BioHealth News Archive
NIH Launches Clinical Trial to Study Hydroxychloroquine Efficacy in COVID-19
The lack of treatment options for COVID-19 patients, potential promise in repurposing drugs, and controversy surrounding the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine have created a storm…
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With $306M for serology research, NCI mobilizes labs, academic centers, grantees, contractors, and SBIR – The Cancer Letter
The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors has approved concepts for an RFA and an RFP to support research in serological testing. The plan presented…
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Entrepreneurship in Baseball – Twinkie Town
At North Dakota State this semester, I took a course titled “Economics of Entrepreneurship”. It was a deep dive into economic theory with a…
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Council funded grants support local businesses to pivot to PPE, emergency response – Hans Riemer, CouncilmemberHans Riemer, Councilmember
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 15, 2020—Supported by a special appropriation by the Council, the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) has awarded 25 local businesses…
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Vaccine Company Novavax Gets $388 Million Grant For Coronavirus Vaccine
TOPLINE Public vaccine company Novavax announced today that it will receive up to $388 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI) to continue…
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Silicon Valley Super Angel Dr. Faz Bashi, M.D. joins Rich Bendis Virtually for a New Episode of BioTalk
Silicon Valley Super Angel Angel Investor, Dr. Faz Bashi, M.D., joins BioTalk from the West Coast to discuss the Venture Capital, partnerships and staying…
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Maryland Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit (BIITC) Program Still on but Delayed until mid-August
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on both government and business operations, under the authority of executive order, the…
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Fina Biosolutions Awarded $289,000 from NIAID to Develop Carrier Protein for Conjugate Vaccines
Rockville, Maryland’s Fina Biosolutions recently was awarded an SBIR grant to develop a genetically detoxified tetanus toxin as a carrier protein for conjugate vaccines. The NIAID…
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The importance of children’s hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic | TheHill
Early reports of the COVID-19 pandemic, created an initial widespread impression that children were not severely affected by the virus. This understanding was framed…
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Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine
About 48 hours after a Seattle woman received the first dose of an experimental vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, scientists in China—not to be outdone—announced that…
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How a Johns Hopkins Professor and Her Chinese Students Tracked Coronavirus – WSJ
Lauren Gardner, an associate engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University, was sitting in a school coffee shop with two graduate students in January, chatting…
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UMB Grants Pumas-AI Exclusive License for Lyv, a Cutting-Edge Clinical Decision Support System | UM Ventures
BALTIMORE, May 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Pumas-AI, a University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) startup company, has been granted worldwide, exclusive rights to Lyv, a cutting-edge clinical decision support system designed to help…
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UM Ventures-Backed Breethe Acquired by Abiomed – University of Maryland, Baltimore
Last week, Abiomed acquired Baltimore-based startup Breethe for its innovative respiratory device. Breethe is a startup out of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) that…
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Biobuzz Directory – Intralytix Receives Multimillion-Dollar Clinical Trial Award From NIAID to Manage
Intralytix Receives Multimillion-Dollar Clinical Trial Award From NIAID to Manage Shigella Infections in Humans COLUMBIA, Md., May 4, 2020 Intralytix, Inc. announced today that…
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Start-up hits $1 billion virtually as virus shifts Silicon Valley riches
When VAST Data hit the hallmark of this era’s Silicon Valley start-up boom last month, a $1 billion so-called unicorn valuation, it didn’t come…
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