Durham’s Kriya Therapuetics lands $80M to advance gene therapies for diabetes, severe obesity
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PALO ALTO, Calif. and DURHAM — Flush with cash, Kriya Therapeutics has big plans.
The biotech startup, with headquarters in…
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NC medical software startup targets eye disorders, plans to locate in RTP
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – At least 1 billion people worldwide have impaired vision that could have been prevented or has…
Eli Lilly picks former GSK campus in RTP for $474M manufacturing plant
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has selected a site within the old GlaxoSmithKline campus – now known…
Bluebird nabs $200M in early payout from retooled Bristol Myers BCMA deal
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With its Bristol Myers-partnered CAR-T therapy under FDA review, bluebird bio is getting a $200 million payout. The Big Pharma…
Triangle drugmaker may have treatment for coronavirus – and another for smallpox
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A Triangle drugmaker is beginning trials for a potential treatment for Covid-19 while at the same time the company is…
4 NC universities team up to land $5.7M grant for diabetes research center
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Four North Carolina universities have teamed up to win a $5.7 million federal grant for diabetes…
Durham startup targeting pancreatitis raises $2.7M from 19 investors
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DURHAM – Lamassu Pharma, a biotech startup that is developing small molecule therapeutics to treat acute pancreatitis, has found plenty…
All hands on deck: COVID-19 engineering response team assembles from every corner at Duke
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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
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Grifols is now accepting plasma from volunteer donors who have recovered from the COVID-19 virus at its Raleigh area locations.…