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Save the Date!  2020 BioHealth Capital Region Forum (2)

Save the Date! 2020 BioHealth Capital Region Forum (2)

This invitation-only event is free for executive level biotech leaders and is presented by BioHealth Innovation, Virginia Bio, Children’s National Health System, Johns Hopkins…

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Save the Date!  2020 BioHealth Capital Region Forum

Save the Date! 2020 BioHealth Capital Region Forum

This invitation-only event is free for executive level biotech leaders and is presented by BioHealth Innovation, Virginia Bio, Children’s National Health System, Johns Hopkins…

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First Published Clinical Trial Using Live Biotherapeutic Candidate In COVID-19 Patients Suggests Role In Improving Outcomes – MarketWatch

First Published Clinical Trial Using Live Biotherapeutic Candidate In COVID-19 Patients Suggests Role In Improving Outcomes – MarketWatch

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 13, 2020 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ROCKVILLE, Md., July 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ExeGi Pharma LLC, a U.S.-based company focused on…

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Montgomery County’s unique biohealth and life science organizations are working to test, beat and cure COVID-19 | WTOP

Montgomery County’s unique biohealth and life science organizations are working to test, beat and cure COVID-19 | WTOP

While COVID-19 has thrown the world into an uproar, there’s been a slim silver lining for Maryland. Thanks to a robust group of biohealth…

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U.S. government awards Novavax $1.6 billion for coronavirus vaccine | News | 1450 99.7 WHTC

U.S. government awards Novavax $1.6 billion for coronavirus vaccine | News | 1450 99.7 WHTC

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government has awarded Novavax Inc $1.6 billion to cover testing and manufacturing of a potential vaccine for the novel…

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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Pricing Of Upsized Public Offering Of 6,000,000 Shares Of Common Stock

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Pricing Of Upsized Public Offering Of 6,000,000 Shares Of Common Stock

PASADENA, Calif., July 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. ("Alexandria" or the "Company") (NYSE: ARE) today announced the pricing of its upsized public…

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REGENXBIO Provides Update on Progress of Clinical Programs for Rare Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

REGENXBIO Provides Update on Progress of Clinical Programs for Rare Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX), a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company seeking to improve lives through the curative potential of…

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Commentary: Washington wants to forfeit our best weapon against coronavirus | Columnists | elkodaily.com

Commentary: Washington wants to forfeit our best weapon against coronavirus | Columnists | elkodaily.com

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and several senior House lawmakers recently announced a plan to impose price controls and seize patents on any COVID-19 vaccines…

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Meet the Researcher Leading NIH’s COVID-19 Vaccine Development Efforts – Government Executive

Meet the Researcher Leading NIH’s COVID-19 Vaccine Development Efforts – Government Executive

Asafe, effective vaccine is the ultimate tool needed to end the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Biomedical researchers are making progress every day towards…

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Johns Hopkins calls new federal rules for international students ‘disturbing’ and ‘draconian’ – Baltimore Business Journal

Johns Hopkins calls new federal rules for international students ‘disturbing’ and ‘draconian’ – Baltimore Business Journal

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Where Providence Ventures is investing millions — 17 portfolio companies including Protenus

Where Providence Ventures is investing millions — 17 portfolio companies including Protenus

Providence Ventures was founded in 2014 and manages $300 million of venture capital in two funds. The company is affiliated with Providence, a 51-hospital…

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Johns Hopkins statement re: SEVP lawsuit filed today

BALTIMORE, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Johns Hopkins University filed suit in federal court Friday in an effort to stop a Trump administration rule…

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Johns Hopkins’ Covid-19 map: Meet the team behind the leading resource – CNN

Johns Hopkins’ Covid-19 map: Meet the team behind the leading resource – CNN

(CNN) - If the year 2020 is good for anything, it's the lesson that during a crisis, anyone who builds a better mousetrap will…

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Mount Sinai Health System, Emergent BioSolutions, and ImmunoTek Bio Centers Form Collaboration to Develop Emergent’s COVID-19 Hyperimmune Globulin (COVID-HIG) Product Candidate with U.S. Department of Defense Funding | Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

Mount Sinai Health System, Emergent BioSolutions, and ImmunoTek Bio Centers Form Collaboration to Develop Emergent’s COVID-19 Hyperimmune Globulin (COVID-HIG) Product Candidate with U.S. Department of Defense Funding | Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

NEW YORK and GAITHERSBURG, Md. and NEW ORLEANS and LAFAYETTE, La., July 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Mount Sinai Health System, Emergent BioSolutions…

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APEIRON Biologics and MaxCyte Enter into Clinical and Commercial Licensing Agreement for APN401

APEIRON Biologics and MaxCyte Enter into Clinical and Commercial Licensing Agreement for APN401

VIENNA, AUSTRIA and GAITHERSBURG, MD, July 8, 2020 APEIRON Biologics AG (“APEIRON”), a private biotechnology company specializing in the discovery, development and commercialization of…

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