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North Carolina considers drug liability protections
North Carolina is sizing up proposed legislation that would be second only to Michigan's in liability protection for drugmakers.
NC, Indy officials pitch plans to aid life sciences
Officials want to help boost the biotech sectors in North Carolina and Indianapolis--two geographies with solid footings in life sciences--with separate plans that have surfaced in recent reports.
NC lawsuit shield falters in legislature
Anyone who's been anticipating a lawsuit shield in North Carolina will have to wait. As Pharmalot reports, the state's legislature has pulled a proposal that would have protected drugmakers from
NC House approves lawsuit shield for pharma
North Carolina lawmakers have approved legislation that would shield drug companies from state liability suits. The state's House voted 86-32 to grant FDA-approved drugs immunity from lawsuits,
BioCryst shifts HQ to Durham as it ramps up commercial ops
Birmingham, AL is losing bragging rights as the headquarters city of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. CEO Jon Stonehouse says the developer, which is pushing the closely watched antiviral flu drug Peramivir
Valeant Pharma eyes NC office
Raleigh, North Carolina's News & Observer reports that California-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals is in discussions for an office building in Durham. The developer already has 25 employees in the
Talecris to create 259 jobs
Here's some good biotech job news for a change: Talecris Biotherapeutics, which recently launched a successful IPO , announced that it will create 259 jobs as it plots the $269 million expansion of
North Carolina mayors brainstorm biotech incentives
Meeting just after Philip Morris shuttered a local plant and laid off 1,000 workers, a group of North Carolina mayors and public representatives gathered at Piedmont Triad Research Park to brainstorm
University spinoff tackles contamination
Research by UNC-Greensboro professors Vince Henrich and Parke Rublee is being spun off into Helical Sciences, which aims to commercialize rapid pathogen tests that can be used to check water, food
BioMedomics lands nearly $200k for Army contract
North Carolina-based diagnostics company BioMedomics has been awarded an additional $190,000 in state and federal grants. The company landed a $120,000 U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research
