Durham startup targeting pancreatitis raises $2.7M from 19 investors Date Published: May 5, 2020 DURHAM – Lamassu Pharma, a biotech startup that is developing small molecule therapeutics to treat acute pancreatitis, has found plenty…
Serial founder Patrick Sullivan talks exits to Google, Facebook and new venture, Bonsai, in Raleigh Date Published: May 5, 2020 RALEIGH — Three-time founder Patrick Sullivan is passionate about building companies. His first company, a licensing and royalty technology for…
Golden LEAF receives $125M in funding to support NC COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Loan Program Date Published: May 5, 2020 Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors took action in response to House Bill 1043. The bill includes $125 million…
All hands on deck: COVID-19 engineering response team assembles from every corner at Duke Date Published: May 4, 2020 DURHAM – At the beginning of 2020, Dr. Alejandro Pino’s attention was focused on designing and patenting feeding tubes that…
Grifols begins accepting plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients Date Published: May 4, 2020 Grifols is now accepting plasma from volunteer donors who have recovered from the COVID-19 virus at its Raleigh area locations.…
Morrisville startup focusing on airborne wind energy raising more cash, is hiring Date Published: May 4, 2020 MORRISVILLE — Windlift, the Triangle-based engineering and computer programming company focusing on airborne wind energy (AWE), has raised $160,000 in…
Durham pharma company to test its experimental cancer drug on COVID-19 patients Date Published: May 1, 2020 A Durham-based biopharmaceutical company says it has gotten the okay from the Food and Drug Administration to test its experimental…
Amazon hires 95,000 in April, still looking for workers in NC Date Published: May 1, 2020 Amazon’s sales soared in the first three months of the year, as more home-bound people shopped online amid the coronavirus…
Flush with $22M, newly merged 9 Meters Biopharma launches in Raleigh with focus on GI diseases Date Published: May 1, 2020 RALEIGH — Introducing 9 Meters Biopharma, the new company birthed from the merger of Raleigh-based Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, a clinical stage…