Hawaii Life Sciences

HONOLULU—For the seventh consecutive year, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) is promoting Hawaii’s leading life science companies and research organizations at the annual BIO International Convention, the largest global event for the life sciences industry. This year’s event will be held on June 4 – 7, at the Convention Center in ...
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HONOLULU— For the sixth consecutive year, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) is promoting Hawaii’s leading life science companies and research organizations at the annual BIO International Convention, the largest global event for the life sciences industry. The event will be held this year June 19 – 22, 2017 at the Convention ...
Read More DBEDT SHOWCASING HAWAII COMPANIES AT 2017 BIO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Once again the State of Hawaii will participate in the BIO International Convention, which will take place this year at the Convention Center in San Diego, California from June 19-22, 2017. The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) and the High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) will ...
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Published Monday, May 2nd 2016, 7:26 am HST By Howard Dicus, Business Reporter HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii Biotech, developer of molecular vaccines for West Nile virus and dengue fever, has begun working on one for the Zika virus. “We made the decision to start work now,” Hawaii Biotech CEO Dr. Elliott Parks said on Sunrise, “because ...
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By Jaimie Kim, Senior Writer, MidWeek, June 24, 2015 It was Dec. 26, 2013, in Meliandou, Guinea, when an 18-month-old boy developed a fever. Two days later, Ebola had taken his life. This, says World Health Organization, is where it all began. In the weeks that followed, the illness spread rapidly to become what the ...
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