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GAITHERSBURG, Md. and BASEL, Switzerland, March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS), a leading public health company that delivers protective and life-saving solutions to communities across the world, and Rocketvax Ltd, one of Switzerland’s next-generation vaccine companies and a member of the Swiss Rockets Ltd family of companies, today announced entry into an agreement for Emergent’s strategic financial investment into Swiss Rockets Ltd, the parent company of Rocketvax Ltd, to support research, infrastructure development, and the expansion of Swiss Rockets’ innovative biotechnology portfolio. This endeavor underscores Emergent’s commitment to supporting Swiss Rockets’ broader mission of pioneering breakthrough medical technologies.

Rockville, Md. (March 11, 2025) – Cellphire Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing next-generation allogeneic, platelet-derived, cellular therapeutics, is excited to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for CLPH-511 (Frozen Activated Platelets) Injectable Suspension for the treatment of acute hemorrhage as an alternative to conventional platelets when not available or in short supply.  

COLLEGE PARK, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in the quantum computing and quantum networking industries, today announced that under its “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “ATM Program”) it has sold a total of 16,038,460 shares of its common stock for an aggregate amount of approximately $372.6 million, netting aggregate proceeds of approximately $360 million.

The Company has determined that it has raised a sufficient amount under the program to meet its currently anticipated capital needs. The Company also determined that given overall recent market disruptions, the trading prices for its shares, and the overhang from having an ATM Program in effect, the ATM Program should be terminated. The Company has therefore terminated the ATM Program today and a prospectus supplement will be filed under Rule 424(c) reflecting such termination.

BANGALORE, India, March 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Syngene International Limited (‘Syngene’), a global contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), today announced the acquisition of its first biologics site in the USA – fitted with multiple monoclonal antibody (mAbs) manufacturing lines.

The state-of-the-art biologics facility, acquired by Syngene USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Syngene, from Emergent Manufacturing Operations Baltimore, LLC (a subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions Inc.), will expand Syngene’s growing global biologics footprint to better serve its customers across both human and animal health market segments. The new site will increase Syngene’s total single-use bioreactor capacity to 50,000L for large molecule discovery, development, and manufacturing services. Additionally, it will provide Syngene’s customers with continuity of supply from its four development and manufacturing facilities located in India and North America, offering services ranging from cell line development, process optimization and both clinical and commercial supply.

The life sciences industry is constantly evolving, influenced by new technologies, regulatory changes, and market dynamics. To help professionals stay informed, the MCCC Life Science Program is hosting MCCC Trends in Life Science on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at MCCC, 51 Monroe Street, Suite 1800, Rockville, MD. This must-attend event will provide valuable insights into the forces shaping the future of life sciences.

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GAITHERSBURG, M.D., March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will host a virtual R&D Day on Thursday, March 13, 2025 beginning at 12:00 pm Eastern Time.

The event will include presentations from renowned Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in obesity, MASH and each of the two additional indications, covering the scientific rationale for pemvidutide in each indication, clinical data generated to-date and plans for the continued development of pemvidutide, including the upcoming topline data readout from IMPACT, the Company’s Phase 2b trial in MASH, which is expected in the second quarter of 2025.

By Sara Gilgore – Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal -Mar 5, 2025 – A New York health care technology company that recently adopted a new name has also found a new home — in Greater Washington.

Claritev Corp. (NYSE: CTEV), a 45-year-old firm previously known as MultiPlan Corp. (NYSE: MPLN), has moved its corporate headquarters to McLean, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The building at 7900 Tysons One Place, known as Tysons Tower, also counts Intelsat Corp. and Deloitte LLP as tenants.

Claritev’s move to McLean represents somewhat of a fresh start for the business, which last year lost $1.6 billion and was hit with several lawsuits from the American Medical Association and several health systems alleging it colluded with insurers to underpay doctors.

GERMANTOWN, Md. & VENLO, Netherlands–(BUSINESS WIRE)– QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the QIAstat-Dx Gastrointestinal Panel 2 Mini B for clinical use, further strengthening its syndromic testing portfolio in the United States.

This marks QIAGEN’s second FDA clearance of a QIAstat-Dx panel in 2025, and builds on the authorization of five panels for use on the QIAstat-Dx system within the last 10 months.

QIAGEN has now received regulatory clearances for three mini panels for detection of respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions, with these panels designed for outpatient use to aid fast and informed treatment decisions.

ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ascentage Pharma (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in discovering, developing, and commercializing therapies to address global unmet medical needs primarily for hematological malignancies, today announced that its drug, olverembatinib, has been granted a Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), for combination with low-intensity chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of newly-diagnosed patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).