BioHealth and Life Sciences Update - May 22 
$12M in Biotechnology Investor Incentive Tax Credits Available
Now is the time to make certain your company and investors are prepared to apply for the Maryland Biotechnology Investor Incentive Tax Credit (BIITC) program. Investors can receive income tax credits equal to 50%* of eligible investments in Qualified Maryland Biotechnology Companies (QMBC). $12M in funding is available for these credits during the FY18 fiscal year. Important deadlines follow below:

PRECERTIFICATION 
From May 17th through May 24th, companies can apply using Form B for QMBC Precertification. Precertification notifications will be sent out no later than June 6th.

APPLICATION - PART ONE
From June 1 through June 23rd, completed applications with all attachments will be accepted by courier or mail at the Maryland Department of Commerce, Tax Incentives Group, World Trade Center, 401 East Pratt Street, 17th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202. User Names and Reference Numbers will be issued within 48 hours for all applications received by June 23rd, enabling participation in the July 3 queue.

APPLICATION - PART TWO
Beginning at 9:00 am EDT on July 3, 2017
User Names and Reference Numbers are used to electronically complete application submissions and electronically determine "first come first served." No physical application can be filed for purposes of the ordering of first come first served. 

APPLYING AFTER JUNE 23, 2017
Applications received after June 23, 2017 will have User Names and Reference Numbers issued after July 3, 2017 and will be able to join the queue at that time.

QUESTIONS/MORE INFORMATION 
Form more information, please contact the Maryland Department of Commerce.
BioHealth and Life Sciences News
Governor Larry Hogan announces Excel Maryland, an initiative to grow the life sciences and cyber industries in Maryland. Executives from Blu Venture Investors, New Enterprise Associates, AsclepiX TherapeuticsEmergent BioSolutions, Harpoon Medical, MedImmune and AstraZeneca, Protenus, the University of Maryland System, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland's Departments of Commerce and of Labor, Licensing and Regulation are among the state's biohealth industry leaders participating on the steering committee for this initiative.

Rockville's GSK biopharmaceutical manufacturing site soon will benefit from the company's $139M investment to expand production capacity for BENLYSTA�.
 
Rockville's GlycoMimetics' GMI-1271 receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Adult Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Frederick's Akonni Systems raises $4M to accelerate key initiatives including first FDA submission.

Gaithersburg's Altimmune completes merger with PharmAthene creating immunotherapeutics company targeting infectious disease.

Baltimore's Tissue Analytics announces the use of its imaging solution for wound care by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare.

College Park's Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering (CESE) establishes a cyber penetration lab for medical devices.

Rockville's Immunomic Therapeutics exclusively licenses Phase II cancer immunotherapy technology targeting CMV and also signs a license agreement with Trianni for The Trianni Mouse™ for use in the discovery of therapeutic antibodies.

Silver Spring's United Therapeutics announces bioprinting agreement with 3D Systems. 

Rockville's ABL increases its aseptic fill/finish capacity with state-of-the-art fully automated vial filling line. 

Gaithersburg's Smithers Avanza doubles the size of its bioanalytical laboratory to a total of 15,000 square feet to support its growing client demand for service.

BioHealth employers are invited by MABRC to complete a brief anonymous survey to help colleges better prepare students and their advisors for biohealth careers.

Small companies marketing life sciences research tools or products and possibly coordinating sales efforts should contact the Maryland Department of Commerce.    
Attending BIO 2017 this June in San Diego? Sign up here to be invited to special programs and events for Maryland attendees.

Maryland BioHealth innovators take top spots in June awards competitions:



2017 Maryland Technology Council Industry Awards
Finalists:  ABL, Aledade (CFO), Altimmune, Emergent BioSolutions (CEO), Dovel Technologies, IDT Biologika GmbH, MedImmune, Nika (CFO), Paragon Bioservices, and Senseonics

2017 BioGENEius Awards  
Maryland winner:  Rebecca Brody, a junior at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
 
Upcoming Deadlines and Events
5/24 - How to Win SBIR Awards - Maryland SBTDC (Harford)
5/25 - Science in the City - UM BioPark (Baltimore)
  6/1 - Deadline to Apply:  StartRight! Women's Business Plan Competition (MWBC) 
  6/1 - MXLab Baltimore City Teacher Open House - MdBio Foundation (Baltimore) 
  6/1 - Industry Awards Celebration - Maryland Technology Council (Bethesda)
6/5-6/13 - Advanced Biomanufacturing Workshops - MTECH (Rockville)
  6/7 - REDI 20th Anniversary Luncheon (Rockville)
  6/8 - Spring Entrepreneurship Extravaganza - TIC (Hagerstown)
  6/8 - ISPE Summer Networking (Savage)
6/15 - Maryland Incubator of the Year Awards (Baltimore)
6/19-6/23 - BIO International Conference - Maryland Pavilion #1725 (San Diego)
Look Who's Hiring 

  Amarex (Germantown)     
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  Emmes (Frederick and Rockville)                             please check at the bottom of the   
                                                                                           
MARYLAND COMMERCE
  emocha (Baltimore)                                               BioHealth and Life Sciences web page. 
                                                                                                    
  Smithers Avanza (Gaithersburg)
     
Maryland BioHealth Innovators
unveils its expanded 112K square foot Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing in Baltimore. 
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

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