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New Collaboration Aims to Improve Measurement of Viral Vectors Used in Cutting-Edge Gene Therapies

New Collaboration Aims to Improve Measurement of Viral Vectors Used in Cutting-Edge Gene Therapies

A large interlaboratory study of adeno-associated virus (AAV), an important tool in gene therapy, will be led by USP and NIST in collaboration with…

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MaxCyte Announces Launch of Offering and Application to List on the Nasdaq Global Market

MaxCyte Announces Launch of Offering and Application to List on the Nasdaq Global Market

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MaxCyte, Inc., (LSE: MXCT) (LSE: MXCN), a leading provider of platform technologies for cell engineering, today announced…

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Jeff Boyle, President of Ellume USA, joins Rich Bendis on BioTalk

Jeff Boyle, President of Ellume USA, joins Rich Bendis on BioTalk

Jeff Boyle, President of Ellume USA, joins Rich Bendis on BioTalk to chat about his history, their Flagship U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Frederick, MD,…

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The NIH’s Investment in Biotech Ecosystems | Bioeconomy.XYZ

The NIH’s Investment in Biotech Ecosystems | Bioeconomy.XYZ

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) are the largest public supporter of basic life science in the world. With an FY2020 budget of…

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Montgomery County Updates: County Welcomes BioNTech to Gaithersburg for U.S. Manufacturing Facility

Montgomery County Updates: County Welcomes BioNTech to Gaithersburg for U.S. Manufacturing Facility

German-based BioNTech has announced that it will soon be joining Montgomery County’s growing list of world-renowned international companies in the “Immunology Capital Next to…

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Preparing for the Endless Frontier: What Universities, States and Regions Should Do Now While Congress Finalizes Its Plans?

Preparing for the Endless Frontier: What Universities, States and Regions Should Do Now While Congress Finalizes Its Plans?

The Endless Frontier bill, now incorporated into the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, made progress in the U.S. Senate while parallel legislation in the…

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Sponsored | The essential guide to drug commercialization: A manufacturer’s handbook for selecting solutions and partners | BioSpace

Sponsored | The essential guide to drug commercialization: A manufacturer’s handbook for selecting solutions and partners | BioSpace

You have invested the time, expertise, and financial resources to develop a therapy that changes patient lives for the better. After all of your…

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Matan Companies breaks ground on Progress Labs at Riverside

Matan Companies breaks ground on Progress Labs at Riverside

Matan Companies breaks ground on Progress Labs at Riverside I The City-based project will feature 215,000 square feet of biomanufacturing-ready space -- including a…

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HIV Cure Program Releases Initial Clinical Trial Data | American Gene Technologies

HIV Cure Program Releases Initial Clinical Trial Data | American Gene Technologies

ROCKVILLE, MD, July 15, 2021 /Globe Newswire/ -- American Gene Technologies (AGT) announced today that the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) voted unanimously…

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Emergent BioSolutions wins extension on smallpox vaccine deal – Baltimore Business Journal

Emergent BioSolutions wins extension on smallpox vaccine deal – Baltimore Business Journal

The extension follows a tumultuous time for the Gaithersburg company, making it unclear if the government would proceed with deals as normal.   {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2021/07/21/emergent-biolsolutions-wins-smallpox-vaccine-deal.html{/iframe}

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Covid vaccine maker BioNTech buys Gaithersburg manufacturing facility – Washington Business Journal

The German firm hopes to expand its cancer treatments with the purchase. Image: BioNTech is buying a Gaithersburg manufacturing facility on Clopper Road from…

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Immunomic’s Academic Collaborator Dr. John Sampson Recognized as “World Expert” in Glioblastoma as Part of Glioblastoma Awareness Day | Business Wire

Immunomic’s Academic Collaborator Dr. John Sampson Recognized as “World Expert” in Glioblastoma as Part of Glioblastoma Awareness Day | Business Wire

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc., (“ITI”), a privately-held clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering the study of nucleic acid immunotherapy platforms, announced today that its’…

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BioNTech to Acquire Kite’s Neoantigen TCR Cell Therapy R&D Platform and Manufacturing Facility in Gaithersburg, MD · BioBuzz

BioNTech to Acquire Kite’s Neoantigen TCR Cell Therapy R&D Platform and Manufacturing Facility in Gaithersburg, MD · BioBuzz

MAINZ, Germany & SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech”) and Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD, “Kite”) today announced the two companies…

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Alexandria Plans 200K SF Lab Building To Kick Off Huge Rockville Project

Montgomery County is set to consider plans for the first phase of a five-building life sciences project in Rockville.  An affiliate of life sciences…

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Science Magazine: ARPA-H: Accelerating biomedical breakthroughs | The White House

The biomedical research ecosystem has delivered advances that not long ago would have been inconceivable, exemplified by highly effective COVID-19 vaccines developed by global…

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