With boost­ed biode­fense work, Heat Bio ices its name in fa­vor of NightHawk

The change at Heat Bi­o­log­ics is not abat­ing.

Err, NightHawk Bio­sciences.

The Durham, NC, biode­fense and im­mune ther­a­py drug de­vel­op­er will go by its new name as of May 3. NightHawk will over­see and op­er­ate its sub­sidiaries, which in­clude Scor­pi­on Bi­o­log­i­cal Ser­vices, Pel­i­can Ther­a­peu­tics, Elusys Ther­a­peu­tics and Skunkworx Bio.

The re­brand comes just two months af­ter the biotech switched from the in­dus­try’s pre­ferred home of Nas­daq to NYSE, the stock ex­change that lists rel­a­tive­ly few drug de­vel­op­ers.

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