BioHealth News Archive

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding | grants.nih.gov

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding | grants.nih.gov

The NIH is deeply concerned for the health and safety of people involved in NIH research, and about the effects on the biomedical enterprise…

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venBio Closes $394 Million Life Sciences Venture Capital Fund | BioSpace

venBio Closes $394 Million Life Sciences Venture Capital Fund | BioSpace

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- venBio Partners LLC today announced the closing of venBio Global Strategic Fund III (“venBio Fund III”), its third life sciences venture…

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Three Long-Time Emmes Employees Are Named VPs

Three Long-Time Emmes Employees Are Named VPs

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmes today announced that Heather Hill, Dr. Adam Mendizabal and Dr. Nilay Shah have been promoted to…

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You’ve Never Heard of BARDA, the Agency That May Rescue You From Coronavirus

You’ve Never Heard of BARDA, the Agency That May Rescue You From Coronavirus

One of America’s biggest companies has teamed up with one of the country’s least-known federal agencies to make doses of a coronavirus vaccine. Lots…

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Washington Business Journal’s Sara Gilgore to anchor DC Inno

Washington Business Journal’s Sara Gilgore to anchor DC Inno

A few weeks ago, I was in New Orleans for a jam-packed wedding weekend, complete with a crawfish boil, second line parade, Hawaii-themed 30th birthday…

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Emergent BioSolutions gets $14.5M in federal funding to expedite COVID-19 plasma therapy development | TechCrunch

Emergent BioSolutions gets $14.5M in federal funding to expedite COVID-19 plasma therapy development | TechCrunch

Last week, we spoke to the head of Emergent BioSolutions’ Therapeutics Business Unit Dr. Laura Saward about her company’s work developing plasma-based potential treatments…

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Johns Hopkins gets FDA approval to test blood plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients | Hub

Johns Hopkins gets FDA approval to test blood plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients | Hub

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a clinical trial Friday that will allow Johns Hopkins University researchers to test a therapy for COVID-19…

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Accelerator Series / Maryland SBDC

Accelerator Series / Maryland SBDC

COVID-19 Notice for Maryland SBDC Clients, Stakeholders, and Partners We are committed to serving our clients during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) health emergency. Consulting Services…

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Emergent Announces Partnership with the U.S. Government

Emergent Announces Partnership with the U.S. Government

We're proud to announce a partnership with the U.S. Government on a comprehensive response to expedite development of our plasma-derived therapy to address hashtag#COVID19.…

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Emergency Assistance Package for Covid-19

Emergency Assistance Package for Covid-19

Information regarding the hashtag#montgomerycountymd Public Health Emergency Grant Program passed by County Council yesterday. The County Executive's staff is preparing regulations and plans to…

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Solicitations | SBIR.gov

Solicitations | SBIR.gov

Solicitations play an important role in making the general public aware of funding opportunities available to the small businesses of the nation. Participating Federal…

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QIAGEN Receives US FDA EUA for First and Only Syndromic Coronavirus Test – COVID-19 – Hospimedica.com

QIAGEN Receives US FDA EUA for First and Only Syndromic Coronavirus Test – COVID-19 – Hospimedica.com

QIAGEN (Hilden, Germany) has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its newly developed QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2…

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Emergent BioSolutions Partners with U.S. Government for Comprehensive Response to Expedite Development of Plasma-Derived Therapy for COVID-19 NYSE:EBS

Emergent BioSolutions Partners with U.S. Government for Comprehensive Response to Expedite Development of Plasma-Derived Therapy for COVID-19 NYSE:EBS

GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that it has entered into a formal partnership with the…

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SBA loans: Answers on interest rates, application process and CARES Act from Mid-Atlantic boss – Philadelphia Business Journal

SBA loans: Answers on interest rates, application process and CARES Act from Mid-Atlantic boss – Philadelphia Business Journal

Steve Bulger has heard all the complaints. The acting director for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Mid-Atlantic region knows about the technical issues that…

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FDA launches push to speed up Covid-19 drug development efforts – MedCity News

FDA launches push to speed up Covid-19 drug development efforts – MedCity News

The agency said it had redeployed some staff and streamlined processes to enable it to review clinical trial protocols faster and respond faster to…

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