Duke launches $50M effort to see if drug can prevent COVID-19 among healthcare workers
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DURHAM – Duke University’s Clinical Research Institute is launching a study to determine whether the drug hydroxychloroquine can be used…
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Morrisville life science firm Syneos backs BiPAP machines to ease ventilator shortage
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MORRISVILLE – As the world grapples with a shortage of ventilators during the coronavirus crisis, a group of physicians are…
App developed by Duke students traces contacts of coronavirus patients
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DURHAM, N.C. — A team of Duke University students has created an app that they believe could play a role…
PRA Health app allows patients enrolled in trials to be monitored ‘virtually’ during pandemic
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PRA Health Sciences (headquartered in Raleigh) announced on March 27 that it expanded its platform to remote monitoring, essentially allowing…
Morrisville-based Heat Biologics developing quick point-of-care COVID-19 test
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Heat Biologics, a publicly traded North Carolina biotechnology company, is adding a rapid point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic test to its product…
Durham data firm launches system for real-time, remote monitoring of virus symptoms
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DURHAM – Worried that your employees or patients may be starting to show some symptoms related to the coronavirus? Durham-based…
Medicago, which has Durham plant, developing vaccine that could smoke out coronavirus
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DURHAM – An ancient relative of tobacco, much maligned for the damage it has inflicted on public health, is key…
Medicago Vaccine Could Help Smoke Out Coronavirus
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Medicago is using plant-based technology in efforts to create a COVID-19 vaccine
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RTP-based BioMedomics seeks FDA OK for ’emergency use’ of its coronavirus test
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – BioMedomics, a medical diagnostic company based in RTP, has submitted an application to the FDA seeking…