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Raleigh's Bryn Pharma has raised an additional $11 million, for a total of $26 million in this funding round, as it approaches market approval for its epinephrine nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis.
Greensboro-based Scullion Strategy Group and High Point-based Trone Research + Consulting have joined forces to launch a new methodology to assess product marketability, targeting animal health and other life sciences sectors.
An ancient relative of tobacco is at the heart of a new COVID-19 vaccine under development by Medicago and GSK.
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Burlington-based LabCorp is offering a new home-based testing service to screen patients for COVID-19 infections before they proceed with surgeries and other important medical treatments.

Randall Johnson, executive director of the NC Biotechnology Center Southeastern office in Wilmington, has been named president of the North Carolina Economic Development Association for the 2020-2021 term.
Precision Biosciences’ two-year collaboration with Gilead Sciences to develop new therapies to cure hepatitis B will end in September.
TreeCo,  a company founded by two NC State University researchers, is setting out to revolutionize the forestry industry by combining insights from tree genetics with the power of genome editing.
Duke's Thomas Tedder is one of the most recent examples of the many NC scientists who develop important pharmaceutical products but often don't see the limelight for it.
Research Triangle Park ag tech startup Innatrix has been awarded a $224,594 National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant.
Research Triangle Park ag tech startup TerMir is the winner of the inaugural Alexandria LaunchLabs $100,000 AgTech Innovation Prize for its promising "green" technology to attack the devastating citrus greening disease.
Five young North Carolina life sciences companies are in the national running for the LaunchBio Big Pitch, a virtual quick pitch competition for the most promising startups in the U.S.
In the Global Startup Ecosystem Report of 2020, Startup Genome named the Research Triangle #10 among emerging startup ecosystems. And Charlotte and Wilmington made the top 100.
Kepley BioSystems scientists in Greensboro are developing a COVID-19 mask system that eliminates viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens from the air.
Raleigh's 9 Meters Biopharma is launching a clinical trial for a drug to help people absorb more nutrients when their digestive tract is shortened through surgery or at birth.
Durham-based Bioventus has come up with a new bone graft substitute that it says is easier for doctors to handle, promotes healing in patients, and provides potential cost savings for hospitals.
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