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.
June 15, 2021
RTP's Biomason will develop biocement floor tiles with one of Europe’s largest fashion houses, H&M Group, for use in its retail stores.
June 14, 2021
The fast evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak into this global pandemic sparked an equally fast response from all quarters of North Carolina’s diverse life sciences community.
June 11, 2021
Verona Pharma, with U.S. headquarters in Raleigh, has clinched a $219 million deal to market its “first-in-class” drug, ensifentrine, targeting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in China.
June 10, 2021
With grant support from NCBiotech, engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a prototype X-ray scanning machine that reveals not just the shape of an object but its molecular composition.
June 8, 2021
Jonathan Maynard has traveled a long career path that will one day allow him to return to South Korea. And, it all started with JCC’s BioWork certificate program.
June 8, 2021
Biogen’s largest RTP facility at 5000 Davis Drive is producing the initial supplies of the company's Alzheimer’s treatment newly approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
June 8, 2021
The FDA has just granted Chimerix marketing approval for the tablet and oral suspension formulations of its smallpox treatment TEMBEXA (brincidofovir).
June 7, 2021
Bluebird bio, a gene therapy company with manufacturing facilities in Durham, is resuming clinical trials of potential therapies for two inherited blood disorders after clearance from the FDA.
June 7, 2021
North Carolina's attention-grabbing 15 life sciences company announcements so far in 2021, reflecting $2.9B+ in investment plans and 2,686 in new jobs, is on pace to surpass 2020's full-year bonanza of $3B+ in investments with plans to add 4,800+ jobs statewide.
June 4, 2021
GRAIL's new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer in a single blood draw is now available in the United States with a prescription.
June 3, 2021
Thermo Fisher Scientific will begin making “hundreds of millions of doses” of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at its Greenville facilities this summer.
June 1, 2021
A career in biomanufacturing has many benefits including a high average starting salary, minimal training requirements, advancement opportunities, job security and lasting social impact.
May 28, 2021
Duke University’s Center for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Infectious Disease (WaSH-AID) is developing a ‘Smart Toilet’ that uses artificial intelligence to track bowel health and report data, which aids gastroenterologists in creating and modifying treatment plans
May 26, 2021
NCBiotech portfolio company Entegrion released results from an Italian study supporting the clinical value of using heel stick blood samples, run on its portable viscoelastic coagulation monitor, in caring for premature babies.
May 26, 2021
RTP regenerative wound-healing product developer Merakris Therapeutics is launching human testing of a liquid to treat open sores on the skin known as non-healing venous stasis ulcers