BioHealth News Archive

Altimmune Completes Merger with PharmAthene Creating Immunotherapeutics Company Targeting Infectious Diseases

GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALT) announced today the completion of its merger with PharmAthene, Inc., effective May 4,…

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Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell

What:  Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical stage immunotherapeutic biotechnology company, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of the occasion,…

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2017 Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Trends

2017 Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Trends

Pharmaceuticals and life sciences companies are experiencing a wave of competing challenges as part of what could be called the New Health Economy. They…

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$17 Million Available to Spur Regional Innovation – GRANTS.GOV

$17 Million Available to Spur Regional Innovation – GRANTS.GOV

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) today published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for its 2017 Regional Innovations Strategies (RIS)…

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Advancing Science and Accelerating Innovation in the BioHealth Capital Region

Advancing Science and Accelerating Innovation in the BioHealth Capital Region

Collaboration across academia, government, non-profits, and the biopharmaceutical industry fosters innovation and groundbreaking discoveries in science and research. During the 2017 BioHealth Capital Region…

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Emergent BioSolutions doubles capacity at Baltimore plant – FiercePharma

Emergent BioSolutions doubles capacity at Baltimore plant – FiercePharma

Emergent BioSolutions is one of the vaccine producers that the federal government can tap in case of a virus pandemic, and now it has…

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VLP Therapeutics Announces Convertible Note Investment from TomyK Ltd. for Accelerating Cancer Vaccine Development – VLP Therapeutics

VLP Therapeutics Announces Convertible Note Investment from TomyK Ltd. for Accelerating Cancer Vaccine Development – VLP Therapeutics

VLP Therapeutics, LLC (“VLP”), a biotechnology company focusing on the research and development of therapeutic and preventative vaccines and antibody agents, today announced that…

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Emergent BioSolutions opens expanded East Baltimore vaccine plant – Baltimore Sun

Emergent BioSolutions opens expanded East Baltimore vaccine plant – Baltimore Sun

When the next flu pandemic strikes or, perish the thought, the Ebola virus starts spreading in the United States, a newly expanded pharmaceutical plant…

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Governor signs Delegate Darryl Barnes’ House Bill 373 and Senator Roger Manno’s Senate Bill 226 to help Maryland Small Biotech Companies and Early Stage Biotech Innovators – BioFactura

Governor signs Delegate Darryl Barnes’ House Bill 373 and Senator Roger Manno’s Senate Bill 226 to help Maryland Small Biotech Companies and Early Stage Biotech Innovators – BioFactura

Today, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed into law a measure aimed at providing additional support to Maryland small biotechnology companies.  Senate Bill 226 sponsored…

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UMD will receive $7.5 million to create green technology institute – The Diamondback

UMD will receive $7.5 million to create green technology institute – The Diamondback

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed more than 200 bills Thursday afternoon, including one that will present the University of Maryland with $1.5 million a…

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Maryland Business Funding | Small Business – Maryland Department of Commerce

Maryland Business Funding | Small Business – Maryland Department of Commerce

MSBDFA promotes the viability and expansion of businesses owned by economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs. MSBDFA uses include working capital, supplies and materials, machinery…

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BIO Partners with NIH and NSF for Fourth “Innovation Zone” Exhibit – Business Wire

BIO Partners with NIH and NSF for Fourth “Innovation Zone” Exhibit – Business Wire

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced an agreement to feature Small…

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ByteGrid Receives FedRAMP Ready Status

ByteGrid Receives FedRAMP Ready Status

ByteGrid Holdings LLC, which is dedicated to providing the most secure and compliant hosting solutions available, has been awarded “FedRAMP Ready” status by the…

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More than a million patients flock to this website. Drug companies are in hot pursuit. – The Washington Post

More than a million patients flock to this website. Drug companies are in hot pursuit. – The Washington Post

This isn’t Brian Loew’s first run at Internet success. During the thick of the dot-com mania 20 years ago, Loew and some friends built…

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EY announces finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award in the Maryland Region

EY announces finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award in the Maryland Region

EY today announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Award in the Maryland Region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are…

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