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…
Life Sciences
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…
Cary-based TeleHealth Services brings ‘virtual nurses’ to hospitals fighting pandemic
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CARY – The virtual nurse is here.
TeleHealth Services – one of the nation’s leading providers of audio/visual solutions (AV)…
Durham biotech startup founded by Duke grad raises nearly $1M in equity
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DURHAM – Tavros Therapeutics, an emerging biotechnology company based out of Durham, has raised nearly $1 million in equity, according…
NCCU gets $330,000 grant to stop biological threats, like COVID-19, at the border
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RALEIGH — North Carolina Central University has received a $330,000 grant to develop tools that help the U.S. Department of…