NCBiotech News

Raleigh ag tech company Genoverde Biosciences has shifted focus during COVID-19, using its facilities and tech to provide hand sanitizers to communities in need.

Gene therapy pioneer AskBio of Chapel Hill, supported in its early years by NCBiotech, will be acquired by Bayer AG, the German healthcare and ag conglomerate, for up to $4 billion.

Durham's Tellus Therapeutics has received Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Drug designations from the FDA for its neonatal brain injury treatment.

Durham's Emergo has just received $3.5 million in equity backing from 77 investors for a new clinical study to see how the therapy works on patients with flu-like symptoms.

Burlington-based LabCorp has launched a new antibody test for research labs, the latest in a string of contributions to the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

MED-EL Medical Electronics, a hearing-technology company with U.S. headquarters in Durham, was recently named “Innovator of the Year” by the online publication Hearing Health & Technology Matters.

Scientists now have a complete genetic blueprint to help them better understand the western flower thrips and to find ways to control the pest.

Any STEM company in North Carolina that has received a specified type of federal grant for research and development has until Dec. 1 to apply for matching state funds through the One NC Small Business Program.

Shattuck Labs is changing the face of cancer therapy, aided by a $202 million IPO and equity funding that will push its clinical research on cancer immunotherapy to the next level.

Amanda Taylor, a 29-year veteran of Merck, assumed responsibility for the Maurice R. Hilleman Center for Vaccine Manufacturing in Durham.on August 1.

The Maurice R. Hilleman Center for Vaccine Manufacturing in Durham, where yet another 100-job expansion was announced this week, is key to Merck’s future as one of the world’s powerhouse vaccine manufacturers.

Polarean, a Duke University spinout bootstrapped by an NCBiotech loan, has filed a new drug application with the FDA for its unique technology for lung imaging.

Grifols, a global biotherapeutics company, has begun Phase 3 clinical trials in patients with COVID-19 with its therapeutic manufactured in Clayton.

Burlington-based LabCorp has received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to deploy an improved laboratory test for detecting the coronavirus infection.

Getting accurate, timely information on COVID-19 cases is one of the major challenges facing policymakers as they make decisions about public health and the economy. Researchers at North Carolina State University are embarking on a project aimed at making sure test kits are available where they are most needed, so that policymakers have the information they need.