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Concorde Gruppe GmbH is partnering with Healthcare of Today to build a €50 million stem cell research and treatment facility in Adunatii Copaceni, Romania. Completion is expected in mid-2012. The facility will utilize patient stem cells in medical treatments and will promote innovation in the development of advanced stem cell therapies.

Emergent BioSolutions was awarded a contract by the Department of Health and Human Services to expand anthrax vaccine production at its facility in Lansing, Mich. The contract was awarded by the Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and will increase manufacturing capacity to 26 million doses per year. The value of the contract is estimated at $107 million over five years.

President Barack Obama issued an executive order in July of 2010 requiring federal agencies to institute changes in the current implementation of the Select Agent Program and Regulations. The order directs federal agencies to take actions to improve the overall coordination, consolidation, and oversight of select agents and toxins (SAT).

Luzerne County Community College will open the Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute in September of 2010. Located in Nanticoke, Pa., the 22,000-sf facility was designed by SDA Architects and built by Mark Construction Services. The two-story building will house a 75-seat lecture auditorium, two teaching labs, a kitchen, and a restaurant dining room.

The University of Glasgow opened its £15 million animal hospital in July of 2010. The facility houses four operating rooms, MRI and CT scanners, oncology and endoscopy suites, and a pain and rehabilitation center. The world-class animal hospital will support veterinary medicine education and training.