News and Events - 5/28/15
TOP STORY: Registration for $12M in Biotech Tax Credits Opens 6/1
The $12M in MD Biotech Investor Incentive Tax Credits available during FY2016 will be awarded on a first come, first served basis using an electronic line-up on July 1, 2015.

To participate in the July 1, 2015 electronic line-up, companies must register by submitting their completed application (form A1/A2/A3 and form B) to DBED's Tax Incentives Group between June 1, 2015 and June 26, 2015. 

Questions? Contact: BioMaryland Center or the Office of Finance Programs at MD DBED.
BioMaryland News
Rockville's REGENXBIO Inc. secures $70.5 million in a mezzanine financing.

Gaithersburg's Emergent BioSolutions signs agreement with Prometic Life Sciences, and announces expansion of new HQ which will add 130K sq. ft. and 133 employees by 2018.

Bethesda's Brainscope's device cleared by FDA for adjunctive assessment of TBI. 

University of Maryland School of Medicine research leads to FDA approval of first drug to treat radiation sickness.

Governor Hogan announces enhanced funding for startup companies through the Maryland Technology Dev. Corp. (TEDCO). TEDCO award recipients may apply for a second round of funding, and eligibility requirements will enable more companies to apply for TCF funds.  

Frederick's KamTek Inc. among 12 Maryland companies awarded EXPORTMD grants.

Baltimore's Profectus BioSciences and PapGene, Inc. and Paul Nagy and Sarah Szanton of Johns Hopkins are among finalists for BBJ's Health Care Innovator Awards.

Maryland has the best high schools in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Baltimore's Analytical Informatics received TEDCO's ICE Awards prize for Innovation for its revolutionary data management tool for health care.

Rockville's Relevant Health accelerator now recruiting health tech startups class for Fall '15.

Life Sciences companies swept the CXO awards at this year's Tech Council of MD industry event:  Sanaria's Stephen Hoffman, CEO of the Year; Emergent BioSolutions' Robert Kramer - CFO of the Year; Amarex CRO's Herman Wong - CIO/CTO of the Year; and Novavax, Inc. - Life Sciences Firm of the Year.  

Germantown's Orgenesis wins deal of the month by Acquisition International Magazine.

First center in U.S. to study Lyme disease launched at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Building of a new $65.6M innovation hub in East Baltimore is under way with the recent groundbreaking of a new 168,000 sq. ft. building with office and lab space that is the newest addition to the Science and Technology Park at Johns Hopkins.   

University of Maryland officials are planning to create an innovation district in College Park.

21st Century Cures Act voted out of committee on Capitol Hill.

A team from Johns Hopkins University won first place in the NeuroSTARTUP Challenge for their "novel therapy for neurodegenerative diseases e.g. Alzheimer's" project category. 
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