Pfizer: Coronavirus vaccine proves 90% effective in early data from trial
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Drugmaker Pfizer said Monday an early look at data from its coronavirus vaccine shows it is more than 90% effective…
Life Sciences
Alzheimer’s drug from Biogen fails to win support of FDA advisory committee
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An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration largely concluded in a meeting on Friday that there is…
Duke-led team finds genetic marker that could boost fight against infant brain damage
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DURHAM – A Duke Health-led research team has identified a key marker that will help speed effective vaccine designs for…
Durham medtech startup 410 Medical receives FDA clearance for fluid administration device
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DURHAM – Durham startup 410 Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) Clearance for its LifeFlow PLUS…
Survey: 25% of women consider career change due to pandemic; 40% mull STEM
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Millions of women are considering making a career change as the pandemic drags on, citing career…
Silicon Valley VC backs Raleigh startup with ties to Joe DeSimone that’s targeting pancreatic cancer
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RALEIGH – A Raleigh life science startup targeting pancreatic cancer and other diseases with what it calls a “novel” drug…
Life science firm BioAgilytix is adding 878 jobs in Durham, investing $61.5M
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – BioAgilytix, one of North Carolina’s fastest-growing home-grown life sciences companies, is adding 878 new employees with…
Inside the $4B AskBio deal, the third largest buyout ever for an NC bioscience firm
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio), a pioneering gene therapy company born in Chapel Hill 19 years ago and…
Raleigh ag biotech startup led by Black cofounder & CEO pivots to fight pandemic
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were shortages of many critical resources, from…