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WRAL climate reporter Liz McLaughlin shows us how a North Carolina scientist is creating products made with leather from cows that are still alive.
A North Carolina startup found a way to grow real leather from cow cells in a lab, a sustainable breakthrough that could cut emissions and eliminate slaughter in the $400 billion leather industry.
The biotech company says its donation would expand its collaboration with Durham Technical Community College and support a new life-sciences center aimed at increasing the biopharma talent pool.
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Genentech adds to the list of international drug companies choosing the Triangle as their homes to start producing GLP-1s.
Genentech is the latest biotech company to commit to Wake County. A ceremonial ground breaking ceremony was held Monday morning.
San Francisco-based Genentech plans to create up to 420 high-paying jobs in Holly Springs -- a project expected to bring an investment of up to $700 million to the southern Wake County town.
German biotechnology company Coriolis Pharma has chosen Morrisville for its first U.S. facility and headquarters, becoming the inaugural tenant of the Spark Axis Building. The company plans a $10 million investment and is expected to create 50 new jobs in the area.
Town of Morrisville and Wake County Economic Development leaders are expected to announce the first company as a tenant of the Spark Axis Building at 4921 McCrimmon Parkway. The company is expected to bring jobs to the town.
Biogen Inc. has announced a $2 billion investment to expand its manufacturing capabilities at Research Triangle Park (RTP), marking its 30th anniversary at the location.
California-based Genentech plans to create up 420 jobs in Holly Springs -- a deal expected to bring an investment of up to $700 million, state officials said Monday. Gov. Josh Stein is expected to make a formal announcement.
Commerce officials approved an incentives package worth up to $13.1 million for the company, which plans to build a $700 million plant in the Wake County town. It's the latest drugmaker to target the state for the production of weight-loss treatments.
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Invitae Corp. pledged in 2021 to invest $114.6 million and create up to 374 high-paying jobs in Morrisville. Three years later it had filed for bankruptcy protection.
The company told state officials that it plans to initially lay off at least 31 employees as it works to close its Pathology Associates International office on Stirrup Creek Drive.
Four of the world’s biggest life sciences brands announced projects of $1 billion or more. Notably, three of the investments were expansions of existing sites, a “testament to the favorable environment in the state,” said Laura Rowley, Ph.D., vice president of Life Sciences Economic Development at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
“Despite the current treatments and recent gene therapies, we believe that there remains a pressing need for globally accessible, effective, and convenient oral therapies for people with SCD," said Anil Goyal, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of IMMvention.
Opened in May 2023, it’s a 75,000-square-foot rebirth of a former Sam’s Club site at 1101 Shiloh Glenn Drive in the Raleigh suburb.
Amgen has announced a $1 billion expansion in Holly Springs and has signed a dozen students from Wake Technical Community College to work with the company.
A dozen students signed letters of intent on Monday to work with Amgen.
National Reliance Inc., which focuses on biologics, vaccines, and gene therapies, is expected to keep the Triangle office open after the cuts.
A charter school with a focus on life sciences curriculum has gotten approved from town leaders in Holly Springs.
The plans were announced Thursday morning as state officials approved a jobs grant worth up to $6.5 million.
State and local officials are poised to announce a major economic development deal -- one that could bring hundreds of jobs to Holly Springs, people familiar with the deal told WRAL News.
The technology company, Neurable, are behind headphones that could be the future of brain science. Ramses Alcaide, CEO and Co-founder of Neurable, spoke with NBC News' Gadi Schwartz about their new technology headphones that tracks user's brain signals.
State economic developers approved an incentives package worth up to $6.2 million for a subsidiary of British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser.
A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.
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