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2021 Forum Videos are Now Available!

2021 Forum Videos are Now Available!

Leaders from the BioHealth Capital Region welcome the over 1,000 registrants to the 7th Annual BioHealth Capital Region Forum.   Please visit this link.

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A US – UK Discussion: How to Conduct Clinical Trials as Seth Toback, Vice President, Clinical Development at Novavax and Divya Chadha Manek, Director of Business Development at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) join Rich Bendis on BioTalk.

A US – UK Discussion: How to Conduct Clinical Trials as Seth Toback, Vice President, Clinical Development at Novavax and Divya Chadha Manek, Director of Business Development at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) join Rich Bendis on BioTalk.

Listen now via Apple https://apple.co/3BSIFjn, Google https://bit.ly/3j7YyLt, Spotify https://spoti.fi/2Z474Ec, and TuneIn https://bit.ly/3DUweUz. Divya Chadha Manek was appointed as the NIHR CRN’s Head of Commercial Business Development in 2015 then…

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Life Sciences Business Strategist – Open Position!

Life Sciences Business Strategist – Open Position!

BioHealth Innovation (BHI) is an innovation intermediary that facilitates the commercialization of emerging technologies in the BioHealth Capital Region (Maryland, DC and Virginia). BHI…

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Mapping the Medical Device Start-up Ecosystem | by John G Younger | Bioeconomy.XYZ | Oct, 2021 | Medium

Mapping the Medical Device Start-up Ecosystem | by John G Younger | Bioeconomy.XYZ | Oct, 2021 | Medium

Medical devices are ubiquitous in US healthcare— everything from the delivery room’s sterile gloves and umbilical cord clamps to the breathtakingly sophisticated neurosurgical operating…

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Distrust, Fear Hamper COVID Vaccinations, Clinical Trial Diversity

Distrust, Fear Hamper COVID Vaccinations, Clinical Trial Diversity

TYSONS CORNER, Va., Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As of late September, 77% of the total adult population of the U.S. had received at…

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Grand Opening at USM Southern Maryland (USMSM) Celebrates New, $86 Million ‘SMART’ Innovation Center to Expand Educational Opportunities, Autonomous Vehicles Research – USM

Grand Opening at USM Southern Maryland (USMSM) Celebrates New, $86 Million ‘SMART’ Innovation Center to Expand Educational Opportunities, Autonomous Vehicles Research – USM

Baltimore, Md. (Oct. 12, 2021) – State of Maryland leaders will join University System of Maryland (USM) Chancellor Jay A. Perman at 1 p.m.…

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Full Interview: Nearly True Tales of Innovation – Jennifer McCaney & Kwame Ulmer – YouTube

Full Interview: Nearly True Tales of Innovation – Jennifer McCaney & Kwame Ulmer – YouTube

Benjamin Glenn of A Matter of Innovation sits down with Jennifer McCaney PhD, (Co-Executive Director UCLA Biodesign) and Kwame Ulmer, MD (Venture Partner Wavemaker…

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In Conversation: John Mumm, Chief Executive Officer, Deka Biosciences · BioBuzz

In Conversation: John Mumm, Chief Executive Officer, Deka Biosciences · BioBuzz

John Mumm, the chief executive officer of Germantown’s Deka Biosciences, describes the body’s immune system as a ballet. While the dancers take the stage…

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Tips for Small Business Applicants | National Institute on Aging

Tips for Small Business Applicants | National Institute on Aging

What Does a Successful Submission Look Like? Offers Innovative solutions to a significant unmet clinical need  Provides solutions that have significant commercial potential  Corresponds…

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National Science Foundation Issues Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant to The Wrightguard Innovations Corporation in Support of Novel Mouthguard Technology

National Science Foundation Issues Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant to The Wrightguard Innovations Corporation in Support of Novel Mouthguard Technology

BALTIMORE, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wrightguard Innovations Corporation (TWGIC), a University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) startup company developing smart mouthguard technology designed…

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Q3 2021 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor | PitchBook

Q3 2021 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor | PitchBook

Exits top $582 billion as US VC continues its extraordinary year In nine months, the US venture capital industry turned 2021 into a year…

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Pionieren in de Polder – Miniatuurorganen op een chip (Paul Vulto co-founder of BHI client MIMETAS)

Pionieren in de Polder – Miniatuurorganen op een chip (Paul Vulto co-founder of BHI client MIMETAS)

For our Dutch-speaking following, there is a podcast available with our CEO Paul Vulto. In this podcast series “Pioneren in de polder”, different entrepreneurs talk…

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Emergent BioSolutions Announces Initiation of Pivotal Phase 3 Study Evaluating the Safety and Immunogenicity of Its Single-Dose Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate, CHIKV VLP | Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

Emergent BioSolutions Announces Initiation of Pivotal Phase 3 Study Evaluating the Safety and Immunogenicity of Its Single-Dose Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate, CHIKV VLP | Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced the first participant dosed in its pivotal phase 3 study…

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BHI EIR Feedback Day October 27th. Register Now! (2)

BHI EIR Feedback Day October 27th. Register Now! (2)

Are you a biohealth start-up in Maryland, DC or Virginia seeking feedback on your biohealth business idea, pitch deck, or commercialization plan? Schedule your…

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Supernus Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Adamas Pharmaceuticals Strengthening its CNS Product Portfolio – Supernus Pharmaceuticals

Supernus Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Adamas Pharmaceuticals Strengthening its CNS Product Portfolio – Supernus Pharmaceuticals

ROCKVILLE, Md. and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPN) and Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADMS), today announced…

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