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Here are some of the fascinating predictions from Kurt Newman

Here are some of the fascinating predictions from Kurt Newman

Recently a colleague asked me to predict the future of pediatric #medicine in 30 years. To help develop my list, I tapped many of…

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LifeBridge Health, Healthworx launch innovation incubator for health tech startups

LifeBridge Health, Healthworx launch innovation incubator for health tech startups

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health is partnering with Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, to launch a new incubator for startup companies…

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Wilmington digital health company Amalgam Rx acquired Avhana Health – Technical.ly Delaware

Wilmington digital health company Amalgam Rx acquired Avhana Health – Technical.ly Delaware

Wilmington’s Amalgam Rx, a digital medicine and patient support company, has acquired Baltimore-based Avhana Health. With the acquisition, which closed this month, Avhana’s seven employees…

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Baltimore’s Catalio partners with New York investment firm HealthCor Management to launch blank check IPO – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore’s Catalio partners with New York investment firm HealthCor Management to launch blank check IPO – Baltimore Business Journal

A new “blank check” company created through a partnership between Baltimore venture capital firm Catalio Capital Management and New York investment firm HealthCor Management…

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Emergent BioSolutions unveils 7th pandemic CDMO contract, this time for Humanigen’s late-stage antibody hopeful | FiercePharma

Emergent BioSolutions unveils 7th pandemic CDMO contract, this time for Humanigen’s late-stage antibody hopeful | FiercePharma

Manufacturing powerhouse Emergent BioSolutions unveiled its seventh COVID-19 CDMO tie-up Monday, this time to help crank out Humanigen’s late-stage antibody hopeful lenzilumab. Emergent will…

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Healthworx and LifeBridge Health Launch Startup Incubator: 1501 Health

Newswise — Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldis partnering with LifeBridge Health to launch 1501 Health, an incubator for healthcare…

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On Demand Pharmaceuticals picks Rockville for new HQ – Washington Business Journal

The move solidifies the company’s local presence about four months after it secured a temporary occupancy permit in September. Image: Ben Wu is CEO…

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It’s not too soon to start thinking about the next pandemic | LinkedIn

It’s not too soon to start thinking about the next pandemic | LinkedIn

One of the questions I get asked the most is when I think the world will get back to normal. I understand why. We…

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Novavax Reports Varying Success vs. COVID-19 Variants

Novavax Reports Varying Success vs. COVID-19 Variants

Novavax electrified investors last night by announcing that its COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373 showed efficacy of 89.3% in the company’s first analysis of data from…

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GetWellNetwork scoops up Docent Health | MobiHealthNews

GetWellNetwork scoops up Docent Health | MobiHealthNews

Patient engagement platform GetWellNetwork announced it has acquired patient-messaging company Docent Health for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, GetWellNetwork will be…

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Emergent BioSolutions to make J&J COVID-19 vaccine in Baltimore

Emergent BioSolutions to make J&J COVID-19 vaccine in Baltimore

The Johnson & Johnson one-shot coronavirus vaccine is expected to be a game-changer in fighting COVID-19 -- and it will be made in Baltimore.…

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Pharma Giant Roche Partners for Quantum Drug Discovery

Pharma Giant Roche Partners for Quantum Drug Discovery

Earlier this month we posited the idea that 2021 could be the year of quantum computing-led drug discovery and predicted that partnerships like those…

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Six Biotechs to Watch in 2021 – BioBuzz

Six Biotechs to Watch in 2021 – BioBuzz

2020 was an interesting year for the biotech industry and the BioHealth Capital Region as we adjusted to continue moving forward during the COVID-19…

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European Medicines Agency recommends conditional marketing authorisation to ChAdOx1 coronavirus vaccine – Vaccitech

European Medicines Agency recommends conditional marketing authorisation to ChAdOx1 coronavirus vaccine – Vaccitech

Oxford, UK – Vaccitech Ltd announces that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has today recommended the conditional marketing authorisation of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine…

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Task Force Recommends Regional Hydrogen Center; Discusses Delivery of Strategic Initiatives

Task Force Recommends Regional Hydrogen Center; Discusses Delivery of Strategic Initiatives

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 2021 – Connected DMV’s COVID-19 Strategic Renewal Task Force held its seventh meeting on Thursday, adopting a recommendation to proactively…

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