As the biotechnology industry matures, more and more products are moving from the laboratory to the marketplace. Bioscience companies throughout North Carolina are developing or manufacturing a great variety of products to improve our health and quality of life.
The following list is a sampling of these products. It was derived from BioSciNC, an online directory of North Carolina bioscience companies published by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
AbD Serotec of Raleigh makes flow cytometry reagents, T-cell receptors, histology reagents and other products.
Ajinomoto USA of Raleigh makes food and feed additives and pharmaceutical products.
Bayer CropScience of Research Triangle Park makes agricultural products for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of problems in plants and animals.
BD Diagnostics of Burlington makes viewing and screening systems for cervical cancer detection.
Biogen Idec of Research Triangle Park makes Avonex® and Tysabri®, treatments for multiple sclerosis, Amevive® for psoriasis, and other products.
bioMerieux Inc. of Durham makes pregnancy, fertility and infectious disease tests and coagulation reagents.
Blue Ridge Biologicals of Hickory makes microbiology culture media and components and provides tableting and packaging services.
Closure Medical of Raleigh makes adhesives that close cuts and wounds.
Corn Products International of Winston-Salem makes high-fructose corn syrup and starch.
Diosynth Biotechnology of Research Triangle Park provides drug development and contract-manufacturing services to the biopharmaceutical industry.
DSM Pharmaceuticals of Greenville is a contract manufacturer of drugs and drug ingredients.
Eisai of Research Triangle Park develops and manufactures human health products, including Aricept, a treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.
EnSolve Biosystems of Raleigh makes biocleansers and a bioreactor for detoxifying oily ship bilge water.
GlaxoSmithKline of Research Triangle Park manufactures respiratory and migraine drugs at its Zebulon facility.
Greer Laboratories of Lenoir makes allergy immunotherapy testing and treatment materials for human and veterinary health and provides contract development services.
Hybrizyme of Raleigh makes assays for environmental and food toxicants, including PCB food-test kits, TCDD test kits and PCB soil-test kits.
JABB of the Carolinas of Pine Level makes a fungus-derived bio-insecticide.
KHH BioSci of Chapel Hill makes a natural plant extract to induce disease resistance in fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants.
Laboratory Corp. of America of Burlington provides clinical and anatomical lab services, including clinical trials testing.
LipoScience of Raleigh makes the NMR LipoProfile®, a specialized cholesterol test.
Medtox Diagnostics of Burlington makes screening tests for biological substances and drug abuse.
MWG Biotech of High Point makes custom genomic products and equipment. They plan to close their facility in mid-2008.
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries of Clayton makes injectable insulin products for diabetics.
Novozymes North America of Franklinton makes industrial enzymes for use in detergents and in baking.
Pfizer Poultry Health of Research Triangle Park makes poultry vaccines at its Laurinburg plant and licenses Inovoject®, its automated egg-injection system.
PhytoMyco Research of Greenville compiles natural product-extract libraries and combinatorial biology libraries.
Pisgah Labs of Pisgah Forest is a contract manufacturer of drugs and materials for clinical trials.
PPD of Research Triangle Park makes base and focus libraries and assays for drug discovery.
Quintiles Transnational of Durham is one of the world’s largest contract research organizations serving the pharmaceutical industry.
Salix Pharmaceuticals of Morrisville makes gastro-intestinal products and services such as Colazal™ for ulcerative colitis.
Stovall Life Science of Greensboro makes instruments and devices for molecular and cell biology research.
Syngenta Crop Protection of Greensboro makes crop-protection and seed products.
Touch Scientific of Raleigh makes the Touch Tear MicroAssay System, a diagnostic for the ophthalmic market.
Trimeris of Durham makes Fuzeon, a fusion inhibitor for HIV.
United Therapeutics, which has a clinical development center in Research Triangle Park, makes a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals of Sanford makes vaccines for infants and young children.
Xenobiotic Detection Systems of Durham makes assays that analyze environmental pollutants.
Zen-Bio of Research Triangle Park isolates and cultures material derived from human fat for diabetes and obesity therapies.