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Biotech businesses across the state developing resources to battle COVID-19
Story Date: 4/3/2020
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Source: NC BIOTECH, 4/2/20
Heat Biologics | Morrisville
Heat Biologics is collaborating with the University of Miami to develop a proprietary patient-friendly COVID-19 point-of-care diagnostic test.
Lighthouse Lab Services | Holly Springs
In a newly finalized merger, Lighthouse Lab Services and Elite Diagnostics have signed their first three coronavirus testing validation projects.
Medicago | Durham
Medicago is using nicotiana benthamiana, which is closely linked to tobacco, to produce an experimental plant-based vaccine for COVID-19.
Carolina Liquid Chemistries | Greensboro
Carolina Liquid Chemistries has introduced two new immunoassays to test for COVID-19 and for norfentanyl.
BioMedomics | Durham
BioMedomics has partnered with Becton Dickinson & Co. to launch its new blood test for COVID-19 that can detect the infection within 15 minutes.
BioMedInnovations | Denver
BioMedInnovations hopes to get federal fast-track approval this week to manufacture and distribute its low-cost ventilator.
Grifols | Clayton
Grifols will produce and test a potential COVID-19 therapy derived from the blood plasma of patients who have recovered.
Q2 Solutions | Durham
Q2 Solutions has teamed up with the University of Texas Medical Branch to develop an assay for analyzing COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
Gilero | Morrisville
Gilero has begun a three-tiered response to the shortage of COVID-19 protective equipment for healthcare workers.
LabCorp | Burlington
The Burlington-based company says it has doubled its COVID-19 testing capacity in one week at its labs in North Carolina, Arizona and New Jersey.
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