Local biotech firm’s technology could prevent drug contamination, tragedies like meningitis outbreak


Lighthouse Instruments CEO Jim Veale (left) and his friend and fellow Charlottesville biotech entrepreneur Tom Thorpe demonstrate Lighthouse’s laser scanning technology, which can detect leaks and contaminants in drug vials. Photo by Elli Williams.

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