BioHealth and Life Sciences Update - 4/15/16
TOP STORY:  FDA Approves First Blood Test for Colon Cancer
Germantown's Epigenomics receives FDA approval for Epi proColon®, the first and only FDA-approved blood-based colorectal cancer screening test.
BioHealth and Life Sciences News
Gaithersburg's MaxCyte, a leader in scalable, high-performance cell transfection systems goes public on the London Stock Exchange, seeking to raise $14M+.

Baltimore's Lupin Pharmaceuticals launches FDA approved generic for Aricept tablets used for the treatment of Alzheimer's type dementia.

Bethesda's Precision for Medicine to acquire ACT Oncology CRO to support its focus on using biomarkers essential to targeting patients more precisely and effectively..

Rockville's Brain Bioscience partners with veterinary supplier UMS to distribute its high-resolution, rugged, portable PET scanner to image small and large animals. 

Baltimore's Centrexion Therapeutics expands its pain pipeline with the acquisition of analgesic candidates from Boehringer Ingelheim.

Baltimore's Paragon Bioservices is recognized as "Best Contracting Manufacturing Organization" by World Vaccine Congress 2016.

Rockville's Aeras joins the Human Vaccines Project to accelerate global disease prevention and control.

Baltimore and Greenbelt's NxStage Kidney Care opens new dialysis centers.

Is your organization working to combat Zika?  If so, please contact the Maryland Department of Commerce so that we can support your activity.

The Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) is seeking proposals to lease a 9100 sq. ft. cGMP bio-manufacturing facility.

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

TEDCO invests $1.7M in 17 Maryland Startups including, Baltimore's emocha Mobile Health, Rockville's MockV Solutions, and Baltimore's Sisu Global Health

Governor Larry Hogan joins Vice President Biden in introducing Johns Hopkins Bloomberg/Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

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

The MD Dept. of Commerce has market research resources--Frost and Sullivan, Recap, and Medtrack--available to Maryland-based biohealth entrepreneurs at its offices in Baltimore and Rockville.  Please schedule appointments in advance.
Upcoming Deadlines and Events
  4/15  App Deadline: The Life Science Investment Fund - TEDCO
  4/18  2016 Regional BioTech Forum - Reg closes noon 4/15; open to biotech execs only
  4/19  Understanding Angel Investor and VC Term Sheets (MoCo BIN) - Silver Spring
  4/19  Open Entrepreneur Office Hours (Mtech/IMET) - Baltimore
  4/25  Business Risk Management (MD SBDC) - Frederick
  4/28  BioBuzz (BREP/IBBR) - Rockville
Look Who's Hiring 
     
      Amarex CRO (Germantown)
                                                                                          To view more job opportunities,
      American Gene Technologies (Frederick)                       please check at the       
                                                                                         bottom of the MD COMMERCE           

      Personal Genome Diagnostics (Baltimore)        BioHealth and Life Sciences website.                                                                                  
      RoosterBio (Frederick)                                                                                 
            
Visibility for Your Organization at BIO2016 ($100-$500)
Would you like to promote your technology or services at the international BIO conference, June 6-9th in San Francisco? The Maryland Department of Commerce has the following affordable promotion opportunities: 

    
Logo Visibility ($250; no charge for Maryland Pavilion exhibitors)
Scroll of organization logo on screens at front and back of Maryland Pavilion when stage is not in use. (Logo may include tagline <25 characters.)  
Format: EPS & JPG (hi-res)

Video ($500/video; no charge for Maryland Pavilion exhibitors)
Presentation of 1-4 minute video on screens at front and back of Maryland Pavilion when stage is not in use. Up to three videos/organization. (Sound will be low or muted. Video should be engaging without sound.)  
Format: MOV or MPEG -- 16:9 aspect ratio (1080p)

Literature Display ($100; no charge for Maryland Pavilion exhibitors) 
One 8.5" x 11" piece in literature rack (company responsible for shipping and refills)

All above due April 29th. Contact MD Department of Commerce for information.
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 s
upports 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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