BioHealth News Archive
CMS rolls back more Medicare, telehealth regs for providers working through pandemic | Healthcare Dive
The new rules come out of the recent public health emergency declaration, building on others announced in late March and early April. This round…
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Digital RESI June 2020: Innovation Challenge Finalists Announced! | Next Phase Newsletter
Our 3-day Digital RESI June Conference is coming up in less than 3 weeks, and we are very excited to announce our Innovation Challenge…
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Jump Start Grants Available to Frederick County Small Businesses
FREDERICK, Md. – Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner today announced the launch of a new grant program to support local small businesses and farmers.…
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Good News for COVID-19 Vaccine: Immune System Shows Robust Response to SARS-CoV-2
Information about immunity to SARS-CoV-2, both in the context of COVID-19 disease pathogenesis and in the context of how to develop a good vaccine,…
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SBA Clarifies Its PPP Loans in 4 Important Ways | Inc.com
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses that took Paycheck Protection loans finally have a path to getting their loans forgiven, but much delayed guidance released…
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Modernizing Phage Therapy to Kill Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria | LinkedIn
Bacteriophages have long been used to treat infections. These naturally occurring virus are capable of killing bacteria, but each strain of phage is highly…
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Intralytix Receives Multimillion-Dollar Clinical Trial Award From NIAID for Bacteriophage Therapy for Shigella Infections in Humans – BioHealth Capital Region
COLUMBIA, Md., May 4, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Intralytix, Inc. announced today that it has received a multimillion-dollar grant (AI 148054) from the National Institute…
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20/20 GeneSystems To Provide Newly FDA Authorized COVID-19 Antibody Blood Test | Business Wire
ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. announced today that it will offer in its CLIA laboratory a COVID-19 antibody test that received an Emergency Use…
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Medtech venture backers play it safe | Evaluate
Of all the venture funding flowing into the medtech industry, a lower proportion than ever is being invested in companies at the start-up stage,…
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Task Force Holds Kick-Off Meeting, Affirms Support for Regional Collaboration to Tackle the Pandemic (BHI Proud to be a Member)
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2020 – Connected DMV’s COVID-19 Strategic Renewal Task Force held its kickoff meeting on Thursday and affirmed their support for…
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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to begin phase II/III human trials | University of Oxford
The phase I trial in healthy adult volunteers began in April. More than 1,000 immunisations have been completed and follow-up is currently ongoing. The…
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Human trials of British coronavirus vaccine to reach 10,000 – CNA
REUTERS: Oxford University and AstraZeneca are recruiting around 10,000 adults and children in Britain for trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a day after…
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Novavax Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine | Novavax Inc. – IR Site
GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today…
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FCC awards Children’s National $928K for regional pediatric telehealth consortium | EurekAlert! Science News
WASHINGTON - (May 21,2020) -- Children's National Hospital is establishing a regional pediatric telehealth consortium in response to coronavirus with $928,000 in funding awarded…
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Emmes Announces its Contribution to NIH ACTT Clinical Trial for Remdesivir | P&T Community
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmes today announced that its data and statistical analysis work for the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT) played…
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