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The right way for health systems to embrace startup innovation

The right way for health systems to embrace startup innovation

Many health systems acknowledge that partnering with digital healthcare startups is a necessary step toward innovation, but if providers do not tend these partnerships…

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CASI Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment Of President To Its China Operations To Lead Commercialization

CASI Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment Of President To Its China Operations To Lead Commercialization

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASI), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and delivery of high quality, cost-effective pharmaceutical products and innovative therapeutics to…

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Innovations in Viral Clearance – GEN

Innovations in Viral Clearance – GEN

Viral clearance is not a new challenge for the biopharmaceutical industry. However, regulatory demand for better data combined with the growing recognition of the shortcomings of…

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Save the Dates:  Montgomery Innovation Academy

Save the Dates: Montgomery Innovation Academy

BHI and Launch Workplaces are co-hosting a series informational programs on topics of interest to early stage companies in Montgomery County’s innovation network.  Geared…

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Rockville Innovation Center tenant, Children’s Hospital spinout ReveraGen Announces First Patient Enrollment in International Pivotal Trial of Vamorolone in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Rockville Innovation Center tenant, Children’s Hospital spinout ReveraGen Announces First Patient Enrollment in International Pivotal Trial of Vamorolone in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

ReveraGen BioPharma, Inc. today announced the initiation and first patient enrollment in a double-blind, placebo- and prednisone-controlled clinical trial (VBP15-004) of vamorolone, a first-in-class…

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New Division at NIH Seeking Director

New Division at NIH Seeking Director

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research (OER) provides the corporate framework for NIH research administration, ensuring scientific integrity, public accountability,…

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2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers – The New York Times

2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers – The New York Times

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of…

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Roche to acquire immuno-oncology company Tusk Therapeutics – PharmaLive

Roche to acquire immuno-oncology company Tusk Therapeutics – PharmaLive

Swiss-based Roche announced it is buying UK-based Tusk Therapeutics in a deal that could hit $758 million (U.S.). Under the terms of the acquisition, Roche…

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FDA Approves Expanded Use of Qiagen EGFR CDx in Lung Cancer | GenomeWeb

FDA Approves Expanded Use of Qiagen EGFR CDx in Lung Cancer | GenomeWeb

Qiagen announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of the company's Therascreen EGFR RGQ PCR Kit to…

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NIH awards $5.1M to Hopkins team developing fast diagnostic tool for sexually transmitted diseases | Hub

NIH awards $5.1M to Hopkins team developing fast diagnostic tool for sexually transmitted diseases | Hub

New cases of sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise worldwide, and some strains have become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat…

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New report for medtech industry has stark message: Tech coming for you – MedCity News

New report for medtech industry has stark message: Tech coming for you – MedCity News

A report released this week at the annual conference of the trade association for medical device and diagnostics companies had a stark message to…

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VC funding is on a roll in Maryland | Maryland Business News

VC funding is on a roll in Maryland | Maryland Business News

Summer 2018 may have brought more rain than sun, but when it comes to funding at Maryland startups, things have been hot, hot, hot.…

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Starburst Selection Committee

Starburst Selection Committee

We are pleased to announce a pitch event will be hosted by MITRE Corporation at the Tysons, VA campus in the Metro DC area…

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CASI Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment Of Chief Financial Officer

CASI Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment Of Chief Financial Officer

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CASI), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and delivery of high quality, cost-effective pharmaceutical products and innovative therapeutics to patients…

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Fina Biosolutions Announces New Patent for Conjugate Vaccine Development – Business Wire

Fina Biosolutions Announces New Patent for Conjugate Vaccine Development – Business Wire

Fina Biosolutions announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for expression and purification of the conjugate vaccine protein…

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