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Serpin Pharma Receives FDA Approval for COVID-19 Clinical Investigation

Serpin Pharma Receives FDA Approval for COVID-19 Clinical Investigation

Manassas, VA - On June 17, 2020, Serpin Pharma was notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it may proceed with…

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AstraZeneca chief helps Deloitte launch Life Sciences Catalyst in Cambridge | Business Weekly | Technology News | Business news | Cambridge and the East of England

AstraZeneca chief helps Deloitte launch Life Sciences Catalyst in Cambridge | Business Weekly | Technology News | Business news | Cambridge and the East of England

Deloitte has launched the Life Sciences Catalyst in Cambridge, a collaborative platform enabling organisations in the biotech, medtech, pharmaceutical and technology sectors, as well…

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Cerecor Announces First Patient Enrolled in Multicenter Proof-of-Concept Study Evaluating CERC-002 for COVID-19 ARDS Nasdaq:CERC

Cerecor Announces First Patient Enrolled in Multicenter Proof-of-Concept Study Evaluating CERC-002 for COVID-19 ARDS Nasdaq:CERC

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerecor Inc. (NASDAQ: CERC), a biopharmaceutical company focused on becoming a leader in the development and…

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What Safe Shopping Looks Like During the Pandemic

What Safe Shopping Looks Like During the Pandemic

To limit the spread of Covid-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that individuals practice social distancing. When local conditions allow…

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JHTV Contracts Team Finds Extra Meaning in Supporting Researchers’ COVID-19 Work | Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures

JHTV Contracts Team Finds Extra Meaning in Supporting Researchers’ COVID-19 Work | Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures

Virologist Andrew Pekosz has a team of 15 people working around the clock in his lab at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public…

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BioFactura, Inc. Co-Founder, President & CEO, Darryl Sampey, PH.D., Virtually Sits Down with Rich Bendis for BioTalk

BioFactura, Inc. Co-Founder, President & CEO, Darryl Sampey, PH.D., Virtually Sits Down with Rich Bendis for BioTalk

BioFactura, Inc. Co-Founder, President & CEO, Darryl Sampey, PH.D., joins BioTalk to discuss his background with the University of Maryland, the BioHealth Capital Region,…

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KidneyX Summit Announces Winners of the Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 Prize | Kidney News

KidneyX Summit Announces Winners of the Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 Prize | Kidney News

Today, July 22nd, a virtual summit was hosted by KidneyX to announce the six winners of the Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 prize. The goal…

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Vita Therapeutics receives Orphan Drug Designation from FDA for new novel treatment

Vita Therapeutics receives Orphan Drug Designation from FDA for new novel treatment

BALTIMORE, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vita Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it received orphan drug designation (ODD) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

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D.C. imposes self-quarantine for travelers from 27 states – Washington Business Journal

D.C. imposes self-quarantine for travelers from 27 states – Washington Business Journal

D.C. is requiring people making travel into Washington from 27 states to self-quarantine because of new surges in Covid-19 cases. The order went into…

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Leading through Change and Resilency Classes Available Through MC

Leading through Change and Resilency Classes Available Through MC

Montgomery College announces several pop-up, remote classes which could be valuable for you and your teams: : Sustaining Resilience MGT632 (crn#16869), August 5, 2020, …

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Creatv MicroTech Aims to Detect Patient Immune Cells for Cancer Drug Response Prediction

Creatv MicroTech Aims to Detect Patient Immune Cells for Cancer Drug Response Prediction

NEW YORK – Liquid biopsy firm Creatv MicroTech is developing a diagnostic platform that measures the amount and size of specific circulating stromal cells called…

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AstraZeneca, U. of Oxford Report Positive Phase I/II Data for COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

AstraZeneca, U. of Oxford Report Positive Phase I/II Data for COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

Researchers from AstraZeneca, the University of Oxford, and its spinout company Vaccitech today published preliminary Phase I/II data showing their closely-watched COVID-19 vaccine candidate…

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5 Questions with Sara Nayeem, M.D., a Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · BioBuzz

5 Questions with Sara Nayeem, M.D., a Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · 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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citybizlist : Washington DC : “COVID-19-Edition” of Pediatric Medical Device Competition Announces Finalists

citybizlist : Washington DC : “COVID-19-Edition” of Pediatric Medical Device Competition Announces Finalists

Sixteen finalists are announced in the "Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” special COVID-19 edition competition presented by the National Capital Consortium for…

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Eight Drivers that Will Define Digital Health in the 2020s | by Robert Lord | LionBird | Jul, 2020 | Medium

Eight Drivers that Will Define Digital Health in the 2020s | by Robert Lord | LionBird | Jul, 2020 | Medium

As we embark on our third fund at LionBird, we believe that proactively thinking deeply about what will drive the next decade of healthcare…

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