NCBiotech News

UNC-affiliated startup RainBio is parlaying support from NCBiotech to develop a novel gene therapy for corneal blindness, giving patients a chance not only for longer lives, but better ones.

Novozymes, with U.S. headquarters in North Carolina, is leaning into a strategic alliance with Univar Solutions to expand its reach across multiple markets in North America.

UNC Pembroke neuroscientist Ben Bahr has received the 2021 Outstanding Mentor Award from the health sciences division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Inivata has entered into a commercialization agreement with Agendia to distribute Inivata’s RaDaR liquid biopsy assay to detect breast cancer.

EnviroFlight, an alternative protein company based in northern Kentucky, is relocating its headquarters and installing a new research and development facility in the Raleigh suburb of Apex.

The Charlotte region is the most attractive market for life sciences professionals, according to the 2021 Jones Lang LaSalle Life Sciences Emerging Markets Index. The Raleigh-Cary area is close behind, placing seventh in the country's top 110 markets.

RTP biopesticide startup Vestaron has submitted its Basin biopesticide family to the EPAy for review.

A dedicated team of NC healthcare providers and inventors, bootstrapped by an NCBiotech grant, is preparing to launch a revolutionary new hospital bassinet to enable new mothers and their babies to connect more easily.

Ritu Mathur parlays community college courses into a successful entry into NC's rewarding biomanufacturing sector.

High Point’s vTv Therapeutics has received the FDA designation as a Breakthrough Therapy for its TTP399 oral supplement treating type 1 diabetes and psoriasis.

San Francisco-based medical genetics testing company Invitae is investing $114.6 million to bring its wide-ranging medical testing capabi

Register now to participate in two free virtual events that will discuss the latest advancements in cell- and gene-based therapy and North Carolina’s growing global reputation for development and advancement of these therapeutics.

Register now for Tuesday, April 27's GRAIL virtual open house, for a look at the new 200,000-square-foot lab, office, and warehouse facility in RTP, now hiring, for the manufacture of advanced cancer test kits.

Cary-based Ovesco Endoscopy USA is making major inroads in non-surgical treatment of gastrointestinal tract problems, with plans to add employees and manufacturing capacity to keep up with demand.

Abzena, a global British contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced a $213 million plan to build a new factory in the Lee County city of Sanford, ultimately adding 325 employees by the end of 2025 to the fast-growing North Carolina biomanufacturing ecosystem.