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…
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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.…
Durham pharma company to test its experimental cancer drug on COVID-19 patients
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A Durham-based biopharmaceutical company says it has gotten the okay from the Food and Drug Administration to test its experimental…
Flush with $22M, newly merged 9 Meters Biopharma launches in Raleigh with focus on GI diseases
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RALEIGH — Introducing 9 Meters Biopharma, the new company birthed from the merger of Raleigh-based Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, a clinical stage…
Durham’s Chimerix gets FDA nod to test cancer drug in COVID-19 patients
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DURHAM — Chimerix has gotten the green light to test an investigational cancer drug to treat COVID-19 patients.
The Durham-based…
LabCorp COVID-19 antibody tests available nationwide with no upfront costs
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BURLINGTON — Life science conglomerate LabCorp is now offering antibody tests for the virus that causes COVID-19 starting today.
The…