As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Several local companies secured new funding last week, including Chapel Hill-based Well ($40 million), RTP-based Resilient Biotics ($7.1 million), Durham-based Atsena Therapeutics ($55 million) and Cary-based Flip Factory ($150,000). Read more local startup news in our weekly Startup Rewind edition.
And, in national news: Experts say it will take months for a COVID-19 vaccine to begin reversing the economic damage of the pandemic; the Food and Drug Administration authorized another COVID-19 at-home test, in addition to its recent authorization of LabCorp’s Pixel test; Bitcoin continues to hit record highs; North Carolina and 37 other states brought a lawsuit against Google for alleged anti-competitive conduct; U.S. jobless claims rose to 885,000.