BioHealth News Archive
I-Corps at NIH – Funding Opportunity Announcement PAR-22-073
You’ve Created the Technology. Put It to Work with I-Corps. I-Corps at NIH is an entrepreneurship training program specifically designed for companies that received…
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Montgomery County Council Passes Bill to Enhance Support for Small Businesses Engaged in Research and Development
Expedited Bill 31-22 will alter eligibility requirements of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Grant Program ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov.…
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Polaris Genomics Seeks to Reveal Invisible Wounds
Illumina Accelerator alum Polaris Genomics is investigating how genomics can help diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health issues. The Maryland-based company…
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AstraZeneca to Acquire Neogene Therapeutics, Accelerating Ambition in Oncology Cell Therapy | Business Wire
SANTA MONICA, Calif. & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neogene Therapeutics, Inc. (Neogene), a global clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the discovery, development and manufacturing of next-generation T-cell receptor…
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NIH Wins Licensing Executive Society Deals of Distinction Award for WHO C-TAP Partnership | Technology Transfer
The NIH Technology Transfer Program has won the Licensing Executive Society’s Deals of Distinction award for 2022. The Deals of Distinction Award is given…
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Montgomery County and BioHealth Innovation, Inc. welcome Luis Gutierrez as an “Executive in Residence” to Help Grow County’s Biotech Industry (Updated 11/29)
Updated 11/29 BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI) and Montgomery County are pleased to announce the selection of Luis Gutierrez as a part-time “Executive in Residence”—a…
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Announcing Your 3rd Annual BioBuzz Awards Finalists · BioBuzz
We’re excited to announce this year’s finalists for the third annual 2022 BioBuzz Awards. These awards celebrate the people and companies across our regional community…
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Johns Hopkins Researchers Design ‘Prodrug’ That Targets Cancer Cells’ Big Appetite for Glutamine, Leaving Healthy Cells Unharmed
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have revamped an anti-cancer drug to better target cancer cells and leave healthy tissues unharmed. Scientists have dubbed this type…
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Haystack Oncology Inks Lease In Baltimore’s City Garage
Biotechnology firm Haystack Oncology Inc. has signed a lease in the City Garage Science & Technology Center at the recently rebranded Baltimore Peninsula mixed-use development. Haystack, which describes itself…
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QIAGEN launches monkeypox test for NeuMoDx platform to fight global outbreak by boosting research and surveillance | Business Wire
HILDEN, Germany & GERMANTOWN, Maryland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of the monkeypox (MPXV) test for its…
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MacroGenics Earns $60 Million Milestone with U.S. FDA Approval of Teplizumab
ROCKVILLE, MD, Nov. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MacroGenics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGNX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of…
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On the Road Montgomery County: Biotech boom not happening everwhere – Washington Business Journal
In Montgomery County, lab space has long been a prized get for biotechs, because there was so little of it. Shockingly little, actually, given the county…
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The Princeton Review & Entrepreneur Magazine Name the Top Undergrad & Grad Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2023 – University of Maryland ranked in Top 10
NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Princeton Review® and Entrepreneur® today announced the results of The Princeton Review's 17th annual ranking of undergraduate…
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Money Moves: Baltimore nanotech firm Pixelligent raised a sparkly new $38M – Technical.ly
Pixelligent, a nanotechnology firm that produces materials used in augmented reality displays and sensors, recently raised $38 million in IP-backed financing from a funding vehicle…
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Chicago’s roadmap to becoming the next big life sciences city – REJournals
According to a recent report from CBRE, Chicago ranks No. 6 for job growth out of the Top 25 life sciences markets in the…
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