Let me be clear: I believe strongly in the need for substantive, consumer-centric transformation of the health care system and have been a long-term proponent of the power of entrepreneurs to catalyze and drive these difficult changes.
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced twelve Virginia companies have been selected to participate in the Virginia Economic Gardening Pilot Program, and two are in Harrisonburg.
“Economic gardening” is encouraging growth in businesses that are already locally established, or second stage companies.
Advances in biotechnology and synthetic biology over the past decade have the potential to address important societal challenges in food, energy, and medicine. But these technological advances come with the potential for their deliberate or accidental misuse, warranting the development of approaches to help prevent the creation of biothreats.
Everyone knows that entrepreneurship is risky. In light of recent news about a possible sale or merger of 1776, I wonder if the greater Washington region is indeed remembering what everyone knows.
The MdBio Foundation, a non-profit that provides STEM education and workforce development to underserved communities, is celebrating its 16th school year of delivering innovative, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to students aboard mobile laboratories. During the 2017-18 school year, the foundation will debut its new Mobile eXploration Lab (MXLab), the largest mobile laboratory of its kind in the U.S., at high schools across the state of Maryland, and begin offering a new mobile program for middle schools in Washington, D.C., through a $1.36 million grant from the Verizon Foundation.
EAGB has moved to the Silo Point building in Locust Point! Please be sure to update your records with our new address.
1200 Steuart St, Suite C1B Baltimore, MD 21230
Our completely new site is up and running! Thank you for your patience as we rebooted.
WorkSource Montgomery has grown exponentially in its first year, and we are happy to have new staff, a new address to our corporate headquarters and the opportunity to serve our businesses and talent each day. To celebrate a year of accomplishments, let’s take a look back at where we started.
In a first for the Big Pharma and as part of a new model, Pfizer is taking drugs from its shelves and licensing them to, while investing in, its SpringWorks Therapeutics startup.
Roche immunotherapy Tecentriq has won European Union approval for treating advanced lung and bladder cancer, the Swiss drugmaker said.
The European Commission approved Tecentriq, also known as atezolizumab, as a monotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after patients have been treated with chemotherapy.
The market opportunity in health care is huge, and Apple sees health care and wellness as a core part of its app, services, and wearables strategies. Now the company is aiming to become your personal health record, jumping into research, medical devices, and more.