BioHealth News Archive

175,000 sq. ft. Development in Bethesda Will Focus on Creating “Bethesda Bio” — MCEDC

175,000 sq. ft. Development in Bethesda Will Focus on Creating “Bethesda Bio” — MCEDC

StonebridgeCarras and The Donohoe Companies announced plans today for their project at 8280 Wisconsin Avenue which will focus its 175,000 square feet of commercial…

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Protenus Recognized as One of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2018 – Protenus

Protenus Recognized as One of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2018 – Protenus

Protenus has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The complete list of this year’s…

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Paragon Bioservices Recognized as Life Science Company of the Year by Maryland Tech Council – Paragon Bioservices, Inc.

Paragon Bioservices Recognized as Life Science Company of the Year by Maryland Tech Council – Paragon Bioservices, Inc.

Paragon Bioservices, Inc. (Paragon), the leading private equity-backed biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with proven expertise in gene therapy and next-generation vaccines,…

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Grand Prize Winner for the Innovation for Impact Prize Announced by SoBran and the Maryland Tech Council

Grand Prize Winner for the Innovation for Impact Prize Announced by SoBran and the Maryland Tech Council

SoBran BioScience, a division of SoBran Inc, and a leading provider of pre-clinical GLP contract research announced the grand prize winner of the Innovation…

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Third time’s the charm for AZ hyperkalemia drug – BioCentury

Third time’s the charm for AZ hyperkalemia drug – BioCentury

AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN) said FDA approved Lokelma sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (ZS-9) to treat hyperkalemia in adults. AZ had received two CRLs for Lokelma…

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Asia on the move: Five trends shaping the Asia biopharmaceutical market | McKinsey & Company

Asia on the move: Five trends shaping the Asia biopharmaceutical market | McKinsey & Company

Enthusiasm for the biopharmaceutical sector in Asia has been flat, due in part to China’s market-access blockade, Japan’s spending controls, and deceleration in India…

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KEI Sues NIH Over Gilead CAR-T Patents – PharmaLive

KEI Sues NIH Over Gilead CAR-T Patents – PharmaLive

A nonprofit organization, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), recently filed a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over Gilead Sciences’ patents for a…

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SBA Seeks Grant Applications from Organizations – Hudson Valley News Network

SBA Seeks Grant Applications from Organizations – Hudson Valley News Network

The U.S. Small Business Administration, under its Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program, is soliciting grant applications from New York organizations to help boost…

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Medical Fish Skin Company Kerecis Receives the Industry Award for Entrepreneurship from the President of Iceland

Medical Fish Skin Company Kerecis Receives the Industry Award for Entrepreneurship from the President of Iceland

Today the President of Iceland awarded Kerecis the Industry Award for Entrepreneurship. Kerecis is the creator, manufacturer and patent holder of revolutionary, fish-skin-based therapeutic…

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Maryland Tech Council Announces Winners of 30th Annual Industry Awards | Business Wire

Maryland Tech Council Announces Winners of 30th Annual Industry Awards | Business Wire

The Maryland Tech Council (MTC), Maryland’s largest technology trade association, announced the winners of its 30th Annual Industry Awards during a celebration and ceremony…

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Nostopharma LLC is working on a cure for a common surgery complication – Washington Business Journal

Nostopharma LLC is working on a cure for a common surgery complication – Washington Business Journal

A complication from surgery can cost tens of thousands of dollars and require more surgery to correct — but a young Maryland startup is…

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TEDCO awards $7.1 million to 25 stem cell projects in Maryland – Baltimore Business Journal

TEDCO awards $7.1 million to 25 stem cell projects in Maryland – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland Technology Development Corp. has doled out $7.1 million to 25 companies and researchers working on stem cell products and medical therapies. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/05/17/tedco-awards-7-1-million-to-25-stem-cell-projects.html{/iframe}

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Pace of exits picks up for venture development organizations in Q1 – SSTI

Pace of exits picks up for venture development organizations in Q1 – SSTI

Venture development organizations (VDO), nonprofit organizations across the country investing in innovation startups to help grow their regional economies as well as earn a…

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NIST Revises Intellectual Property Rights – Federal Labs

NIST Revises Intellectual Property Rights – Federal Labs

Join the FLC on Tuesday, May 22 at 1:00 p.m. EDT for an inside look into these new regulations with NIST’s Courtney Silverthorn. To…

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Mount Sinai’s Icahn medical school launches $10 million investment fund | Crain’s New York Business

Mount Sinai’s Icahn medical school launches $10 million investment fund | Crain’s New York Business

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has created a $10 million accelerator fund to speed up the commercialization of research at the…

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