Gore-Tex fabrics maker acquires Durham medtech InnAVasc Medical
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Durham-based InnAVasc Medical, a medical device company that received early funding from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, has been acquired by W.…
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Durham startup Altis Biosystems offers grant for research incorporating its proprietaty tech
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A research award program that Altis Biosystems introduced last year to encourage the use of its drug-screening technology worked so well the…
Durham firm projects $4B in healthcare savings if blue light tech used to treat COVID-19
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A recent peer-reviewed manuscript published in the Journal of Medical Economics details a health economics cost savings model that Durham-based startup EmitBio says indicates…
Startup Spotlight: Durham-based navigation firm Archaius lands $1.1M, seeks $1.5M more
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Rick Vosburgh is changing what’s possible when it comes to precise, accurate navigation. Now, in addition to backing from the U.S.…
NC Biotech Center fuels growth, research in life sciences with $1.75M in grants, loans
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The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 18 grants and loans totaling $1,755,181 to universities, bioscience companies and nonprofit organizations in…
Durham startup NeedsList wins $1M grant from Google to scale crisis response software
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NeedsList will receive a $1 million grant and a team of a half-dozen software engineers from Google.org to assist the…
BD to buy Durham’s Parata Systems for more than $1.5B in cash
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Parata Systems, a provider of pharmacy automation technology, will be acquired by BDin an all-cash deal for $1.525 billion, the…
Build Up Local Life Sciences (BULLS) is creating talent pipeline for bio industry jobs
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At the height of the pandemic, City of Durham leaders realized they were in a unique position to solve a…
Startup spotlight: Durham agtech firm could hold genetic key to better bananas & coffee
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Durham-based food technology startup Pairwise is going a little bit bananas…and coffee.
The company – which uses its CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing know-how…