Pfizer announced today that it will invest an additional $500 million and add 300 more jobs to increase its newly completed gene therapy manufacturing capabilities at its 230-acre campus in Sanford, North Carolina.
NCBiotech News
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August 20, 2019
North Carolina is a global leader in gene therapy thanks to its renowned workforce development programs and the scientific output of its research universities.
August 15, 2019
A multi-year collaboration to help improve outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer has advanced to a second phase for Research Triangle Park-based GeneCentric Therapeutics, Inc.
August 15, 2019
Finally, a new, more-effective drug taken for shorter duration, when used in combination with two others, is here to fight the worst types of tuberculosis. And a scientist at RTI International helped it happen.
August 14, 2019
Durham's Heat Biologics has received an FDA go-ahead to start a Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate combining two of its immune-stimulating cell lines in patients with solid tumors resistant to standard treatment.
August 14, 2019
featuring a custom built open D-shaped oak table that
seats 40 people.
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center will open the doors to the Conference Center on August 28.
August 13, 2019
Emboldened by a recent cash infusion of $225 million from investors, AskBio has acquired Scottish company Synpromics to help it develop therapeutics for a wider array of genetic disorders than the rare diseases it has targeted to date.
August 12, 2019
A group representing North Carolina’s BioPharma Crescent has a few more ideas now about such things as cell and gene therapies and digital solutions for pharmaceutical packaging. And a lot of people from around the world are aware of North Carolina’s BioPharma Crescent.
August 8, 2019
Four of North Carolina's key agricultural partners are coming together in a collaborative effort to highlight the contributions women have made to the agriculture industry in North Carolina.
Leading women across the state are changing the future beyond the farm. Innovations, resources, opportunities and experiences will be shared on tour and social platforms to showcase the impact women have on North Carolina’s agriculture industry.
August 8, 2019
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 22 grants and loans totaling $2,050,778 to universities, bioscience companies and other organizations in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year.
August 7, 2019
Durham-based Chimerix,has committed $30 million and10 million shares of its common stock to buy exclusive worldwide rights to a leukemia drug under development by Cantex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
August 7, 2019
RTP's AskBio has entered a strategic partnership with Boston's Selecta to boost gene therapy's potential for re-dosing if needed.
August 5, 2019
After more than a half century in New Jersey, the Inter-regional Research Project No. 4, a national agricultural research organization, is moving from the Garden State to Raleigh.
August 2, 2019
RTP plant genomics startup Pairwise and NCSU are collaborating in a unique public-private partnership to vastly accelerate the search for better berries.
July 29, 2019
North Carolina's Research Triangle area led the nation last year in per-capita funding from the National Institutes of Health.