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Healthcare startup Gemstone Biotherapeutics gets Maryland Momentum Fund investment – Technical.ly Baltimore

Healthcare startup Gemstone Biotherapeutics gets Maryland Momentum Fund investment – Technical.ly Baltimore

Baltimore-based Gemstone Therapeutics has received $250,000 in a new investment from the Maryland Momentum Fund. The investment from the fund, which was created by…

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Taiho Pharmaceutical Invests in New Venture Capital Fund

Taiho Pharmaceutical Invests in New Venture Capital Fund

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (HQ: Tokyo, President and Representative Director: Masayuki Kobayashi) announced on August 29 that the company has entered into an agreement…

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Johns Hopkins is launching an accelerator for student startups – Technical.ly Baltimore

Johns Hopkins is launching an accelerator for student startups – Technical.ly Baltimore

As students are returning for the semester at Johns Hopkins University, a new accelerator is launching for those who are forming new ventures. {iframe}https://technical.ly/baltimore/2019/08/28/johns-hopkins-is-launching-an-accelerator-for-student-startups-fastforward-u/?utm_campaign=Baltimore%20Editorial%20Email&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=76207229&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Gy5jrNnsd6nRex30-k7QriNbd3BiT2QvjJlZEZFcncCye5QMWPo7evLxNBu-RIim_fDbgKcIYcft8aJdmgd4qcrALDQ&_hsmi=76207229{/iframe}

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These Female Executives Set the Standard of Excellence in the Biohealth Capital Region · BioBuzz

These Female Executives Set the Standard of Excellence in the Biohealth Capital Region · BioBuzz

Liftstream, a U.K.-based executive recruiting firm, released an oft referenced report called “A Public Reality for Women in Biotech Boardrooms” in 2016. Lifstream’s research…

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Viela Bio clears another hurdle to get rare disease drug to market – Washington Business Journal

Viela Bio clears another hurdle to get rare disease drug to market – Washington Business Journal

The rare autoimmune disease compromises the central nervous system. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/08/27/viela-bio-clears-another-hurdle-to-get-rare.html{/iframe}

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4 Reasons to Attend Nation’s Leading Pediatric Innovation Symposium – MedCity News

4 Reasons to Attend Nation’s Leading Pediatric Innovation Symposium – MedCity News

For the third consecutive year, Children’s National Health System is co-locating its annual Symposium with The MedTech Conference, powered by AdvaMed. If you are…

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Why Charities Are Launching For-Profit Businesses

Why Charities Are Launching For-Profit Businesses

Kenton Lee was traveling through Nairobi when he had, as he says jokingly, “the only idea I’ve ever had.” He saw an orphan girl’s…

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Atlas Research Releases Yearly Health Care Innovation Impact Report | WashingtonExec

Atlas Research Releases Yearly Health Care Innovation Impact Report | WashingtonExec

Atlas Research released its “Impact Through Innovation” report highlighting how it has helped government improve health care and address urgent health challenges through new…

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FDA gives fast track status to AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Farxiga

FDA gives fast track status to AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Farxiga

AstraZeneca Plc said on Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted fast track status for the development of its diabetes drug…

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Vaccitech Appoints Bill Enright as New Chief Executive Officer

Vaccitech Appoints Bill Enright as New Chief Executive Officer

Vaccitech, a clinical-stage T cell immunotherapy company developing products to treat and prevent cancer and infectious diseases (ID), announced today that it has appointed…

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The Art of the #SBIR/ #STTR Deal – TEDCO’s Entrepreneur Expo – October 29,2019

The Art of the #SBIR/ #STTR Deal – TEDCO’s Entrepreneur Expo – October 29,2019

Oct 29: The Art of the #SBIR/ #STTR Deal: Best Practices in Improving Your Proposal with Olessia Smotrova, CF.APMP Fellow, Richard Bendis, Brittany Sickler,…

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SBIR Road Tour 2019 Tickets, Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:00 AM

SBIR Road Tour 2019 Tickets, Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:00 AM

America's Seed Fund (the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs) annually provides approximately over $3 billion in non-dilutive…

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Johns Hopkins Ranked 24th Best University in the World

Johns Hopkins Ranked 24th Best University in the World

This year's QS World University Ranking results have been released, and Johns Hopkins University earned spots as the 12th best in the United States and 24th overall…

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Fulton Bank launches life sciences and technology division – Baltimore Business Journal

Fulton Bank launches life sciences and technology division – Baltimore Business Journal

Access to capital is often considered primary challenge preventing Maryland from being the top-ranked state for biotech. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/08/26/fulton-bank-launches-life-sciences-and-technology.html{/iframe}

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IBBR Request for Proposals (RFP): GMP Biomanufacturing Facility Available – Rockville, Maryland, USA | Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research

IBBR Request for Proposals (RFP): GMP Biomanufacturing Facility Available – Rockville, Maryland, USA | Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research

The Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) is interested in proposals to lease a biomanufacturing facility configured to produce biologicals under cGMP conditions…

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