The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) announced that its 2017 Woman of the Year is Bahija Jallal, PhD, executive vice president, AstraZeneca, and head of MedImmune. MedImmune is the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca.
Yes, we’re still going to have networking with a few drinks and snacks as usual!
Join us on May 18th in the back lot at Johns Hopkins Montgomery County campus to explore local biotech careers w/ Employers who have open jobs, and two great workforce training organizations that can help you advance your career – Worksource Montgomery & BioTrain. As an added bonus you get to explore the brand new Mobile Exploration Lab (MXLab).
Even if you’re happy with your current position and aren’t looking for something new. Spend some time with your peers and friends to network along with seeing what these organizations have to offer.
Come by for the whole event or just a part of it. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
The Inova Health System and the University of Virginia announced today that they have awarded $450,000 to nine UVA-Inova joint research teams for projects focused on how to better predict, prevent and treat disease. In the fall of 2016, Inova and UVA announced a comprehensive research and education partnership to accelerate joint discovery and the application of translational medical research. The seed grant awards mark the first of many joint research collaborations. UVA’s Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, which facilitates translational health research across UVA, and Inova’s Translational Medicine Institute, are helping support these research projects.
Five proposals submitted this spring to Johns Hopkins’ Idea Lab crowdsourcing website will receive funding by virtue of garnering the most support in online voting.
Funding will be awarded to a health care innovation conference that expands upon the popular MedHacks event, a science-themed summer camp for Baltimore fifth-graders, and a place for students to get free food left over from events, among other creative concepts.
The Big Idea CONNECTpreneur Summer Forum Tysons Corner – June 13, 2017
“The Best Networking Event in the MidAtlantic.”
This will be our 24th consecutive SOLD OUT event over the last 6 years!
Over 70% of previous attendees surveyed say that CONNECTpreneur is the “Number One” tech and investor event in the Mid-Atlantic region!
DCInno calls CONNECTpreneur “The Best Networking Event in DC” and a “NETWORKING JACKPOT” of the Region’s TOP Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, CXOs, Angels, and VCs.
This UNIQUE EVENT is like NONE OTHER in our region, because of the high quality of our attendees, speakers and presenters.
And YES, the networking is unprecedented!
Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALT), a clinical stage immunotherapeutic biotechnology company, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.
In honor of the occasion, Bill Enright, Chief Executive Officer, will ring the Opening Bell.
Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALT) announced today the completion of its merger with PharmAthene, Inc., effective May 4, 2017. Upon the completion of the merger, the combined company was renamed Altimmune, Inc., and will commence trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol “ALT” on May 5, 2017. The combined company is a fully integrated and diversified immunotherapeutics company with one preclinical-stage and four clinical-stage drug-development programs.
What’s the definition of “doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result?” If you said “a good idea,” you might want to consider a career in politics.
Many in Congress want to impose price controls on medicines that result from federally funded research. We’ve tried this before, and it nearly brought medical research and development to a halt.
The Greater Washington Partnership (Partnership), a group of leading CEOs and entrepreneurs aimed at addressing the critical economic issues facing the Greater Washington region, announced today the addition of four board members to its 17-person founding Board of Directors, bringing the total to 21. Joining the Partnership board will be:
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Dr. Rick Bright, director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and Daniel J. Abdun-Nabi, Emergent’s president and chief executive officer, to mark the formal opening of the company’s newly expanded Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) at its Bayview Campus in Baltimore. The facility is one of three centers designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide advanced development and manufacturing of medical countermeasures to support the U.S. government’s national security and public health emergency needs.
