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Entrepreneur-in-Residence Feedback Session

Entrepreneur-in-Residence Feedback Session

Are you a start-up in Maryland, DC or Virginia seeking feedback on your biohealth business idea, pitch deck, or commercialization plan? There are a…

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Aledade raises $64M in Series C, supports doctors with COVID supplies – Washington Business Journal

Aledade raises $64M in Series C, supports doctors with COVID supplies – Washington Business Journal

Bethesda’s Aledade Inc. has done it again. The fast-growing health tech startup, which helps physician practices cut costs and build accountable care organizations, has…

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Blinking Red: 25 Missed Pandemic Warning Signs

Blinking Red: 25 Missed Pandemic Warning Signs

“Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic” … “Nobody has ever seen anything like this before” … “Nobody would have ever thought a thing like…

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Medcura moves into New Corporate HQ

Medcura moves into New Corporate HQ

RIVERDALE, Md., April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Medcura, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company, announced today that it has moved into a new purpose-built facility in…

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QIAGEN Launches Assay for Cancer Patients Following FDA’s Nod

QIAGEN Launches Assay for Cancer Patients Following FDA’s Nod

QIAGEN N.V. QGEN announces the receipt of the FDA’s approval for its therascreen BRAF V600E RGQ polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) Kit (therascreen BRAF V600E)…

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Virginia Governor Orders Residents to Stay Home Until June 10

Virginia Governor Orders Residents to Stay Home Until June 10

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Monday issued an order to residents stay at home until June 10, part of expanded efforts to curtail the…

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Abbott Launches Third COVID-19 Test, a Laboratory-Based Antibody Blood Test That Will Ship in the U.S. Starting Tomorrow – Apr 15, 2020

Abbott Launches Third COVID-19 Test, a Laboratory-Based Antibody Blood Test That Will Ship in the U.S. Starting Tomorrow – Apr 15, 2020

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today the launch of its third COVID-19 test, a lab-based serology blood…

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Precigen Announces Clearance of IND to Initiate Phase I/II Study for First-in-Class PRGN-2009 AdenoVerse™ Immunotherapy to Treat HPV-positive (HPV+) Solid Tumors | BioSpace

Precigen Announces Clearance of IND to Initiate Phase I/II Study for First-in-Class PRGN-2009 AdenoVerse™ Immunotherapy to Treat HPV-positive (HPV+) Solid Tumors | BioSpace

GERMANTOWN, Md., April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Precigen, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGEN), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative gene and cell therapies to improve…

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JLABS @ Washington D.C.: A Healthcare Incubator With a Focus on Pandemics | Johnson & Johnson

JLABS @ Washington D.C.: A Healthcare Incubator With a Focus on Pandemics | Johnson & Johnson

It was a year ago this month that Johnson & Johnson Innovation first unveiled plans to launch a healthcare innovation facility in Washington, D.C.,…

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HHS collaborates with non-government organizations to further COVID-19 immunotherapies – Homeland Preparedness News

HHS collaborates with non-government organizations to further COVID-19 immunotherapies – Homeland Preparedness News

The push for convalescent plasma and hyperimmune globulin immunotherapies to use against COVID-19 continues at the federal level, with the U.S. Department of Health…

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GSK CEO: Coronavirus vaccine with Sanofi is ‘unprecedented collaboration’

GSK CEO: Coronavirus vaccine with Sanofi is ‘unprecedented collaboration’

GlaxoSmithKline CEO Emma Walmsley on Tuesday told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that her company’s newly announced partnership with industry peer Sanofi is an “unprecedented collaboration” between competitors.…

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Iceland’s Aggressive COVID-19 Testing Helped Curb Outbreak

Iceland’s Aggressive COVID-19 Testing Helped Curb Outbreak

Iceland has 364,000 inhabitants. Currently, roughly 10% of them are aware of whether or not they have COVID-19. This is due to a massive…

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AstraZeneca Donates 3 Million Surgical Masks to Direct Relief for Covid-19 Supply Needs in the U.S.

AstraZeneca Donates 3 Million Surgical Masks to Direct Relief for Covid-19 Supply Needs in the U.S.

Direct Relief today announced a donation from AstraZeneca of 3 million surgical masks for US healthcare workers battling Covid-19. “For the dedicated and courageous…

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COVID-19: ‘Cough chamber’ shows six-feet not far enough – Neuroscience News

COVID-19: ‘Cough chamber’ shows six-feet not far enough – Neuroscience News

Summary: Droplets from a cough travel at a speed of 1.2 meters per second at peak velocity. Findings reveal that there is no logical…

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LABORATORY SPACE Available in Rockville – MD

LABORATORY SPACE Available in Rockville – MD

TENANT AMENITIES Proximate to Rockville Metro Station and Rockville Town Square, which offers major amenities, including restaurants, retail, lodging, and banking  Access to Route…

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