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.
July 23, 2020
North Carolina’s global leadership in biomanufacturing has drawn another spotlight with a White House announcement that President Donald Trump will be visiting the Triangle on Monday, July 27, to a company involved in producing COVID-19 vaccine.
July 21, 2020
Boragen, Inc., a boron-based discovery platform company based in RTP, has won a $300,500 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant for research on controlling malaria.
July 20, 2020
Winston-Salem's KeraNetics has received FDA approval for its KeraStat Cream to treat debilitating skin burns from radiation therapy.
July 20, 2020
Chapel Hill's Path BioAnalytics has joined forces with Australian researchers to study a new drug to fight COVID-19
July 17, 2020
bioMASON is adding a new brick-and-mortar headquarters to its Research Triangle Park brick-and-mortar biotech business.
July 14, 2020
A new ag industry report from NC State University economist Mike Walden says more than 16%, or $92.7 billion of the $564 billion gross state product, was contributed by the food, natural fiber and forestry industries in 2018. That’s up from $91.8 billion in 2017.
July 9, 2020
RTP regenerative medicine company Merakris Therapeutics has launched a new skin-graft alternative to help protect and heal wounds.
July 8, 2020
Winston-Salem regenerative medicine company Plakous Therapeutics has landed an award of up to $1,725,000 to help it develop a novel therapy targeting a rare disease in premature babies.
July 7, 2020
An ancient relative of tobacco is at the heart of a new COVID-19 vaccine under development by Medicago and GSK.
July 7, 2020
Greensboro-based Scullion Strategy Group and High Point-based Trone Research + Consulting have joined forces to launch a new methodology to assess product marketability, targeting animal health and other life sciences sectors.
July 7, 2020
Burlington-based LabCorp is offering a new home-based testing service to screen patients for COVID-19 infections before they proceed with surgeries and other important medical treatments.
July 7, 2020
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Piedmont Triad Office is welcoming seven new thought leaders to its regional advisory committee.
July 7, 2020
Randall Johnson, executive director of the NC Biotechnology Center Southeastern office in Wilmington, has been named president of the North Carolina Economic Development Association for the 2020-2021 term.
July 6, 2020
Precision Biosciences’ two-year collaboration with Gilead Sciences to develop new therapies to cure hepatitis B will end in September.
July 2, 2020
TreeCo, a company founded by two NC State University researchers, is setting out to revolutionize the forestry industry by combining insights from tree genetics with the power of genome editing.