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McMaster urges private businesses to join vaccine effort
Visiting a West Columbia drive-thru vaccination site developed through a partnership between Nephron and Dominion, the S.C. governor urged more businesses, especially those in rural areas, to become vaccination sites.
Vaccine supplier starts Upstate production in May
Pall Corp. is just as at home with weaving filters for ventilators and submarines for the Department of Defense as stabilization systems for breweries. Now, the company will be expanding its biopharma line at its Spartanburg facility.
Fed economist keynotes Upstate SC Alliance summit
Employment has only recovered by 50% across the nation, says Federal Reserve Economist Laura Ullrich, while at least five industries have seen overall growth throughout the past year in South Carolina.
S.C. to become hub for preventative cancer testing
Starting this March, a South Carolina lab will become ground zero for a preventative test that can detect cancer-causing mutations, risks or tumors in advance through a quick blood sample taken at home or a physician's office.
Life sciences lauded as state’s fastest-growing industry
S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster proclaimed Feb. 15-19 South Carolina Life Sciences Week in recognition of the industry’s $12 billion economic impact. The announcement came during SCBIO’s national conference.
Lexington Medical Center accepting internship applications
The Partners Program is open to rising high school juniors and seniors in Richland and Lexington counties. Applications for the two-week July session are due March 19.
Greer mask producer sees glut in market
When the country scrambled for face coverings, Advanced Testing Instruments Corp. formed subsidiary Carolina Facemask and PPE to meet the call at its Greer base. Now, the company said said warehouses sit full of millions of unused masks
Nephron, Dominion partner to open vaccination site
The site, located off Interstate 77 at exit 2, will provide vaccinations by appointment to eligible recipients. Nephron-registered nurses and pharmacists are administering vaccines with help from the company’s diagnostic lab staff.
AnMed Health launches $42 million expansion
Coming out of a challenging season of furloughs and COVID-19 treatment, AnMed Health prepares to launch a three-year $42 million expansion project its leaders say will enhance the health care system’s outpatient capacity.
Prisma Health to offer transplant services this year
The health care system serving 1.2 million patients in the state says its size and scale, along with the rising need for kidney transplants, have led Prisma Health to start a solid organ transplant program.
Lonza expands to produce 30 billion capsules worldwide
Some may fear that greater automation on the factory floor will replace the human employee, but at Greenwood County’s Lonza, a $53.7 million investment in an automated production line is expected to create 30 new jobs over five years.
Upstate Giving, Feb. 1
BASF team members delivered 125 meals from Kentucky Fried Chicken to employees at Prisma Health Oconee County Memorial Hospital.
