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…
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…
Durham’s Chimerix gets FDA nod to test cancer drug in COVID-19 patients Date Published: April 30, 2020 DURHAM — Chimerix has gotten the green light to test an investigational cancer drug to treat COVID-19 patients. The Durham-based…
Gene therapy firm AskBio acquires French company targeting deadly brain disease Date Published: April 22, 2020 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio), a clinical stage gene therapy company in Research Triangle Park, has acquired BrainVectis,…
Raleigh pharma to have second drug tested for potential COVID-19 treatment Date Published: April 21, 2020 With fresh data from existing trials treating COVID-19 patients in Italy and Israel, a Triangle drugmaker has announced a deal…
RedHill Biopharma, which has US HQ in Raleigh, pursues second COVID-19 treatment Date Published: April 21, 2020 RALEIGH – RedHill Biopharma is another step closer to getting one of its potential treatments for COVID-19 tested. The Israeli…
LabCorp receives FDA approval to sell at-home COVID-19 test Date Published: April 21, 2020 BURLINGTON – Health services giant LabCorp will begin selling an at-home test for the COVID-19 virus after receiving emergency authorization…
RTP nutrition startup lands $5M in funding; Hatteras, Launch Place among backers Date Published: April 20, 2020 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Panaceutics Nutrition, a provider of personalized nutrition products with operations in Research Triangle Park, has closed…
UNC scientists unravel some of schizophrenia’s secrets through genome sequencing Date Published: April 19, 2020 CHAPEL HILL – Most research about the genetics of schizophrenia has sought to understand the role that genes play in…