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North Carolina is home to 810 life sciences companies that directly employ 75,000 people. This directory includes those companies as well as 2,500 additional North Carolina companies that support or are related to our thriving sector.
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RTP Startups Demonstrate Benefits of Plant-Based Proteins for Cell-Based Food Production
Results from a collaborative project between Tiamat Sciences and BIOMILQ — women-owned biotechnology startups in Research Triangle Park — show the promise of using plant-based proteins to lower the cost of producing food using cultured cells.

Astellas to acquire Propella Therapeutics and its experimental prostate cancer therapy
Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that it will acquire Propella Therapeutics, Inc., based in Pittsboro. Propella is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that has leveraged a wholly owned proprietary platform that combines medicinal chemistry with lymphatic targeting to create new oncology drugs.
Through the acquisition of Propella, Astellas will acquire PRL-02 (abiraterone decanoate), an androgen biosynthesis inhibitor being developed by Propella to treat prostate cancer.

Avior Bio secures licensing agreement for chronic itch therapy
Avior Bio, a small Cary startup developing a treatment for pruritus, or chronic itchy skin, has secured an agreement to license its clinical-stage therapy to a New Jersey pharmaceutical company.