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The University of Pittsburgh‘s expansive BioForge initiative has hired its inaugural chief executive officer. Kaigham (Ken) J. Gabriel was appointed to the job, Anantha Shekhar, Pitt senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and medical school dean, announced Monday. Gabriel who already has begun his duties also will serve as
The University of Pittsburgh has received approval from the city’s Planning Commission to build a biomanufacturing facility in Hazelwood. The $120 million facility will serve as a cell and gene therapy innovation hub in the Hazelwood Green development along the Monongahela River. University officials have said about three-quarters of the
A University of Pittsburgh trustees’ committee voted Monday to approve the $120 million construction of the core and shell of a planned cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in Hazelwood. In a separate vote, the trustees’ Property and Facilities Committee authorized leasing space within the facility. Officials hope it will
A panel of University of Pittsburgh trustees voted Wednesday to buy a $10 million piece of property in Hazelwood Green to develop a cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility there. The three-acre property known as Lot 18 would become home to BioForge. “BioForge will be designed to help define Pittsburgh
A major biomanufacturing partnership is coming to Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green development. The University of Pittsburgh on Thursday announced a 30-year partnership that will bring Massachusetts-based ElevateBio to the university’s Pitt BioForge Biomanufacturing Center at Hazelwood Green. Officials said the partnership will bolster the development of innovative cell and gene therapies.