BioHealth News Archive
Montgomery County biotechs received nearly $8B in research funding in 2020 | WTOP
COVID-19 vaccine research drove a lot of funding to biotechnology companies in Maryland’s Montgomery County last year, but it didn’t all come from coronavirus…
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Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge on Mental Health
The Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge in Mental Health, together with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), invites nurses and nursing students…
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REGENXBIO Announces Proposed Public Offering Of Common Stock
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq:RGNX), a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company seeking to improve lives through the curative potential of gene…
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Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center passes 1 billion views | Hub
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, a site launched in the spring of 2020 to offer critical data and perspective during the pandemic, logged…
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Emergent BioSolutions Secures DOD Aid for Covid Treatment Test – TheStreet
Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) - Get Report shares rose Wednesday after the life sciences company and Mount Sinai Health System announced a trial for Emergent’s coronavirus…
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Children’s National Hospital, NIH launch COVID-19 diagnostics AI challenge
Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital is partnering with the National Institutes of Health and tech firm NVIDIA to launch a challenge in which participants…
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CIT Announces Inaugural Solicitation for the New Commonwealth Commercialization Fund
Richmond, VA, Jan. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced today its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the first…
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Healthcare Investments & Exits 2021 Annual Report | Silicon Valley Bank
US healthcare venture fundraising soared in 2020, totaling $17B, a 57% increase over 2019’s record. Image: https://www.svb.com {iframe}https://www.svb.com/trends-insights/reports/healthcare-investments-and-exits/2021-annual?utm_campaign=2021-01-healthcare-exits&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social{/iframe}
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Behrman Capital’s Emmes acquires Neox
Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, Neox is a CRO with over 150 employees who support biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device customers. Neox has provided…
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Maxcyte | Myeloid Therapeutics and MaxCyte Enter Clinical and Commercial Licensing Agreement to Advance Myeloid’s Cell Therapy Programs
CAMBRIDGE, MA and GAITHERSBURG, MD, January 11, 2021 — Myeloid Therapeutics, Inc., a company harnessing and reprogramming yeloid cells to treat cancers, and MaxCyte, Inc.,…
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Noble Life Sciences announces its collaboration with George Mason University to access the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases BSL-3 facility – BioHealth Capital Region
Sykesville, MD, and Fairfax, VA, December 21, 2020 – Noble Life Sciences (NLS), a preclinical contract research organization located in Sykesville, MD, has signed a…
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Baltimore’s Port Covington Ramps Up After Financing Boost
With more than $650 million in financing in place, vertical construction in excess of 1.1 million square feet of mixed-use space at Port Covington…
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Power Moves: These Baltimore tech firms are growing sales and biz dev teams to start 2021 – Technical.ly Baltimore
Ernesto Chanona joined Glen Burnie-based CSSi LifeSciences as its director of business development. The organization works with companies to advance drugs and medical device…
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Seven Biopharma Trends to Watch in 2021
Last year, when GEN prepared an editorial titled Eight Biopharma Trends to Watch in 2020, who could have foreseen COVID-19 and the deaths, illnesses,…
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Paul VanVeldhuisen, Ph.D., Named President of Emmes’ New Public Sector Group
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmes, a global, full-service Clinical Research Organization (CRO) dedicated to supporting the advancement of public health and biopharmaceutical…
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