ALBANY, NY – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) is hosting a ribbon cutting to celebrate its new Stack Family Center for Biopharmaceutical Education and Training (CBET) and The Borisenok Family Foundation Lab. The first center of its kind in NYS, and the first in U.S. at a pharmacy college, CBET has the potential to establish the Capital Region as a biopharma hub by helping biopharmaceutical companies:
• develop biomanufacturing processes and products to get to market faster and more cost effectively
• train their workforce in all aspects of biomanufacturing including upstream processing, downstream processing, quality control, regulatory issues, and process analytics
• translate top tier academic research into medically valuable commercial products, and
• by graduating students with hands-on experience in biopharmaceutical operations
CBET, like the biopharmaceutical industry it supports, has the potential to improve patient lives for generations to come, and its location at the Albany NanoTech Complex alongside SUNY Polytechnic Institute exemplifies the nexus of academia and industry.
DATE: September 14, 2021
TIME: 9:00 a.m. EST
LOCATION: Albany NanoTech Complex
ZEN Atrium, 3rd floor of ZEN Building 201
257 Fuller Rd, Albany, NY 12203
LIVESTREAM: Event will also be livestreamed on cbet.acphs.edu.
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
- ACPHS President Greg Dewey
- Lieutenant Governor, Brian A. Benjamin (INVITED)
- Senator Neil Breslin
- David Stack, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Pacira Biosciences, Inc.
- Mayor Kathy Sheehan
- Assemblymember John McDonald
- Paul Kelly, Chief Operating Office, NY CREATES
- Dr. Kamal Rashid, CBET Founding Director
- Walt Borisenok, Co-Founder, Fortitech, Inc.,
- Dr. Tod A. Laursen, Acting President, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
VIDEO FOOTAGE: Here is B-roll video footage of CBET.
PHOTOS: Opportunities available on site and can be provided upon request.
PARKING: Please RSVP to Shannon Hutton for parking pass.
COVID PRECAUTIONS: Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.
MEDIA CONTACT: Shannon Hutton
Director of Public Relations
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
(518) 694-7194 (work)
(518) 573-8927 (cell)
ABOUT ACPHS:
Founded in 1881, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) is a private, independent institution with a long tradition of academic and research excellence. The College’s mission is to educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society. ACPHS was named the #1 value-added college in the country by the Wall Street Journal and the Brookings Institution. For more information, go to www.acphs.edu.
ABOUT CBET:
Stack Family Center for Biopharmaceutical Education and Training (CBET) is ACPHS’ response to the rapidly growing biopharmaceutical field and the need for an educated workforce, which has been cited as one of the critical constraints to growth of the biopharmaceutical industry. The Center will provide students the knowledge and hands-on experience to bring innovative biopharmaceuticals to patients and provide customized workforce training for industry professionals looking to advance their skill sets using the latest biopharmaceutical technology. Located at the Albany NanoTech Complex on Fuller Road, CBET is the first in the nation to be created by a pharmacy college. For more information, go to cbet.acphs.edu.
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