BioHealth and Life Sciences Update - 3/22/16
TOP STORY: Maryland's Senseonics is first IPO in the region in 2016
Germantown's Senseonics Holdings is expected to raise $45M in the region's first IPO.  Senseonics is commercializing products for people with diabetes and currently is focused on bring to market an implantable glucose sensor and transmitter which would be an alternative to repeated finger-pricking.
BioHealth and Life Sciences News
Rockville's ABL, with CRO and CMO capabilities, is part of a team awarded an IDIQ contract by the U.S. Army MRMC potentially worth $900M. The company also was awarded a 3-Year program extension as the Biologics Production Facility for NHLBI's SMARTT program. 

Baltimore startup Tissue Analytics raises $1.9M to further development of its wound care mobile app which enables doctors better analyze wounds and track their recovery.

Columbia's Osiris Therapeutics' first prospective post-market study demonstrates positive clinical outcomes using Grafix in the management of chronic complex diabetic foot ulcers.

Baltimore's Intralytix receives USDA NIFA Phase II SBIR grant to develop a phage-based application to protect hatchery-raised oysters from bacterial pathogens.

Gaithersburg's Smithers Avanza expands its bioanalytical laboratory increasing its staff and space capacity in support of its clients' requests for testing large molecule biotherapeutics. 

Baltimore's Profectus BioSciences forms a global collaboration with Vyrid to develop oncolytic recombinant VSV (rVSV) vaccines for cancer immunotherapy.

Frederick biomanufacturing company BioFactura, recently graduated from Frederick Innovative Technology Center (FITC) and moved into a new 5,520 sq. ft. HQ facility with plans to hire 25 new employees during next four years.

The Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) located on the University of Maryland's Shady Grove campus, is seeking proposals to lease a 9100 square foot bio-manufacturing facility configured to produce biologicals under cGMP conditions in compliance with FDA requirements for phase I/II clinical trials.

Baltimore's Key Tech, on a short turn around, successfully developed a one-handed elecrtomechanical inject for use in marketing demonstrations by BD.

Johns Hopkins University's student startup PathoVax continues to make progress and receive recognition for its work developing a broad-spectrum HPV vaccine.

Johns Hopkins' Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center and Walter Rood National Military Medical Center team together to improve chewing functions for patients.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health lead a clinical trial showing a single-dose dengue vaccine was 100% effective in preventing humans from contracting the virus.


New lab space is available for early stage companies in Baltimore and Montgomery county at LifeBridge BioIncubator, Harbor Launch, and Alexandria LaunchLabs.

The deadline to apply for TEDCO's new Life Science Investment Fund is April 15th.

This is the last week to join AdvaMed, BioHealth Innovation, the City of Frederick, Frederick County, MaxCyte, MdBio, Novavax, Montgomery College, Pii, REDI, TCM, and UMB as booth exhibitors in the Maryland pavilion at BIO2016, June 6-9, in San Francisco. Additional opportunities for visibility in the pavilion will be announced next week. Contact the MD Department of Commerce for more information.

Abstracts and registration currently being accepted for the 11th International Marine Biotech Conference (IMBC2016) taking place this summer in Baltimore, 8/29-9/2. 

$10K prize for winner of Maryland Crab Trap. Deadline for entries in March 25, 2016.

Register for The 26th Annual Biomedical Research and Supplies Exhibit at NCI-Frederick/Fort Detrick, Maryland, on May 3-4, 2016 (Exhibit Space Application).

Are you a biotech or health IT company developing new products? Don't miss the opportunity to list your company in the 2016 MD BioHealth Directory (due to space limitations this is for R&D co's only). Contact MD Department of Commerce by April 5th to be included. 

The MD Dept. of Commerce has 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.
Upcoming Deadlines and Events
  3/23  Relevant Health Demo Day (BioHealth Innovation) - Rockville
  3/23  Bowie Business Innovation Center Dolphin Tank (Springboard Enterprises)
  3/24  How to Prepare a Winning Application (TEDCO) - Columbia
  3/25  App. Deadline: Maryland Crab Trab Competition (BHI/MedImmune)
  3/30  BioBuzz @ Relevant Health (BHI/TEDCO) - Rockville
  3/31  Abstract Deadline: MSCR Symposium (TEDCO)
    4/5  App. Deadline: HHS SBIR/STTR  - Speak with program managers for advice
    4/5  Write an Effective Business Plan Series (MD WBC) - Rockville
    4/7  How to Win SBIR Awards (MoCo Biz Innovation Network) - Germantown
  4/12  Mid-Atlantic Sciences Vendor Showcase (ISPE) - Rockville
  4/12  Open Entrepreneur Office Hours (Mtech) - College Park
  4/15  App Deadline: The Life Science Investment Fund - TEDCO
  4/18  2016 Regional BioTech Forum - Open only to biosci execs from govt, univ, industry
Look Who's Hiring 
     
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      Osiris Therapeutics (Columbia)                           BioHealth and Life Sciences website.                                                                                  
      Thermo Fisher Scientific (Frederick)                                                                                   
            
Innovator Spotlight
  

FLAVORx CEO Stu Amos unveils company's new automated medicine flavoring system* with support from MD Commerce Secretary Mike Gill and Howard County Exec. Allan Kittleman. 


 *Manufactured in Baltimore by Harbor Designs
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 and Life Sciences 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.
Maryland Department of Commerce
 
Office of BioHealth and Life Sciences 
401 East Pratt Street
7th Floor  |  Baltimore, MD 21202
410.767.0505

9600 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
240.314.6171

BioHealth.Info@Maryland.gov

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