BioHealth News Archive
Meet MITRE, the Nonprofit Bridging Startups and Government
A Bedford-based nonprofit, MITRE, is the powerhouse beyond a new initiative called Bridging Innovation, designed specifically to play matchmaker between startups and government agencies.…
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AstraZeneca to invest in $520M in France, create 150 jobs
AstraZeneca plans to invest $520 million in its manufacturing site in Dunkirk, France, over the next five years and create roughly 150 jobs, Bloomberg…
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Johns Hopkins Scientists Give Psychedelics the Serious Treatment – Scientific American
Psychedelic drugs—once promising research subjects that were decades ago relegated to illicit experimentation in dorm rooms—have been steadily making their way back into the…
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Johns Hopkins University Reimagines the M.B.A. – WSJ
Johns Hopkins University is blowing up its business-school curriculum. Starting in the fall of 2020, the university’s traditional two-year master’s of business administration degree…
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4 Ways Children’s National Hospital Is Conquering Innovation | HealthLeaders Media
How has a health system with a 323-bed hospital and a three-person innovation team built connections with more than 100 startups around the globe…
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Dr. Monica Lopez to be Keynote Speaker
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Monica Lopez returns this year to the Electronic Imaging International Symposium in Burlingame, CA as both a…
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Adaptive Phage Therapeutics lands $10.2M DOD contract for war on superbugs – Washington Business Journal
The federal government has tapped a local company to help defend against superbugs. Gaithersburg’s Adaptive Phage Therapeutics Inc. has earned a $10.2 million contract…
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China Virus Overwhelms Wuhan’s Health System, as City Rushes to Build New Hospital – WSJ
China’s viral outbreak is straining the resources of front-line hospital staff in epidemic-stricken Wuhan, who have been forced to turn away patients because of…
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Allyson Redpath sets her priorities as Maryland’s new entrepreneurship director – Washington Business Journal
About a month into the new gig, the former investment banker is nailing down her priorities for this year. On her list: Improving access…
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UMD-led study named Science’s most impactful paper of 2019 | EurekAlert! Science News
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded its 2019 Newcomb Cleveland Prize to University of Maryland entomologists Raymond St. Leger, Brian…
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Register to the Largest & Original Forum for Precision Medicine
The Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) is an independent and established conference series considered to be the preeminent precision medicine conference that attracts recognized…
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Hard to Find Small Lab Space – Only Two Spaces Left!
Alexandria LaunchLabs™ in Maryland, will provide fully equipped, affordable laboratory/office space with flexible lease terms, supporting infrastructure, access to amenities, and supporting services and…
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QIAGEN celebrates surpassing 2,500 cumulative placements of QIAsymphony – BioHealth Capital Region
Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, January 9, 2020 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the 2,500th placement of QIAsymphony, the…
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Emmes Studies Contribute to FDA Approval of a Medical Device That Estimates the Weight of Infants – BioHealth Capital Region
Emmes today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a prescription-only medical device used to estimate the weight of infants…
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Emergent BioSolutions Receives EMA Agreement for Proposed Development Path of Investigational Chikungunya VLP Vaccine Candidate NYSE:EBS
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced that it has received agreement from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)…
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