Report: Novo Nordisk plans possible Durham facility expansion
Novo Nordisk has filed new paperwork with the Durham City-County Planning Department that could signal major expansion at its manufacturing facility.
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Quality lapses surface at Novo Nordisk’s Clayton plant
Novo Nordisk’s shares fell on Monday after financial news agency MarketWire reported that U.S. drug regulators had recently issued a report detailing quality control lapses at the group’s Clayton plant, citing sources.
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Novo Nordisk weight loss drug shows effectiveness against cardiovascular disease
The weight loss drug Wegovy was shown to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart disease-related death by 20% in a major clinical trial in people with cardiovascular disease, the first to show a weight loss drug alone can have such protective effects.
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Novo Nordisk strikes potential $2B-plus gene editing deal with Durham’s Life Edit
Gene editing from a Durham-based firm that will target possible new therapeutics has led to a deal with international drug firm Novo Nordisk worth a potential $2 billion if not more. Here are the details.
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Novo Nordisk donates $6M to Durham Tech, will partner on life science workforce programs
Novo Nordisk announced on Wednesday morning that it would donate $6 million to Durham Tech and collaborate on workforce programs.
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$6.5M Novo Nordisk Foundation grant to fund NCSU-Danish university fertilizer research program
A new interdisciplinary research collaboration between North Carolina State University (NC State) and the Technical University of Denmark aims to uncover new biology-based methods for CO2 management and sustainable fertilizer production.
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‘Hundreds’ of jobs, ‘millions’ in investment coming to Johnston County in deal with biotech giant
The Johnston County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday evening to approve performance-based economic development incentives in support of anticipated new investments during the coming 12 years by global biomanufacturing giant Novo Nordisk. Here are the details.
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Novo Nordisk looking to hire – not lay off – 200 workers
Novo Nordisk, which employs more than 1,600 workers in North Carolina, is looking to hire as many as 200 more staff – and soon.
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Charm offensive: NC execs pitch for $75M in federal ‘Build Back Better’ funds
North Carolina is vying for up to $75 million in funding as part of the US Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) “Build Back Better Regional Challenge.” This week, it got to make its case in person at an event in Clayton. Here’s what happened.
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