Fortune 500 medical technology firm acquires Durham-based company and keeps manufacturing of biosurgical sealant device in North Carolina.
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.
November 2, 2018
The challenge of developing new drugs to treat serious lower gastrointestinal disorders just got easier to digest for Symberix, a Durham biopharmaceutical company.
November 2, 2018
The road to better health is only a simple blood test away, thanks to a new consumer wellness package offered by Burlington-based global life sciences company LabCorp.
November 2, 2018
Advanced Animal Diagnostics (AAD) of Morrisville has entered into a license and commercialization agreement with Zoetis, the world’s largest animal-health company, to bring AAD’s mastitis-detection technology to dairy producers and veterinarians outside of the United States.
October 31, 2018
Patients wanting easy access to their lab test results from LabCorp can now get them through their smart phones.
October 29, 2018
Precision health took center stage in North Carolina recently as Duke University hosted its second Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC). The event attracted more than 400 experts who represented health and biotechnology organizations from around the world.
October 25, 2018
Humacyte, a Durham-based regenerative medicine company, has begun a Phase 2 clinical trial of Humacyl, its bioengineered blood vessel, in patients with vascular trauma.
October 25, 2018
RTI International -- a leading non-profit research institute in Research Triangle Park -- and Austin, Texas-based biotechnology company Asuragen have entered into a collaboration to look for a genetic disorder in North Carolina’s newborns.
October 24, 2018
Six North Carolina bioscience companies are among 15 companies from the Southeast selected as finalists for awards to be given at the 20th annual SEBIO Investor and Partnering Forum in Atlanta next month.
October 23, 2018
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) may be the most successful organization in North Carolina that few people have ever heard of. But that’s about to change.
October 19, 2018
Burlington-based global life science company LabCorp and AstraZeneca subsidiary Definiens have announced a collaboration to speed the development of precision medicines.
October 18, 2018
Todd M. Pope, president and CEO of TransEnterix Inc., a Morrisville medical device company that makes minimally invasive robotic surgical systems, has been named to Time magazine’s 50 Most Influential People in Health Care for 2018.
October 17, 2018
North Carolina’s entrepreneurial companies will have an opportunity to learn more about alternative funding sources -- disease foundations that have established venture arms -- at a November 1 event at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
October 16, 2018
Nufarm Americas has its roots “down under,” but it’s happy to do some of its growing up in the Old North State.
October 16, 2018
A $100,000 Economic Development Award (EDA) from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center will boost bioscience industry growth in Burlington and Alamance County.