VIEWPOINT: Shuffling in from Buffalo
Howard Zemsky, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s newly minted economic development chief, was on Long Island recently to hob and nob with pols and local business leaders. In a speech to a…
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Fuel bill clears Assembly committee
An Assembly bill voted out of committee last week would require all heating oil sold in New York State contain at least 2 percent biodiesel — that’s fuel derived from renewable…
Hofstra, NS-LIJ nursing school unveiled
Hofstra University and the North Shore-LIJ Health System unveiled plans for a School of Graduate Nursing and Health Professions, with school officials saying the initial focus is on health care…
Clinical trials for DepYMed
A joint venture between biotech stalwart Ohr Pharmaceutical and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is taking the fight to breast cancer – though a revolutionary treatment may still be a half-decade…
Health products giant Henry Schein added to S&P 500
Melville-based Henry Schein was added to the S&P 500 this week in recognition of the healthcare products distributor’s market capitalization, which now ranks among the 500 largest companies listed on the…
Ryan, former Forest veep, named to CSHL post
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has added another major-league bat to its commercialization lineup. Charles Ryan, former senior vice president and chief intellectual property counsel at Forest Laboratories, is CSHL’s new…