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AURP Announces Awards of Excellence Winners at 2017 International Conference

AURP Announces Awards of Excellence Winners at 2017 International Conference

The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) today announced the recipients of the Awards of Excellence recognized during its 2017 International Conference hosted by…

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Announcing New York Biotech: The Future is Now on December 11

Announcing New York Biotech: The Future is Now on December 11

Monday, December 11, 2017 Apella, Alexandria Center for Life Science 6:00 - 7:30 PM Brick by brick, and startup by startup, the New York…

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NIH partners with 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies to accelerate the development of new cancer immunotherapy strategies for more patients | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH partners with 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies to accelerate the development of new cancer immunotherapy strategies for more patients | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The National Institutes of Health and 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies today launched the Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies (PACT), a five-year public-private research collaboration…

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UMBC and Johns Hopkins lead effort to extend viability of organs and body parts for transplant – Baltimore Sun

UMBC and Johns Hopkins lead effort to extend viability of organs and body parts for transplant – Baltimore Sun

When someone’s body parts are donated, it’s a life-or-death race against the clock as hearts, lungs, livers and hands rapidly deteriorate outside the body.…

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Licensing agreement formed for development of targeted cancer therapy – EPM Magazine

Licensing agreement formed for development of targeted cancer therapy – EPM Magazine

The partnership will see GamaMabs use MedImmune’s proprietary pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) toxin and linker technology in the research and production of the ADC for targeted…

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Immunomic Therapeutics Offers Travel Fund for Clinical Trial Patients – BioBuzz

Immunomic Therapeutics Offers Travel Fund for Clinical Trial Patients – BioBuzz

Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately held, Maryland-based biotechnology company is proud to announce a travel fund for patients enrolled in a Phase II…

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Save the Date – East County Job Fair on November 2nd

Save the Date – East County Job Fair on November 2nd

We invite you to participate in the East County Regional Job Fair to be held on Thursday, November 2, 2017 from 3:00 –7:00pm at…

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Lupin Acquires Symbiomix Therapeutics for $150M – GEN

Lupin Acquires Symbiomix Therapeutics for $150M – GEN

Lupin said today it has acquired Symbiomix Therapeutics for $150 million cash, in a deal designed to expand the buyer’s branded women’s health specialty…

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Why downtown universities help fuel the urban startup ecosystem  – Curbed

Why downtown universities help fuel the urban startup ecosystem  – Curbed

For years, proponents of increased downtown development and innovation districts have spoken of the important interplay between universities, startups, and local jobs. Cities such…

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Maryland companies raise $181M of venture capital in 3Q – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland companies raise $181M of venture capital in 3Q – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland companies raised $181.4 million from venture capitalists in the third quarter, a 435 percent increase from the year before. There were 13 deals…

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Use sensors instead of needles to check your glucose level

Use sensors instead of needles to check your glucose level

Diabetics who have been pricking their fingers for years finally have another option. Freestyle Libre is a small patch that can be easily applied…

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Emergent BioSolutions Acquires Sanofi’s Smallpox Vaccine Unit – Nasdaq.com

Emergent BioSolutions Acquires Sanofi’s Smallpox Vaccine Unit – Nasdaq.com

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. EBS announced that it completed the acquisition of FDA-licensed smallpox vaccine's business of Sanofi SNY - ACAM2000.  The company paid an…

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Singapore’s first robot masseur starts work at TCM clinic, Latest Singapore News – The New Paper

Singapore’s first robot masseur starts work at TCM clinic, Latest Singapore News – The New Paper

Emma started work as a massage therapist at NovaHealth TCM Clinic yesterday. Emma - short for Expert Manipulative Massage Automation - is a robotic…

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The future will be won by the scientist-CEO – Technical.ly Baltimore

Academic research is often full of ideas that can form the foundation of startups. So institutions like the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Johns…

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Inova Health System unveils new consumer genome sequencing offering – Washington Business Journal

Inova Health System unveils new consumer genome sequencing offering – Washington Business Journal

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