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Italy, December 23, 2024. PQE Group is proud to announce its most recently-received official recognitions: ISO/IEC 27001 and A Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Certifications, which provide additional reasons to recognize PQE Group’s extensive capabilities; the ISO/IEC 27001 provides clients assurance that their information management systems are risk-aware and that PQE Group’s solutions can proactively identify and address weaknesses; the WBE Certification ensures that PQE Group has met the stringent eligibility criteria to be classified as a women-owned enterprise.

SILVER SPRING, Md. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR), a public benefit corporation, today announced the world’s first transplant of a UKidney, which it produced, into a living person on November 25, 2024.

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How to pitch to investors
The basics:
1. Venture Capitalists have an investment thesis they have to follow. If your startup doesn’t fit the investor’s thesis don’t bother pitching

2. Most times you’ll start pitching to associates. Then the associates will have to share the opportunity with the rest of their investment team. The easier you make their job the more chances you have.

3. How you pitch your startup gives out a lot of information about you to investors. Make sure your investment materials are organized, your pitch is concise and to the point and you are likeable.

By Ana Lucía Murillo – Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal Dec 12, 2024 – Connected DMV has tapped a new chief executive to lead the regionally focused nonprofit.

George Thomas, who has been with Connected DMV since its inception in 2019, is now president and CEO. The group’s founder and only CEO in its history, Stu Solomon, is now listed as executive chairman on the organization’s website. It’s unclear when the transition took place; Solomon was president and CEO as recently as May.

RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, December 11, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — Liquet Medical Inc., a pioneering medical device company committed to advancing patient care through innovative technologies, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Versus™ Catheter.

This innovative medical device is set to enhance the treatment of pulmonary artery blood clots by offering real-time pulmonary artery pressure measurements, empowering clinicians to optimize treatment based on individual patient responses. This novel technology enables a new treatment category called “Hemodynamics-Led Thrombolysis (HLT).”

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a global company advancing protein-based vaccines with its Matrix-M™ adjuvant, today announced progress in Q4 2024 advancing its corporate growth strategy through its partnership with Sanofi. The Company has achieved a milestone associated with its Phase 2/3 clinical trial for its COVID-19 vaccine in children, triggering the first $50 million milestone payment from Sanofi.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SXTP; SXTPW) (60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing new medicines for infectious diseases, announced today it has entered into a clinical trial agreement with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston to conduct a double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the safety and efficacy of tafenoquine in combination with standard of care treatment for hospitalized babesiosis patients.

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Wes Moore today announced that applications are being accepted for the Maryland Soft Landing Exchange Program, which allows Maryland companies to explore international markets at a reduced cost by connecting them with business incubators and accelerators abroad. The program, administered by the Maryland Department of Commerce, is designed to support companies who are ready to expand their existing export capabilities, and serves as an important enhancement to existing state export assistance.