In what appears to be a trend, big pharma company AbbVie is leasing 479,000 square feet of space in BioMed Realty’s Gateway of Pacific project in South San Francisco. It is an example of big pharma companies setting up offices and labs in the midst of one of the country’s biggest biotech clusters.
The PIC MC Foundation Board of Directors invites you to celebrate a significant milestone in the development of PIC MC. Join us, along with state and local leaders, for the
PIC MC RISE Zone Celebration and Ribbon Cutting
Date:
Monday, November 26, from 2–3:30 p.m.
(Program begins promptly at 2:15 p.m.)
Speakers to include Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett
Location:
PIC MC Germantown Campus
High Technology and Science Center (HT), Globe Hall (click on map for parking)
20200 Observation Drive
Germantown, Maryland 20876
Parking for this event will be in LOT 4.
For more information on this event or to RSVP, contact Melanie Kandel, 240-567-8062
Novavax, Inc., (Nasdaq:NVAX) today announced the appointment of Rachel King, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GlycoMimetics, Inc., to its Board of Directors. In addition to extensive experience as an executive in the biotechnology industry, Mrs. King has also worked in the venture capital side of life sciences, and has held executive positions within a global multinational pharmaceutical company.
On November 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized changes to the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program.
One of the adjustments involves telehealth.
Johnson & Johnson Innovation announced the extension of the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Partnering Office at Queensland University of Technology (JJIPO @ QUT) for three years in collaboration with the Queensland State Government at the AusBiotech National Conference in Brisbane yesterday.
Tuesday ,November 6, 2018 6:15 PM – 8:30 PM, Hotel Annapolis126 West StreetAnnapolis, MD 21401
FounderTrac invites you to Demo Day!
The FounderTrac accelerator ‘connects the dots’ by creating an inclusive environment that combines curriculum, capital, mentorship, and community. FounderTrac is an elite accelerator where impactful founders work in a high-performance environment that inspires and weaponizes them to become “fulfillionaires” (founders who achieve venture success while doing fulfilling work). FounderTrac is a Partnership between The Maryland Tech Council, LAUNCH! Annapolis, MCVC Partners and TEDCO to bring a community-based accelerator to Annapolis, MD.
OpGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPGN) today announced a collaboration with QIAGEN N.V. to advance rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Strengthening OpGen’s entry into the United States market, the companies have entered into an agreement to commercialize a new solution for the detection of multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens based on QIAGEN’s EZ1 Advanced XL automated nucleic acid purification instrumentation (EZ1) and kits for the United States. The EZ1 will be utilized in the test workflow for the Acuitas® AMR Gene Panel u5.47 products. The AMR Gene Panel family of rapid diagnostics tests has been designed to detect and identify multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens in urine and bacterial isolates in approximately two hours. The test was developed for use with the Acuitas Lighthouse® Software for predicting antibiotic resistance and high-resolution pathogen tracking. The AMR Gene Panel u5.47 and the Acuitas Lighthouse Software are currently available for Research Use Only (RUO).
TaiRx, a joint venture between Rockville-based BioHealth Innovation Inc. and Taiwan pharmaceutical company TaiRx Inc., is looking to raise around $5 million.
The Emmes Corporation today announced that it was named one of the largest women-owned businesses in the Washington metropolitan area by the Washington Business Journal. Emmes was ranked the sixth largest women-owned business in the Washington region, up from number seven last year.
AstraZeneca PLC’s research and development arm MedImmune Inc. spun off a small biotech startup company called Viela Bio.
