical technologies for children.

March 27, 2022 | Purdue Newsroom

Purdue Engineering hosts inaugural Indiana Life Sciences Manufacturing Summit

The Indiana Life Sciences Manufacturing 2022 Summit, organized by the Purdue Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals Alliance, was held March 11 in Indianapolis to promote life sciences manufacturing, research, education and business development throughout Indiana.

February 23, 2022 | Purdue Newsroom

AMP Faculty receive funding for new response approaches for pandemic

Purdue faculty members recently received funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for their coronavirus response project proposals.

December 20, 2021 | NIIMBL

American Rescue Plan Response 2021

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) announced 32 coronavirus response projects to multiple organizations across the United States funded through the American Rescue Plan (ARP).

October 26, 2021 | Purdue Newsroom

Purdue efforts drive first consensus standard for freeze-dried pharmaceuticals

Most people are familiar with freeze-drying (lyophilization) of foodstuffs, like coffee, fruit and vegetables, but it's a big deal in the pharmaceutical industry too, to increase the shelf life of pharmaceutics and biologics prior to their reconstitution and administration as vaccines and antibiotics.

August 27, 2021 | Purdue Newsroom

NSF awards $2M to ChE’s Nagy team to improve pharmaceutical supply chains

Zoltan Nagy, professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded a $2M grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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