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…
Life Sciences
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…
Brain breakthrough? Duke scientists help create first living, bioprinted aneurysm outside of human body
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DURHAM – Brain aneurysms affect about one in every 50 Americans and can lead to serious medical emergencies, including stroke,…
Durham startup Tellus moves closer to OK for neonatal brain treatment
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DURHAM – Tellus Therapeutics is getting closer to approval for its neonatal brain injury treatment.
This week, the Durham-based biotech…
Now hear this: Durham’s MED-EL Medical Electronics wins Innovator award
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – MED-EL Medical Electronics, a hearing-technology company with U.S. headquarters in Durham, was recently named “Innovator of…
Gene editing shows promise as tool to fight neuro disorder in babies, UNC study finds
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CHAPEL HILL – Babies born with a faulty maternal copy of the UBE3A gene will develop Angelman syndrome, a severe…
‘A major pest:’ NCSU researcher helps unravel genetic blueprint of a bug ‘that’s on everything’
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RALEIGH – The western flower thrips — an invasive insect that’s not much bigger than a pinhead — takes a…
IQVIA’s CEO: Life science giant ‘delivering results above our financial targets’
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DURHAM – IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $101 million.
The Durham, North Carolina-based company said…
Hatteras, one of the Triangle’s most important biotech investors, raises more than $137M
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Hatteras Venture Partners, one of the Triangle’s most important biotechnology investors, has raised more $137 million for its newest fund,…