Novavax may be years away from a potential approval of its RSV vaccine, but on the company’s recent year-end conference call, executives talked up the candidate’s commercial appeal and the steps they’re taking now to prepare for a possible rollout.
On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that Secretary Alex Azar will name Robert R. Redfield, M.D., as the 18th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT uniquely focused on collaborative life science and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Jennifer J. Banks and Larry J. Diamond as co-chief operating officers, effective April 23, 2018. Ms. Banks will assume additional responsibilities related to leading the company’s risk management operations and will continue as general counsel and corporate secretary. Mr. Diamond will assume a national role overseeing the company’s real estate property operations and will continue as regional market director of Maryland.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc, a real estate investment trust focused on collaborative life science and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, has named Jennifer J. Banks and Larry J. Diamonds as co-chief operating officers. Their appointments become effective April 23, 2018. Banks joined Alexandria in 2002 and has served as the company’s general counsel since 2008 while Diamond joined the company in 1998 to open a regional office in Alexandria’s Maryland life science cluster.
In some ways Martine Rothblatt, the founder and chairwoman of United Therapeutics, a Maryland-based biotechnology company, and James Park, the CEO and co-founder of consumer fitness company Fitbit, are unusual health care leaders and entrepreneurs. Both came from outside the industry—Rothblatt previously created SiriusXM radio, among other things; meanwhile the inspiration for Park’s popular family of wearable devices was the Nintendo Wii— and neither set out steeped in the regulatory arts of American healthcare.
The Maryland state Senate signed off on $5.6 billion in tax incentives to lure Amazon.com Inc. to Montgomery County on Monday night.
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, will become president of American Association for Cancer Research next month.
Jaffee is deputy director of Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, as well as associate director of Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Johns Hopkins.
Investors got big returns on the initial sale and could see millions more over the coming years, as Harpoon’s device continues on the path to U.S. regulatory approval.
Tampa Bay Lightning owner and developer Jeff Vinik is investing $12 million in Dreamit, an early-stage venture fund and startup accelerator with offices in New York, Philadelphia and — in the foreseeable future — Tampa.
Do you find it nearly impossible to resist the opportunity to devour a cupcake, brownie, or doughnut? You’re not alone. Most of us jump at the chance to satisfy our sweet tooth, even though we know it isn’t good for us. Too many people, however, take an all-or-nothing approach when it comes to junk food, which can make it hard to quit. You don’t have to stop eating sugar completely, but eating less of it could improve and even save your life.