BioHealth Tech News and Events - 1/13/16
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TOP STORY: Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board Appointed
| The Maryland Department of Commerce has a new slate of advisors supporting its activities to grow the biotechnology and health technology industry sectors in the state. Sixteen leaders from key federal, academic and industry organizations have been appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board. The new appointees include a patient advocate, executives from global life sciences companies with U.S. headquarters in Maryland, small biotech companies, and leaders from the University of Maryland, University of Maryland Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery College, NIH, FDA and USAMRIID. |
BioHealth Technology News
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Bethesda's Precision for Medicine receives $75M from TPG Growth to support its next generation approaches to drug development and commercialization.
Germantown's NextCure, Inc., an immuno-oncology firm, raises $67M in Series A.
Baltimore's WellDoc receives $22M in Series B funding from Samsung Ventures, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and other leading venture groups.
Bethesda's NW Bio, focused on DCVax� personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers announces closing of a registered direct offering of $12.6M.
Gaithersburg's MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, announces along with AstraZeneca a $150M commitment to accelerate the delivery of innovative biologics and targeted medicines to patients in China.
Silver Spring's PharmaCyte Biotech outlines its 2016 milestones as its pancreatic cancer treatment moves into clinical trial.
Bethesda's Sucampo commits up to $190M to license technology for the potential treatment of FAP, a rare hereditary disease characterized by cancer of the colon and rectum.
Germantown's Senseonics, d eveloping the first fully implantable continuous glucose sensor designed for accurate, long-term wear, closes merger with ASN Technologies, Inc.
Baltimore's Elixirgen announces license agreement with Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma.
Gaithersburg's Vtesse, Inc. announces FDA's granting of Breakthrough Therapy designation for VTS-270 in Niemann-Pick Type C1 disease.
Delaware Supreme Count affirmed earlier decision to award Annapolis' PharmAthene $113M in expectation damages for the value of lost profits for SIGA's smallpox antiviral.
Silver Spring's BioIT Solutions, Inc. has been selected as one of the 50 Most Valuable Tech Companies in 2015 by Insights Success magazine in its December issue.
Baltimore's Sinai Hospital is the location of a new LifeBridge BioIncubator providing options for lab space from 90 to 320 square feet.
Abstracts currently being accepted for the 11th annual International Marine Biotechnology Association (IMBA) conference taking place this summer in Baltimore.
The MD Dept. of Commerce makes market research resources--Frost and Sullivan, Recap, Medtrack and BioMedTracker--available to Maryland-based biohealth entrepreneurs at its offices in Baltimore and Rockville. Please schedule appointments in advance.
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Upcoming Deadlines and Events
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Elixirgen, LLC (Baltimore)
FITCI (Frederick) To view more job opportunities, please check at the Intralytix, Inc. (Baltimore) bottom of the MD COMMERCE BioHealth Technology website. |
BioHealth Technology Innovator Spotlight
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BioFactura CEO, Darryl Sampey and colleagues celebrate the grand
opening of their new HQ in Frederick with GMP manufacturing facility.
Photo courtesy Frederick NewsPost
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The Maryland Department of Commerce focuses on attracting, retaining, and expanding businesses and creating jobs in Maryland, and also 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 those involving agricultural and marine bio, biodefense, therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices, biologics, nutraceuticals, personalized and regenerative medicine, digital health, mHealth, telemedicine, EHR, bioinformatics, data center services, patient engagement, and wellness.
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