BioHealth News Archive
GSK pancreatic cancer drug heads to phase 1 combo with Merck’s Keytruda after positive mouse trial | FierceBiotech
GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental drug GSK095 is designed to work in tandem with checkpoint inhibiting medicines in the hopes of empowering the immune system to launch a…
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Emergent BioSolutions launches Phase 3 trial of anthrax vaccine – Homeland Preparedness News
Emergent BioSolutions said on Tuesday it will begin a Phase 3 trial of a new anthrax vaccine it is developing. The Phase 3 trial…
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins offer new protocol to potentially cure sickle cell disease
There's new hope for patients who have blood diseases. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers say a new protocol offers the possibility of a…
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What’s behind sky-high valuations of biopharma startups? – MedCity News
2018 was undoubtedly one of the most important years ever for biopharma, setting records for valuations and dealmaking. But a paper published in January…
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Altimmune Announces Positive Results from NasoVAX Extension Study
Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage immunotherapeutics company, today announced additional positive data from a Phase 2 extension study of its NasoVAX intranasal influenza…
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Biopharma breathes ‘sigh of relief’ with HHS’ interim FDA appointment: analyst | FiercePharma
It didn’t take long for the Trump administration to tap Ned Sharpless, now director of the National Cancer Institute, to take the reins at…
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Sonavex readies to launch sales of medical tech with new FDA clearance – Baltimore Business Journal
Sonavex is first targeting the reconstructive surgery market with its new medical technology, which just earned its final FDA clearance. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/03/14/sonavex-readies-to-commercially-launch-medical.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true{/iframe}
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Personal Genome Diagnostics CE Marks Liquid Biopsy Test | BioSpace
Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. (PGDx), a leader in cancer genomics, today announced that it has applied the CE mark to PGDx elio™ plasma resolve.…
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LifeBridge Health and CareFirst are hosting an ‘innovation challenge’ for digital health startups – Technical.ly Baltimore
A pair of Baltimore healthcare leaders are partnering to reach digital health startups. Hospital network LifeBridge Health and health insurance provider CareFirst BlueCross Blue…
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Class project to clinical trials: UMBC’s affordable infant incubator wins Global Health Research Award – UMBC NEWS
When Kevin Tran ‘12, chemical engineering, was a student at UMBC, he took a course on sensors that made him realize the best high…
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2019’s Most & Least Innovative States – Maryland ranked 4th Most Innovate State
Innovation is a principal driver of U.S. economic growth. In 2019, the U.S. will spend an estimated $581 billion on research and development —…
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Built For Bio: Greg Merril, CEO of Adaptive Phage Therapeutics — MCEDC
MCEDC discovers how Greg’s clinical-stage company in Montgomery County, MD is using bacteria phage to combat the worldwide crisis in multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.…
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We’re not doing enough for our kids | Kurt Newman | TEDxTysons – YouTube
It all begins at birth. That’s the starting point for Kurt Newman as he shares his poignant journey as a pediatric surgeon. Newman offers…
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Study: Memories of music cannot be lost to Alzheimer’s and dementia
The part of your brain responsible for ASMR catalogs music, and appears to be a stronghold against Alzheimer's and dementia. {iframe}https://bigthink.com/ever-get-the-tingles-from-listening-to-good-music-that-part-of-your-brain-will-never-get-lost-to-alzheimers-2604515481.amp.html{/iframe}
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Houston scientist wins Nobel Prize for breakthrough cancer treatment – CultureMap Houston
The already much-heralded University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has just scored global bragging rights. James Allison, Ph.D., a scientist at MD Anderson…
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