VCU College of Engineering and partners develop plan to strengthen emerging business cluster
A coalition of regional economic development, private business and higher education leaders is mobilizing to build a global cluster of advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing, research and development in Richmond and Petersburg.
New leaders join VCU Engineering’s Medicines for All Institute
The Medicines for All Institute (M4ALL), based in the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering, is expanding its efforts to improve access to health care across two divisions — one for global health and one for domestic initiatives — and has hired new executives to lead each.
Alumnus’ VCU journey leads to new corporation — and a chance to fix America’s drug shortage problem
Earlier this year, the federal Department of Health and Human Services announced a four-year contract worth $354 million for Richmond-based Phlow Corp. to manufacture medication components and drugs in the United States that could treat COVID-19 and other diseases.
VCU Engineering receives grants for job creation initiatives in pharmaceuticals, high-tech industries
To boost the availability of talent to fill the demand for high-paying, private sector, technical jobs in the greater Richmond region, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering is leading two projects designed to support growth in the pharmaceutical industry and provide wide-ranging support across the expansive digital economy.
VCU Engineering’s Medicines for All Institute partners with industry to secure the domestic pharmaceutical supply chain
To prevent domestic shortages of critical medications, the Medicines for All Institute, based in the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering, has joined forces with pharmaceutical industry leaders to bring manufacturing of vulnerable pharmaceuticals and their ingredients back to the United States.
Class of 2020: Samuel Adu-Gyamfi is helping make medicine more accessible
Tyler McQuade saw something special in Samuel Adu-Gyamfi. Adu-Gyamfi was taking an undergraduate chemical engineering class taught by McQuade, and the professor sought him out to work in his lab.
Collaboration with one-of-a-kind drug production lab at VCU accelerates Massey’s innovation
For the better part of a decade, Clevenger was incapable of furthering this investigation because there was no way he could acquire this drug. Now, he will finally be able to continue this research thanks to a new Massey collaboration with a world-class drug synthesis laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Medicines for All Institute and South African manufacturer enter partnership to improve access to lifesaving medications
The Medicines for All Institute (M4ALL) has entered into a partnership with a manufacturer in South Africa to commercialize advances made by the institute to improve access to lifesaving medications for HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
VCU Engineering’s Medicines for All awarded $25 million to increase access to lifesaving medications
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering has been awarded a $25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish the Medicines for All Institute and to fund the institute’s work on a wide range of essential global health treatments. With this grant, the institute can help increase access to lifesaving medications for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases around the world.
Medicines for All team set to save lives globally
By Leila UginciusUniversity Public Affairs One time while visiting family in his native Benin, Perrer Tosso, Ph.D., became sick and went to the pharmacy to buy ciprofloxacin, the antibiotic more commonly known as Cipro. The exorbitant amount he paid didn’t line up with the price he would normally pay in the United States where he has […]
