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Novavax tailoring Covid-19 vaccine to Omicron variant while advancing campus expansion plans – Washington Business Journal

Novavax tailoring Covid-19 vaccine to Omicron variant while advancing campus expansion plans – Washington Business Journal

The company said Thursday it’s implementing “a two-pronged variant strategy” for the variant.   {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/12/02/novavax-covid-vaccine-omicron-variant-expansion.html{/iframe}

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Possible Life Sciences and Biotechnology Office Building Coming to Pike & Rose in Location Currently Occupied by Bark Social – The MoCo Show

Possible Life Sciences and Biotechnology Office Building Coming to Pike & Rose in Location Currently Occupied by Bark Social – The MoCo Show

Possible Life Sciences and Biotechnology Office Building Coming to Pike & Rose in Location Currently Occupied by Bark Social We recently learned of plans…

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United Therapeutics Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2022 | BioSpace

United Therapeutics Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2022 | BioSpace

SILVER SPRING, Md. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR), a public benefit corporation with a purpose to provide a…

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PharmaShots Interview: Cartesian Therapeutics’s Dr. Murat Kalayoglu Shares Insight on RNA Cell Therapy for an Autoimmune Disease

PharmaShots Interview: Cartesian Therapeutics’s Dr. Murat Kalayoglu Shares Insight on RNA Cell Therapy for an Autoimmune Disease

In an interview with PharmaShots, Dr. Murat Kalayoglu, MD, Ph.D., President, and Chief Executive Officer at Cartesian Therapeutics shared his insights on the P-I/IIa study…

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Baltimore Startup Rasio Therapeutics Raises $1.5M for Software to Develop Drugs

Baltimore Startup Rasio Therapeutics Raises $1.5M for Software to Develop Drugs

A Baltimore startup that uses computer software to develop cancer drugs has raised $1.5 million in new funding, according to a recent filing.  …

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AB Agri has Partnered with Maryland’s Intralytix, Inc. to Explore the Use of Bacteriophages

AB Agri has Partnered with Maryland’s Intralytix, Inc. to Explore the Use of Bacteriophages

Peterborough, 30 November 2021 Gut health could be boosted without reliance on antibiotics and other medicines Bacteriophages are natural and abundant Exploration aligns with…

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Maryland’s Novavax working on its version of COVID-19 vaccine to target omicron variant

Maryland’s Novavax working on its version of COVID-19 vaccine to target omicron variant

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (7News) — The Omicron variant is quickly becoming a household name but the hope is that it won’t enter households here in the D.C. area.…

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Healthtech companies reap benefits of robust year in venture capital funding | Healthcare Finance News

Healthtech companies reap benefits of robust year in venture capital funding | Healthcare Finance News

Venture capital investment in global healthtech companies is projected to reach $42 billion by the end of the year, according to Silicon Valley Bank's…

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Bank of antibodies against nasty viruses that’s proposed for Maryland aims to prevent next pandemic.

Bank of antibodies against nasty viruses that’s proposed for Maryland aims to prevent next pandemic.

As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 5 million lives, a group of researchers is working…

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BioHealth Capital Region Spotlight: Creative Bio-Peptides Awarded $5.78 Million from NIH to Develop Breakthrough Treatments for Neuroinflammatory/Neurodegenerative Indications

BioHealth Capital Region Spotlight: Creative Bio-Peptides Awarded $5.78 Million from NIH to Develop Breakthrough Treatments for Neuroinflammatory/Neurodegenerative Indications

Creative Bio-Peptides, Inc., an emerging drug development company focused on the development of leading-edge multi-chemokine antagonist therapeutic peptides for neuroinflammatory/neurodegenerative conditions, has been awarded…

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Alexandria Venture Investments, One of the Year’s Top Five Most Active U.S. Investors in Agrifoodtech, Accelerates Its Mission-Critical Investment Activity in a Sector Experiencing Tremendous Upsurge in Venture Funding

Alexandria Venture Investments, One of the Year’s Top Five Most Active U.S. Investors in Agrifoodtech, Accelerates Its Mission-Critical Investment Activity in a Sector Experiencing Tremendous Upsurge in Venture Funding

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Venture Investments, the strategic venture capital platform of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an…

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Emmes Announces Completion of Third ACTT Clinical Trial for COVID-19

Emmes Announces Completion of Third ACTT Clinical Trial for COVID-19

  ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmes today announced that it conducted the data and statistical analysis for the third iteration of the…

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Montgomery County Hires State House Vet to Coordinate White Flint BioHub Proposal

Montgomery County Hires State House Vet to Coordinate White Flint BioHub Proposal

Montgomery County failed in its bid lure Amazon, the e-commerce giant that opted to build its second headquarters in Arlington, Va. But top county…

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Supernus Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition of Adamas Pharmaceuticals

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition of Adamas Pharmaceuticals

Acquisition strengthens Parkinson’s disease portfolio and diversifies revenue and cash flow ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPN)…

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QIAGEN reaffirms effectiveness of its SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in light of the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529

QIAGEN reaffirms effectiveness of its SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in light of the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529

November 26, 2021 HILDEN, Germany & GERMANTOWN, Maryland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced its polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests…

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