Sam Archer earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University in Greensboro. Today, he works in quality assurance for Merck, a global biopharmaceutical company with a biomanufacturing site in Durham. …
Grifols, a global manufacturer of plasma-based medicines headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, held a celebration to mark 50 years in Clayton, NC. Grifols acquired the Johnston County facility in 2011 from Talecris Biotherapeutics, turning Grifols into a top- …
High school students across the country can now easily and affordably perform cutting-edge gene editing thanks to the new CRISPR in a Box educational kit. Burlington-based Carolina Biological Supply Company has entered into an exclusive partnership with …
Raleigh sustainable food startup Atlantic Fish Co has developed and tested a cultivated black sea bass prototype, the company’s latest milestone in the production of sustainable seafood made from harvested fish cells. In an announcement this week with the …
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), plans to invest $1.2 billion to double the size of its manufacturing facility currently under construction in Holly Springs. When completed, the site …
Gene therapy legend R. Jude Samulski, Ph.D., co-founder and chief scientific officer of Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio) since the company was established in 2001, is leaving the CSO job but remaining on the company board. AskBio announced that Mansuo …
Milestone Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian company with a U.S. subsidiary in Charlotte, is back on track with a potential drug to treat rapid heart rates in certain cardiovascular disorders. The company in late March re-submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to …
Over the past four decades, the life sciences industry in North Carolina has experienced an evolution, transforming the state into a global hub for innovation, research, and development. Fostering collaboration among academia, government, and industry, …
Winston-Salem-based Charter Medical has opened its new Innovation Hub in downtown Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. The Innovation Hub features a state-of-the-art lab space where single-use studies for freezing, transportation, and protection will be …
Turning ideas into impactful solutions can be a hit-or-miss proposition. To get more agricultural technology hits, the new North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI) Startup Program helps researchers, alumni and others translate their ideas and …
Biotalys, a Belgian agricultural technology company with a small U.S. subsidiary in Raleigh, has formed a collaboration with Novonesis (formerly Novozymes) to commercialize a biofungicide for fruit and vegetable crops worldwide. The partnership encompasses …
The life sciences version of March Madness 2024 has just tipped off across North Carolina. The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, launched the biannual, statewide NCBiotech Venture Challenge for 2024, following …
SCHOTT Pharma USA, Inc., part of SHOTT Pharma AG, a global specialty glass manufacturer based in Germany, plans to invest $371 million over the next five years to build a new production facility in Wilson that would create 401 jobs and produce glass pre- …
Funded by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) will lead a team of university, N.C. Cooperative Extension, business and research …
It’s an exciting time at Durham-based Deep Blue Medical Advances as the start-up builds on the success of its T-Line Hernia Mesh, a surgical product that helps prevent the recurrence of hernias after abdominal hernia repair surgery. Over the next two …
As so many various state business rankings reflect, North Carolina continues to move from strength to strength as it relates to offering the commitment to education, a talented workforce and the quality of life that is critical to attracting either start- …
Fortrea, a global contract research organization (CRO) that was spun off of Burlington-based Labcorp in 2023, will divest two of its businesses to focus more on supporting clinical drug development in phases 1 through 4. Fortrea, headquartered in Durham …
Two animal health and nutrition companies that have partnered on product development for close to 16 years are now working in the same barn, so to speak. NOVUS International announced on March 5 that it has completed the acquisition of Research Triangle- …
With demand for organ transplants far outpacing the supply of usable organs, a Winston-Salem company is addressing the challenge through a novel technology and a partnership with Charlotte-based Atrium Health and one of the state’s largest organ …
Gary Pace, PhD, remembers precisely when he realized that Cell Microsystems had to change. It was 2014, and Pace had recently signed on as CEO of the UNC-Chapel Hill spinout company. He sat in a meeting listening to feedback from potential customers. “We …
