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Amalgam Rx Announces Acquisition of Avhana Health (BHI client acquired participant in our Dreamit Health Accelerator)

Amalgam Rx Announces Acquisition of Avhana Health (BHI client acquired participant in our Dreamit Health Accelerator)

Amalgam Rx, Inc., a leading Digital Therapeutics and Patient Support company, announces the acquisition of Avhana Health, a privately held clinical decision support (CDS)…

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United Therapeutics Announces New England Journal of Medicine Publication of the INCREASE Study Evaluating Tyvaso® in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease

United Therapeutics Announces New England Journal of Medicine Publication of the INCREASE Study Evaluating Tyvaso® in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease

SILVER SPRING, Md. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) today announced that results from the…

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Novavax taps Baxter for commercial production as COVID-19 vaccine nears finish line – BioBuzz

Novavax taps Baxter for commercial production as COVID-19 vaccine nears finish line – BioBuzz

With a phase 3 data readout on its COVID-19 vaccine looming, Novavax has already started stockpiling doses ahead of an authorization. Now, thanks to…

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Venture Capital Funding Report Q4 2020 – CB Insights Research

Venture Capital Funding Report Q4 2020 – CB Insights Research

2020 INVESTMENTS HIT NEW ANNUAL RECORD DESPITE THE PANDEMIC  US-based, VC-backed companies raise nearly $130B in 2020, up 14% year-over-year (YoY) from 2019, despite…

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BIA | US investors flock to UK biotech as sector delivers strong outperformance in a turbulent 2020

BIA | US investors flock to UK biotech as sector delivers strong outperformance in a turbulent 2020

Biotech companies on London stock markets delivered market-beating returns in 2020 and attracted new investors looking for growth in a turbulent year, according to…

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Md. Department of Commerce eyes changes to to tax credit programs – Baltimore Business Journal

After a bitter battle with Democratic lawmakers last year, the Department of Commerce is looking to alter the biotech, cybersecurity and research and development…

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SBA Announces Recipients of Tibbetts Awards for Demonstrating Significant Economic and Social Impact from R&D Funding

SBA Announces Recipients of Tibbetts Awards for Demonstrating Significant Economic and Social Impact from R&D Funding

Washington, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced 38 companies, seven organizations and 14 individuals as the winners…

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Antigen Test as First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Diagnostic Test for COVID-19 | FDA

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Antigen Test as First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Diagnostic Test for COVID-19 | FDA

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first over-the-counter (OTC) fully at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19.…

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In 2020, Maryland saw most VC funding dollars since 2001 – Technical.ly Baltimore

In 2020, Maryland saw most VC funding dollars since 2001 – Technical.ly Baltimore

Venture capitalists invested $1.159 billion into Maryland companies, according to data from the MoneyTree Report by PwC/CB Insights. It marks the third-highest VC dollar…

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Apply, Enroll & Explore Course Catalog

Apply, Enroll & Explore Course Catalog

The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) at the NIH will host a Virtual Open House on Monday, March 1 for its…

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Immunotherapy Veteran Robert Knight, MD, Joins NexImmune as Chief Medical Officer

Immunotherapy Veteran Robert Knight, MD, Joins NexImmune as Chief Medical Officer

GAITHERSBURG, MD – January 18, 2021 – NexImmune today announced the appointment of Dr. Robert (Bob) Knight as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Knight…

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Immunomic Therapeutics raises another $16M for cancer programs – Washington Business Journal

The latest funding comes on top of $61.3 million in new funding the local biotech raised in April. Image: Bill Hearl is CEO and…

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Harvard, MIT and Boston-area hospitals get $76M for health innovation center

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's joint biological innovation center has secured $76 million and signed a lease for a new facility…

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United Therapeutics Sponsors Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Registry

United Therapeutics Sponsors Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Registry

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) announced that United Therapeutics will sponsor the PFF Registry. The Registry is a research resource that tracks clinical data, samples,…

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Maryland companies raised highest amount of venture capital ever in 2020 – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland companies raised highest amount of venture capital ever in 2020 – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland's growing companies raised a record $1.16 billion in VC dollars last year.   {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2021/01/15/maryland-companies-raised-most-vc-ever-in-2020.html{/iframe}

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