BioHealth News Archive
Emergent BioSolutions Awarded $63 Million BARDA Contract to Develop Treatment for Cyanide Exposure
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $63 million by the Biomedical Advanced Research and…
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Montgomery County Trying To Lure Amazon – Bethesda Beat – Bethesda, MD
The greatest economic development sweepstakes in the country is underway and Montgomery County officials are hoping the county can be a player. Amazon is…
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Greater Washington reacts to Inova CEO Knox Singleton’s retirement – Washington Business Journal
When Knox Singleton first took the helm at Inova Health System in 1984, Mobil Corp. was still building its campus — the first major…
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ConverGene Announces Sponsored Research Agreement with University of Maryland, Baltimore to Evaluate First-in-class Anti-cancer Agents
ConverGene has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with University of Maryland, Baltimore. Under this agreement University of Maryland School of Medicine Professor Curt I.…
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RightEye: This startup eyes billions-dollar market – Washington Business Journal
The company just received a Series A investment from VSP Global, one of the country’s largest networks of vision doctors. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/09/14/righteye-this-startup-eyes-billions-dollar-market.html?ana=twt{/iframe}
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FDA Grants “Fast Track” Status to Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals’ Lead Drug CPP-1X/sul for Treatment of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis | Business Wire
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPP), a private biotech company developing novel therapeutics to prevent cancer and other diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food…
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Life Sciences Venture Capital Firm Flagship Pioneering to Raise $500M Fund
Flagship Pioneering (fka Flagship Ventures), a Cambridge, MA-based life sciences venture capital firm, is seeking to raise $500m for its latest fund. {iframe}http://www.finsmes.com/2017/09/life-sciences-venture-capital-firm-flagship-pioneering-to-raise-500m-fund.html{/iframe}
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Congress rejects Trump proposals to cut health research funds – American Pharmacists Association
Congressional lawmakers from both parties have rejected the Trump administration's proposals to cut spending for NIH, and have joined forces to increase spending on…
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New York City is positioning itself as a life sciences hub | Building Design + Construction
Developers Taconic Investment Partners and Silverstein Properties are spending $20 million to renovate the 326,861-sf Movie Lab building in Midtown Manhattan for life science…
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Why Children’s National Medical Center is hosting a Silicon Valley symposium – Washington Business Journal
After holding it in the District for years, the health system is packing up and taking its annual symposium across the country. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/09/12/why-childrens-national-is-hosting-its-annual.html{/iframe}
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Producing cures, Emergent BioSolutions works to protect people around the world – YouTube
Emergent Biosolutions produces cures in Downtown Baltimore for cancer patients, troops and stockpiles in case of a chemical attack. {iframe}https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQ_lqQ-o4Y{/iframe}
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Maryland firm acquires Johns Hopkins startup Fractal Technology – Technical.ly Baltimore
Fractal Technology, a startup founded at Johns Hopkins, was recently acquired by Annapolis Junction–based Sunayu, according to the cofounders. {iframe}https://technical.ly/baltimore/2017/09/12/fractal-technology-sunayu-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Baltimore%20Editorial%20Email&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=56232268&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9SHylfubMC7Rb8QqZP4cD_HAWiRYbElid6hfcKg73Qzbe9-6lbDHLwpGRmI7VJW903kWRAJUoymTBNYdre1ki6Q7EJ_g&_hsmi=56232268{/iframe}
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Producing cures, Emergent BioSolutions works to protect people around the world – Longform story
Threats come in all sizes, some so small you can't see. The damage, however can be catastrophic. Emergent BioSolutions creates remedies for diseases like cancer…
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Hopkins, Maryland, UMBC ranked among top colleges by U.S. News and World Report – Baltimore Sun
The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, College Park were ranked among the top tier in the U.S. News and World Report…
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Qiagen, Angle to Comarket Liquid Biopsy Technologies | GenomeWeb
UK-based liquid biopsy firm Angle said today that it has inked a comarketing agreement with Qiagen for circulating tumor cell (CTC) technology. {iframe}https://www.genomeweb.com/business-news/qiagen-angle-comarket-liquid-biopsy-technologies{/iframe}
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