NCBiotech News

Zymtronix, a startup biotech with operations in RTP and Ithaca, N.Y., has named Adam Monroe as president and COO.

Durham medical device and diagnostics company Baebies has received FDA permission to market a rapid, point-of-care test for the world’s most common enzyme deficiency.

The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering in Greensboro is partnering with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center to create a new research initiative called ICONS.

FUJIFILM Corporation is investing $188 million in a cell culture media manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park, adding more than 100 new jobs.

Triangle's big three research universities, NCBiotech sponsor Venture Day to put early-stage life sciences spinouts together with investors.

The nonprofit Regenerative Medicine Development Organization in Winston-Salem and Cary-based analytics company SAS are joining forces to improve advanced manufacturing for regenerative medicine applications.

Durham-based medical device company 410 Medical has closed on a $6.3 million round of venture capital.

Oerth Bio of Durham and Yara International of Norway are teaming up to promote technology they believe will help farmers around the world deal with climate change – and help us all continue to eat.

Sheila Mikhail, CEO and co-founder of AskBio, and Marcia Eisenberg, Ph.D., senior vice president and chief scientific officer at the Labcorp, comprise 10% of the total class of "Fiercest Women in Life Sciences 2022."

Ten63 says its unique search algorithms can search through nearly 19.5 million compounds per second, or roughly the same number of compounds explored experimentally in the history of humanity.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 23 grants and loans totaling over $1.4 million to bioscience companies, universities and nonprofit organizations in the first quarter of its fiscal year.

Nancy Johnston, executive director of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Piedmont Triad Office, has been recognized as a “Power Player” by Triad Business Journal.

Gerry Hancock, NCBiotech's original board chair, served two terms in the State Senate and co-chaired the General Assembly’s Legislative Commission on Biotechnology. He was recently honored with a Peabody Award.

Durham-based BioSkryb Genomics has signed with Cooper Genomics to license BioSkryb’s proprietary genomic amplification technology for genetic testing of embryos prior to implantation in women seeking to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization.

Michele Chang, the U.S. EDA’s deputy assistant secretary for policy, liked what she saw as she led a contingent to North Carolina’s Research Triangle area to review how partners were doing on their $25 million grant plans.