NCBiotech News

Eboo Pharmaceuticals, a 2-year-old Durham biotechnology company has parlayed North Carolina Biotechnology Center support into a grant of up to $1.5 million from the high-profile Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
 

Durham’s Square 1 Bank has announced that it’s providing a term loan and revolving credit line to help drive the growth of Advanced Liquid Logic, one of NCBitoech’s high-flying bioscience success stories.

Medicago has successfully produced a Virus-Like Particle vaccine candidate for the H7N9 virus, responsible for the recent avian flu outbreak in China.

The fifth annual Nanotech Commercialization Conference, which took place last week in Winston-Salem, explored the past, present and future of the nanotech industry in North Carolina and beyond.

The March meeting of the NC Biotech Jobs Network kicked off with a welcome by Mike Wilkins, Senior Vice President Statewide Operations and Economic Development of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Mike talked about NCBiotech’s mission of economic development in support of North Carolina’s life science industry. He said it was important for the Center to keep a qualified and talented workforce in the state.

Chimerix announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation for its lead product candidate, CMX001, for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, just days after the company filed plans for an IPO of roughly $85 million.

At a press conference yesterday in Winston-Salem, park officials announced that Piedmont Triad Research Park has been rebranded as Wake Forest Innovation Quarter.

The 4th Annual Wake Forest University Biotechnology Conference & Case Competition, held February 8-9, featured a keynote address and panel discussion on innovation coming out of the Piedmont Triad as well as a case competition that awarded $17,000 to business students from some of the nation's top programs.

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Ocular Systems, Inc, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the North Carolina Eye Bank have formed a new company, which will use new technology for engineering replacement corneas for transplantation. 

Cary-based Trana Discovery has identified a new target for treating infections caused by hospital-acquired Gram-negative bacteria.

North Carolinians will be front, center and everywhere during the two-day Mid-Atlantic Bio conference Sept. 27 and 28 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in suburban Washington, D.C.

Shure Foods, a company started in Roanoke Island by Gabe Dough with help from a $30K NCBiotech loan, has received a patent for its “cold-structured crabmeat,” its uncooked, re-formed take on blue crab.

ASU's Teacher Workshop focused on biomonitoring of genetically-modified organisms.

Sandor Katz, a nationally-recognized leader in the fermentation industry, spoke at Appalachian State University's fermented foods workshop earlier this week.