NCBiotech News

NC's life sciences successes have earned Governor Roy Cooper the honor of the BIO 2020 Governor of the Year.

Greensboro diagnostics and drug screening company Carolina Liquid Chemistries has added another COVID-19 test kit to its product line.

Morrisville-based Locus Biosciences just got a $77 million shot in the arm to develop its new antibacterial therapy to treat E. coli bacteria-causing recurrent urinary tract infections.

First Flight Venture Center’s unique RTP prototyping facility, Hangar6, has landed a $2.6 million federal grant to help it keep building on its success.

As Senior Director of Science & Technology Development at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Tracey du Laney helps to bring scientific expertise and companies to North Carolina to drive life sciences research and economic development.

Morrisville-based precision health company Metabolon has just closed the books on $72 million in new combined debt and equity financing.

Burlington-based LabCorp has developed the first testing method to simultaneously detect for COVID-19, influenza A / B, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) just in time for the upcoming flu season.

NC bioscience companies getting federal SBIR/STTR R&D funding will soon have a chance to win matching funds from the state, thanks to new funding for the One NC Small Business Program.

San Diego-based Illumina, which founded GRAIL in 2016 and then spun it off as a standalone business, is now buying the unique cancer-testing company, with plans for a Durham factory, for $8 billion.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and BASF Corporation are joining forces to address global challenges.

Syngenta has donated four custom plant growth chambers valued at $1.5 million to NC State's Plant Sciences Initiative.

RTP medical device company TransEnterix is establishing the first Asia-Pacific training center for its Senhance Surgical System at the Saitama Medical University International Center in Tokyo.

Biogen announces a $250 million, 20-year initiative – Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives – to eliminate fossil fuel emissions across all its operations by 2040.

The innovative California-based cancer-detection company GRAIL, Inc., which is establishing a $100 million-plus facility in Research Triangle Park, is preparing to go public.

Raleigh-based AgEye Technologies, which typically provides its indoor farming customers AI-powered cameras, sensors and predictive analytics, has added its pandemic-beating “plant scientist in a box” to its portfolio.