BioHealth News Archive

Researchers in a Virginia Lab Lay Groundwork for U.S.-Made Drugs – Bloomberg

Researchers in a Virginia Lab Lay Groundwork for U.S.-Made Drugs – Bloomberg

One thing both the Trump and Biden administrations have agreed on is that the U.S. needs to expand domestic manufacturing, and soon. The pharmaceutical…

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Cartesian Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of First RNA-Engineered Cell Therapy for Frontline Cancer · BioBuzz

Cartesian Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of First RNA-Engineered Cell Therapy for Frontline Cancer · BioBuzz

Gaithersburg, MD, Feb. 22, 2021 – Cartesian Therapeutics, a fully integrated, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering mRNA-engineered cell therapy in and beyond oncology, today announced that…

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BioHealth Capital Region Women Making Waves in Venture Capital · BioBuzz

BioHealth Capital Region Women Making Waves in Venture Capital · BioBuzz

Improving access to venture capital for life science entrepreneurs and emerging biopharma companies in the BioHealth Capital Region (BHCR) is a top priority. However,…

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Where Americans Are Moving — and Why They Really Are Doing It

Where Americans Are Moving — and Why They Really Are Doing It

There's an old joke about economists that I've always liked. A junior professor goes to his senior colleague with a brilliant new idea. The…

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5 Questions with Destinie Burgan, Upstream Supervisor of Manufacturing, Emergent BioSolutions · BioBuzz

5 Questions with Destinie Burgan, Upstream Supervisor of Manufacturing, Emergent BioSolutions · BioBuzz

“5 Questions With…” is a weekly BioBuzz series where we reach out to interesting people in the BioHealth Capital Region to share a little…

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Inova Health System, University of Virginia open Northern Virginia campus – Washington Business Journal

Inova Health System, University of Virginia open Northern Virginia campus – Washington Business Journal

The program, first conceived in 2016, puts the Charlottesville institution in Greater Washington and creates a new talent pool for the Falls Church-based organization.…

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Innovation alliance unveils new name and strategic plan for Western Virginia | Business Local | roanoke.com

Innovation alliance unveils new name and strategic plan for Western Virginia | Business Local | roanoke.com

Astrategic alliance has a new name — Verge — and a new vision of acting as the front door for an innovation economy that…

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Rockville-based Pediametrix receives $1M from National Science Foundation for R&D – Technical.ly DC

Rockville-based Pediametrix receives $1M from National Science Foundation for R&D – Technical.ly DC

A Rockville, Maryland-based startup bringing AI and computer vision tools to pediatric health received nearly $1 million for R&D in a grant from the…

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VIRTUAL SBIR and OTHER NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING SOURCES WORKSHOP with 1:1 PARTNERING – March 17-19, 2021 (2)

VIRTUAL SBIR and OTHER NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING SOURCES WORKSHOP with 1:1 PARTNERING – March 17-19, 2021 (2)

Partnering meeting slots now are full with more than 450 1:1 partnering meetings requested with Program Officers from NSF, NIH and its individual institutes…

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VIRTUAL SBIR and OTHER NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING SOURCES WORKSHOP with 1:1 PARTNERING – March 17-19, 2021

VIRTUAL SBIR and OTHER NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING SOURCES WORKSHOP with 1:1 PARTNERING – March 17-19, 2021

Are you a biohealth company with innovative technology seeking funds to advance your commercialization activities?  Do not miss a unique opportunity to discuss your…

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Here is a summary and thank you to all participants and speakers of the VIRTUAL SBIR and OTHER NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING SOURCES WORKSHOP with 1:1 PARTNERING – March 17-19, 2021

Here is a summary and thank you to all participants and speakers of the VIRTUAL SBIR and OTHER NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING SOURCES WORKSHOP with 1:1 PARTNERING – March 17-19, 2021

More than 160 entrepreneurs attended last week’s BHI Virtual Non-Dilutive Funding Workshop with 1:1 Partnering cohosted by BioHealth Innovation and Montgomery County Economic Development…

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Dr. Dipanjan Pan and Phil Robilotto of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, join Rich Bendis on BioTalk

Dr. Dipanjan Pan and Phil Robilotto of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, join Rich Bendis on BioTalk

Dr. Dipanjan Pan and Phil Robilotto of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, join BioTalk to discuss RNA Disease Diagnostics, UM Ventures, and the commercialization…

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IonQ, a quantum computing startup, will go public – Washington Business Journal

IonQ, a quantum computing startup, will go public – Washington Business Journal

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FASTER (Federal Authority for Science, Technology, Engineering and Research) Federal Labs: Leveraging Place, Talent and Technology

FASTER (Federal Authority for Science, Technology, Engineering and Research) Federal Labs: Leveraging Place, Talent and Technology

The federal lab system is an enormous $50 billion-plus enterprise of internal research and development taking place in federal facilities across the United States.…

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GSK to receive CARB-X funding to develop superbug vaccines – EPM Magazine

GSK to receive CARB-X funding to develop superbug vaccines – EPM Magazine

GSK Biologicals and its affiliate GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) are currently working on two vaccine projects. The first is to prevent…

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