Baltimore's Cerecor, working on treatments for depression, with two in Phase II and another in preclinical development, raises $26M in IPO.
Baltimore's AgeneBio receives $7.5M from NIH as part of a five year, private-public partnership among AgeneBio, Johns Hopkins University and the NIH to study AGB101 and its potential to prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's dementia.
Baltimore's Circulomics receives a $1.5M Phase II SBIR grant from NIH-NIGMS to create a comprehensive DNA and RNA extraction product portfolio using its Nanobind technology.
Silver Spring's PharmaCyte Biotech announces design for its upcoming clinical trial in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer using PharmaCyte's treatment (Cell-in-a-Box® + low-dose ifosfamide chemotherapy).
Gaithersburg's MedImmune joins the Human Vaccine Project, a non-profit public-private partnership focused on accelerating the development of vaccines and immunotherapies against major infectious diseases and cancers by decoding the human immune system.
Bethesda patient engagement firm GetWellNetwork acquires Skylight Healthcare Systems.
Gaithersburg's Opgen shares data demonstrating how its Acuitas Resistome-based surveillance system can accurately identify potential outbreaks to improve infection control.
Baltimore's Cogentis recognized as finalist in national business competition.
Five new LaunchLabs built by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, with support from the City of Gaithersburg, Montgomery County and BioHealth Innovation, will open 11/1 in Gaithersburg.
Partial reimbursement for internships is available to biohealth technology companies who offer internship positions to MD Tech Connect's prescreened applicants.
Judge sides with PhRMA, rules orphan drugs not covered by 340B discount program.
Developers and academic labs challenge FDA over lab-developed tests (LDTs).
The MD Department of Commerce's makes market research resources--Frost and Sullivan, Recap, Medtrack and BioMedTracker--available to Maryland biohealth entrepreneurs at its offices in Baltimore and Rockville. Please schedule appointments in advance.
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Pathsensors leadership team at
UM Biopark preparing to demonstrate
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The Maryland Department of Commerce focuses on attracting, retaining, and expanding businesses and creating jobs in Maryland, and markets Maryland's many assets to companies across the nation and abroad.
The Department's Office of BioHealth Technology supports innovative start-ups and companies focused on animal and human health, health IT, research tools, and related technologies . These include thoses involving agricultural and marine bio, biodefense, therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices, biologics, nutraceuticals, personalized and regenerative medicine, digital health, mHealth, telemedicine, EHR, bioinformatics, health IT infrastructure, data center services, patient engagement, and wellness.
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