R&D

Pharma Tech Industries expands in Union, creating 20 new jobs

The Missouri Department of Economic Development today announced that Pharma Tech Industries, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and packager, is expanding its operations in Union, creating 20 new jobs. The multi-million-dollar investment will ... Read More

Agricultural wholesale company to rebuild in Higginsville and create 28 new jobs

Gov. Jay Nixon today joined officials from Ag-Power to break ground on the company’s new facility in Higginsville. After Ag-Power’s previous facility in Higginsville was destroyed in a fire in March, ... Read More

MU Family Medicine Program among top 10

The American Academy of Family Physicians has awarded the University of Missouri School of Medicine with a Top 10 Award for its family and community medicine program. This is the second ... Read More

Gov. Nixon announces Caring for Missourians: Mental Health

Program will prepare more students for careers in high-demand mental health care fields Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that his balanced budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2015 will include $20 million ... Read More

Gov. Nixon joins company officials in opening new Pharma Medica Research facility in St. Charles

Gov. Jay Nixon today joined leadership of Pharma Medica Research Inc. as well as local government and economic development officials in cutting the ribbon on the company’s new research facility in ... Read More

Cofactor Genomics invested $3.8 million in its St. Louis expansion, plans to create 24 new jobs

Gov. Jay Nixon today joined officials from Cofactor Genomics to celebrate the opening of the company’s new $3.8 million headquarters and laboratory facility in St. Louis. As part of this expansion, ... Read More

Schnucks moves into health care

Schnucks, the Midwest and St. Louis chain, opened its first Schnucks Infusion Solutions facility on Page Service Road in September to treat acute and chronic conditions. Infusion therapy involves injecting medicine ... Read More

Pharmaceutical research company plans to create 320 jobs at facility in St. Charles

Pharma Medica Research, Inc., a contract research organization serving the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, plans to make a $30.8 million capital investment and create 320 jobs at its first U.S. facility ... Read More

Monsanto’s Billion-Dollar Bet Brings Big Data to the Farm

Monsanto (MON) has agreed to acquire the Climate Corp. for $930 million. The real stunner of a deal marks one of the largest buys of a new-era data analytics company. Climate ... Read More

MOgene gets $1.5 million grant to make bacteria for fuel

A St. Louis startup has received $1.5 million from the Department of Energy to engineer a bacteria that can convert methane into a liquid fuel. MOgene Green Chemicals LLC, a subsidiary ... Read More