Massachusetts economic development guru Kevin O’Sullivan summed up in three words why Maine should put more resources into capitalizing on its home-grown research and development in bioscience: “Jobs, wages, cures.” O’Sullivan, former president and CEO [...]

PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2019-- Covetrus (NASDAQ: CVET), a global leader in animal health-technology and services, announced that it is partnering with the University of New England’s College of Pharmacy (UNE) by offering an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) to [...]

Maine Medical Center has received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a genetic study of obesity. The goal is to learn more about a specific gene, known as mesoderm specific [...]

Fluid Imaging Technologies (Scarborough, ME), and the University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO) have entered into an exclusive agreement to conduct primary laboratory research aimed at determining whether the university's artificial intelligence (AI) software can detect bloodborne bacteria [...]

Bar Harbor-based Jackson Laboratory says it's part of a research team that has discovered the cellular process that creates a “super-antibody” driving severe allergic reactions, a finding that may lead to new biotechnology treatments. The [...]

A Brunswick-based maker of marine plant-based nutritional supplements is now manufacturing and distributing its first commercial product. Field Phyto-Nutrients, based at Brunswick Landing’s TechPlace, is refining a production process that uses algae as raw material. [...]