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• Radford, Va., firm hooked on developing abuse-resistant drugs.

  - 2004-12-19

  By Jeff Sturgeon, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 19--Pills from a Radford company could be a downer for prescription drug abusers, but an upper for investors. The drugs are being developed by New River Pharmaceuticals Inc., ...

  Tags: cluster, FDA, Government, prescription, Virginia Tech

• Roanoke, Va., incubator to help launch new technology companies.

  - 2004-11-25

  By Andrew Kantor, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 25--Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center isn't satisfied offering office and lab space to some of the hottest and coolest technology companies in the area. Now it's helping to launch...

  Tags: tenant, Virginia Tech

• Roanoke, Va., sees growing population of college-educated, younger adults.

  - 2004-10-10

  By Jenny Kincaid, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--She left Roanoke for college in 1992 and didn't look back. But after several college degrees and a law career in New York City, Meredith Winn saw Roanoke...

  Tags: downtown, Gibson, graduate, job, Richmond, Square, Virginia Tech

• Virginia Tech group wins $600,000 grant for fuel-cell technology research.

  - 2004-08-12

  By Andrew Kantor, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Andrew Kantor, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: Virginia Tech

• Roanoke, Va., Biomedical Institute Gets First Patent.

  - 2004-05-25

  By Jeff Sturgeon, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The Carilion Biomedical Institute announced its first patent. Sam English, research manager of the 4 1/2 -year-old organization, and two researchers at Virginia Tech patented a process to...

  Tags: biomedical, institute, patent, Virginia Tech

• OPINION: Consortium Didn't Have to Twist Arms to Raise Venture Capital.

  - 2004-02-27

  By McGregor McCance, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--In a region craving exciting business news, Carilion Health System and Virginia Tech delivered last week. The two biggest economic development engines in Southwest Virginia led efforts...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Philadelphia, Virginia Tech

• Leaders in Virginia's Roanoke Valley Address Economic Development Issues.

  - 2003-09-22

  By Duncan Adams, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 22--If you tell the gray-haired gent escorting the trophy wife how pretty his daughter is, that's a faux pas. If you're in the Roanoke Valley and say it's New...

  Tags: leader, Leadership, president, Virginia Tech

• Blacksburg, Va., University Helps Weave New Fiber-Optic Network.

  - 2003-09-18

  By Kevin Miller, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--Virginia Tech is teaming with several universities to establish a regional hub on a national fiber optic network that could lead to advances in science and high-speed networking, officials said....

  Tags: fiber-optics, network, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Virginia Tech

• U.S. Official Lauds Roanoke-Blacksburg, Va.'s Potential for Technology.

  - 2003-05-08

  By Duncan Adams, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 8--A leading technology official for the Bush administration said he liked what he saw during a fast-traveling one-day tour last week of tech spots in the Roanoke and New River...

  Tags: bond, FINANCE, Investment, technology, Virginia Tech

• Area Businesses, Schools Pledge Money to Lure Airline to Roanoke, Va., Airport.

  - 2003-04-12

  By Lois Caliri, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 12--A half-dozen businesses and two universities have pledged about $1.2 million in air travel for one year to lure a low-fare carrier to Roanoke Regional Airport. These...

  Tags: Atlanta, carrier, pledge, turboprop, Virginia Tech