Durham-based Biomarck Pharmaceuticals, a portfolio company of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, has launched a Phase 2 clinical trial of a potential therapy for treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
NCBiotech News
We work hard to bring you the stories about the life science community in North Carolina. Every once in a while, we add a little news of our own. Read some of those stories below, or check out some of our perspectives on our staff blog.
January 22, 2018
Durham-based BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has signed a definitive merger agreement with Idera Pharmaceuticals.
January 22, 2018
North Carolina State University professor and gene editing pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou, Ph.D., has been honored by the National Academy of Sciences with the 2018 $100,000 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences.
January 19, 2018
Craft Technologies, a contract laboratory in Wilson that analyzes nutrients, vitamins, carotenoids, bioflavonoids and phytochemicals, has been acquired by the food division of Eurofins North America for undisclosed terms.
January 16, 2018
If you’re among the thousands of pharmaceutical manufacturing workers in six Southeastern states, you can escape the admission fee for the 25th annual conference of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering’s Carolina-South Atlantic chapter March 13 in Raleigh.
January 16, 2018
Twenty-six life science companies from across North Carolina will present their stories at the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s 27th annual Life Science Conference Feb. 27-28 at the Raleigh Convention Center.
January 12, 2018
With their $7.4 billion merger complete, Raleigh-based INC Research and InVentiv have rebranded as Syneos Health Inc.
January 11, 2018
Clinical data company TARGET PharmaSolutions of Chapel Hill has expanded its stable of major pharmaceutical company strategic alliances by adding Novartis to its study of liver disease.
January 10, 2018
Galaxy Diagnostics is confronting a mysterious health menace with a growing suite of commercial tests for accurately detecting Bartonella and other pathogens in people and animals.
January 10, 2018
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is collaborating with the Soil Health Institute to highlight the impact of soil health on plant, animal and human health at the 2018 Ag Biotech Summit.
January 3, 2018
North Carolina’s life science sector registered another run of robust growth in 2017, ending the year with more than 700 companies employing over 63,000 people.
December 20, 2017
To those who think biotechnology in North Carolina is an urban industry suited only for the Research Triangle, Piedmont Triad or Greater Charlotte regions, Mark Phillips has some eye-opening data that will nix that perception.
December 15, 2017
Corning, the global materials science company known for its glass and ceramics, will create 428 jobs over three years in North Carolina by investing $275 million in a manufacturing plant expansion in Durham County and a new warehouse in Edgecombe County.
December 12, 2017
Olav Rueppell, Ph.D., says his research at the University of North Carolina Greensboro clearly illustrates how relatively small but timely grant funding from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center can have a big impact.
December 7, 2017
Seqirus, the world’s second largest influenza vaccine company, has broken ground for a $9 million expansion of its massive manufacturing facility in Holly Springs.