Long Island’s BioTech LIBio Articles

Wheel of fortune: After 50 years of growth, family-owned Contract Pharmacal Corp. keeps spinning out hits in Hauppauge.

The science of savings: Topflight laboratory research, innovative manufacturing technologies and cutting-edge distribution systems have always been central to Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ primary affordability mission.

That’s a good Schein: From neighborhood pharmacy to global medtech distributor, Melville-based Henry Schein has had a century to remember.

She blinded us with science: Or, more accurately, she opened our eyes — biotechnology marked entrepreneur Estée Lauder’s personal approach and has remained the core principle of her international beauty brand.

Inside track: Now a subsidiary of Rochester-based Carestream Health, born-on-Long Island Quantum Medical Imaging has been pacing the medical X-ray field for more than 20 years.

Center stage: Stony Brook University’s Center for Biotechnology has been leading regional biotech research — and spurring statewide economics — for more than four decades.

Collision course: The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider — the first and one of only two operating heavy-ion colliders in the world — continues to make eye-opening discoveries at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Keeping a close eye: Since 1978, Great Neck-based mdi Consultants has helped hundreds of pharmaceutical, medical device and food-and-beverage manufacturers comply with strict production standards.

Hard at work: Four-and-a-half decades later, Farmingdale-based Enzo Biochem continues to set (and reset) the biotech standard.

High concept: The Long Island High Technology Incubator officially opened in 1992 … but its ideals (and successes) date back even further, notes Voices historian Tom Mariner.

Not as easy as it looks: But without F. William Studier’s classic T7 Protein Expression System, much of modern biotech might be impossible.

Brick by brick: From its humble beginnings 65 years ago, Suffolk County Community College has grown into the largest community college in the entire SUNY system.

History in the making: Broad Hollow Bioscience Park has already made its mark on the regional biotech industry — and its most influential days may lie ahead.

Give him a hand: Northwell Health Vice President of Advanced Engineering Chad Bouton reaches for greatness with the Double Neural Bypass, which has earned him and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research an inventive honor.

Top down: Nestled in the same North Shore harbor for 132 years, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has always benefitted from top-rate leadership.

Inside track: Now a subsidiary of Rochester-based Carestream Health, born-on-Long Island Quantum Medical Imaging has been pacing the medical X-ray field for more than 20 years.

Sharper image: The FDG brain scan, an effective tool of modern neuroscience, traces its roots to energy-focused Brookhaven National Laboratory.

The next generation: With second-gen CEO Scott Herskovitz (center) leading the way, Team Qosina mans the company booth at the 2021 Medical Design & Manufacturing Conference in Minneapolis.