BioHealth News Archive
Frederick stem cell firm RoosterBio raising $22 million in funding – Baltimore Business Journal
The company plans to double its employee count in the next two years. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/08/21/fredericks-roosterbio-raising-up-to-22-million-in.html{/iframe}
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Precision medicine: 5 things you need to know
The future of healthcare is precision medicine—with the potential to revolutionise healthcare and move from a one-size-fits-all approach to an individualised one, precision medicine…
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Protenus raises $17M in Series C funding round – Technical.ly Baltimore
Healthcare analytics compliance company Protenus raised $17 million in new funding, its leadership announced this week. The Series C round was led by LTP, which…
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University of Maryland leases space from JBG near Amazon’s HQ2 – Washington Business Journal
Maryland's flagship university hopes to forge ties with HQ2. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/08/21/university-of-maryland-to-open-crystal-city-center.html{/iframe}
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National Leaders in the Life Science Industry – under one roof. Healing the world. We welcome you to join us -Women Building Bio 2019
REGISTER NOW FOR OUR GREATLY ANTICIPATED 4TH ANNUAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 Inova Center for Personalized Health, Fairfax You’re invited to spend the…
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Kite’s CAR-T manufacturing gets another boost with new Maryland facility
With an FDA approval for its pricey CAR-T therapy Yescarta under its belt and more treatments in the pipeline, Gilead’s Kite Pharma was on…
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REGENXBIO Announces New License Agreement with Pfizer for the Treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia Using NAV® AAV9 Vector
REGENXBIO Inc. (RGNX), a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company seeking to improve lives through the curative potential of gene therapy based on its proprietary NAV Technology Platform,…
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This Maryland nonprofit created 3 mobile labs from old shipping containers – Technical.ly Baltimore
Shipping containers are continuing to prove their worth outside of transportation. From serving as a community-connecting space to an urban farm, one organization is…
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George Washington University, Barings strike 8-figure deal for Giapreza – Washington Business Journal
George Washington University just sold a portion of its royalty rights for a drug developed in its school of medicine, scoring a game-changing cash…
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Multiple Interferons, Including IFNB1, May Play a Role in SLE – The Rheumatologist
Through gene analysis, researchers have found different types of interferons in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) tissues and cells, such as skin and synovium. The…
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Special Invitation from Kinexum to Targeting Metabesity 2019 in October in Washington, DC
Targeting Metabesity 2019, co-chaired by Kinexum Executive Chairman Zan Fleming and Stanford Professor Larry Steinman (a co-discoverer of Tysabri), will take place October 15-16,…
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The ‘Dragon’ Targets U.S. Biopharma Lead
Perhaps the report on China’s strategy for eclipsing the U.S. lead in biopharma from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) resonated so strongly…
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Opportunity Zones: An EDA Priority
EDA is encouraging its economic development partners to think of Opportunity Zone investment as a new arrow in their quiver to not only enhance…
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Top 10 Companies Leveraging Gene Editing in 2019
Bayer made much of its desire to establish a cell therapy pipeline on August 8 when it announced it would shell out up to…
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Floreo just raised millions to help children with autism through VR – Washington Business Journal
Floreo started raising capital earlier this year to get its product in the hands of more users. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/08/14/the-d-c-startup-helping-children-with-autism-see.html{/iframe}
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