BioHealth News Archive
Maryland Inno – Baltimore startup Delfi Diagnostics raises $225M with plans to change how lung cancer is diagnosed
Baltimore biotechnology startup Delfi Diagnostics has raised $225 million as it embarks on a 15,000-person trial for its early cancer detection technology. The oversubscribed…
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BioFactura Announces Activation of a $15.9M Contract Option for its Smallpox Biodefense Therapeutic
The contract from BARDA will advance development of an antibody cocktail therapeutic for the treatment of smallpox. FREDERICK, MD. (PRWEB) JULY 15, 2022 BioFactura today…
Read MoreAltus Realty Acquires Pair of Rockville Office Buildings for $26M – Commercial Observer
Altus Realty has acquired Research Square, two office buildings comprising 90,000 square feet in Rockville, Md., for $25.5 million. Westat, an employee-owned research company…
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Materic and LaunchPort Announce Partnership to Drive Advanced Materials Manufacturing for Medical Device Technology – The LaunchPort
July 18, 2022, Baltimore, MD – Materic, a custom manufacturer of advanced materials, and LaunchPort, LLC, a medical device venture center and GMP contract…
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Emergent BioSolutions Announces Appointment of Sujata Dayal to Board of Directors | Emergent BioSolutions Inc.
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that the company’s board of directors appointed Sujata Dayal as…
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D.C. region gets boost in CBRE’s new life sciences talent ranking – Washington Business Journal
A new CBRE report ranked the top 25 life sciences research talent clusters for the first quarter. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/07/14/dc-area-life-sciences-research-talent-cbre-rank.html{/iframe}
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Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. Announces Expansion of Distributorship with the Acquisition of NXC Imaging – Cardiac Vascular News
Tustin, California, July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canon Medical Systems USA Inc., a commercial subsidiary of Canon Medical Systems Corporation and a global…
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NexImmune Announces IND Clearance by the US FDA for NEXI-003 for the Treatment of HPV-Related Cancers
First IND for NexImmune’s AIM nanoparticle platform in solid tumors IND clearance enables commencement of a clinical trial to evaluate NEXI-003, an autologous antigen-specific…
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Novavax receives FDA authorization for its Covid vaccine – Washington Business Journal
The announcement comes days after the Biden administration reached a deal to buy 3.2 million doses. Image: Novavax has received emergency use authorization from…
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FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) Status to Rockville’s NeoImmuneTech’s NT-I7 for the treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme
· Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancer with a 5-year survival rate of 6.8% and an average…
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U.S. Government Secures 3.2 Million Doses of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
Jul 11, 2022 Agreement will provide the first protein-based vaccine option in the U.S., pending FDA Emergency Use Authorization and CDC recommendation GAITHERSBURG, Md., July…
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MaxCyte Signs Strategic Platform License with LG Chem to Advance its Allogeneic CAR-T Programs
LG Chem to use MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation® technology and ExPERT™ platform to accelerate the development of its T-cell therapy candidates for solid tumors GAITHERSBURG,…
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AmerisourceBergen launches $150 million venture capital fund for healthcare startups
AmerisourceBergen, one of the top pharmaceutical distributors, is investing $150 million in a corporate venture fund focused on healthcare startups. The wholesale giant's new…
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NRL Announces the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet)
WASHINGTON – To advance quantum network capabilities and leadership, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announced work with five other U.S. Government agencies on May 18…
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Where are the Leading Technology Clusters in Canada and the U.S.: A Webinar Discussion Previewing Issues AURP Will Feature at #AURPIC2022 in Toronto (September 19-22)
A state's competitiveness in the innovation economy stems from the extent of its involvement in the global economy, its capacity for innovation, and its…
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