Thermo Fisher Scientific, a biotech product development company, has inaugurated a new business center and biorepository in Frederick, located in the US state of Maryland.
Southern Research marked the completion of a $13 million renovation project at its Frederick Infectious Disease Research Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today attended by local leaders, state officials and research sponsors.
With a symposium about „Personalized Medicine Depends on Tissue Quality“ and an opening ceremony in presence of Benjamin Wu, Maryland Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Jan Gardner, Frederick County Executive and members of the County Council as well as 120 international guests the new Indivumed Headquarter was officially opened.
Cerecor Inc. (NASDAQ: CERC), a biopharmaceutical company focused on becoming a leader in development and commercialization of treatments for rare and orphan diseases in pediatrics and neurology, announced today that it has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) three Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) Requests for substrate replacement therapies to treat ultra-rare inherited metabolic disorders known as Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDGs).
Sierra Madre, California-based Wound Care Advantage, a manager of outpatient wound treatment centers, has partnered with Baltimore-based Tissue Analytics to use the digital health startup’s technology to measure wounds and develop improved treatment protocols.
Price controls under consideration by the administration would reduce the biopharmaceutical industry’s investment in R&D, which would slow the pace of drug discovery. It would also damage the life science innovation ecosystem because biopharma firms contribute to knowledge sharing, including through university research in all 50 states, scientific publications (over 12,500 in 2017 alone), and other activities designed to develop and disseminate discoveries.
CollPlant, an Israeli regenerative medicine company focused on 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, signed a license, development and commercialization agreement with United Therapeutics Corporation of Maryland for 3D bioprinted lung transplants.
Venture capital investing has already reached a 10-year high in 2018, according to a report last week. However, while investment trends in life sciences have been similar to those in technology generally, a venture capital investor specializing in life sciences said there are some significant underlying differences too.
New Enterprise Associates this spring appointed former General Partner Ravi Viswanathan to the job of selling about $1 billion of its portfolio holdings in an unusual secondary transaction. This week, Viswanathan filed a regulatory document to raise a $1.35 billion
One of the largest companies involved in next-generation sequencing technology is buying a rival that manufactures genomic analysis systems.