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Previous BHCR Crab Trap Winner Nanochon Announces Health Canada Approval for First Human Investigation

Previous BHCR Crab Trap Winner Nanochon Announces Health Canada Approval for First Human Investigation

Washington, DC, July 10 2025 – Nanochon, a Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD-based orthopedic device biotech company developing an implant for treating articular cartilage…

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Johns Hopkins’ Robot Performs First Autonomous Surgery

Johns Hopkins’ Robot Performs First Autonomous Surgery

by Jill Rosen - A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated…

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BioBytes Episode 34: How to Launch a Biotech Startup in 2025 | Real Talk with Richard Bendis

BioBytes Episode 34: How to Launch a Biotech Startup in 2025 | Real Talk with Richard Bendis

Getting a biotech company off the ground takes more than science; it takes strategy, funding, and the right network. In this episode, I’m joined…

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Emergent Secures $51.9M Contract for Smallpox Vaccine Treatment in U.S. Biodefense Effort

Emergent Secures $51.9M Contract for Smallpox Vaccine Treatment in U.S. Biodefense Effort

GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) today announced a contract modification has been secured to deliver CNJ-016® [Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous…

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Connect Capital and Innovation at the BioHealth Capital Region Investment Conference on September 25, 2025 at US Pharmacopeia, Rockville, MD

Connect Capital and Innovation at the BioHealth Capital Region Investment Conference on September 25, 2025 at US Pharmacopeia, Rockville, MD

The Annual BioHealth Capital Region Investment Conference is the premier destination for discovering emerging companies that are redefining what’s possible in life sciences. Taking…

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Maryland Tech Council Launches Rural Technology Network to Accelerate Rural Innovation

Maryland Tech Council Launches Rural Technology Network to Accelerate Rural Innovation

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Maryland Tech Council (MTC), the largest technology and life sciences trade association in the state, today announced the launch of the…

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Reimagining Gene and Cell Therapy: Helen Sabzevari on Precigen’s Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine on BioTalk

Reimagining Gene and Cell Therapy: Helen Sabzevari on Precigen’s Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine on BioTalk

In this episode of BioTalk, Rich Bendis welcomes Dr. Helen Sabzevari, President and CEO of Precigen, to discuss the company’s cutting-edge science in gene…

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Gain Therapeutics Completes Enrollment for Parkinson’s Drug Study

Gain Therapeutics Completes Enrollment for Parkinson’s Drug Study

BETHESDA, Md., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gain Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GANX) (“Gain”, or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company leading the discovery…

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George Mason is part of Northern Virginia’s first innovation district, launched with transformational grant from GO Virginia

George Mason is part of Northern Virginia’s first innovation district, launched with transformational grant from GO Virginia

Thanks to a major investment from GO Virginia, Northern Virginia’s first Innovation District is taking shape, laying the groundwork for growth in high-tech industry…

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Pediatrix Appoints Former Children’s National CEO and Former BHI Board Member Dr. Kurt Newman to Board of Directors

Pediatrix Appoints Former Children’s National CEO and Former BHI Board Member Dr. Kurt Newman to Board of Directors

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (NYSE: MD), a leading provider of physician services, today announced that its board of directors has appointed…

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Navigating FDA Disruption: Insights from BHI EIR Kwame Ulmer

Navigating FDA Disruption: Insights from BHI EIR Kwame Ulmer

In a new video feature, BioHealth Innovation’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Kwame Ulmer offers a candid and experienced take on the evolving FDA landscape and its…

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UVA Health: Additional $50 million raised for Manning Institute of Biotechnology

UVA Health: Additional $50 million raised for Manning Institute of Biotechnology

UVA Health has received two anonymous $25 million estate gifts to support the University of Virginia’s Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology. The $50…

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Aurinia Reports Strong Early Results for New Autoimmune Drug AUR200

Aurinia Reports Strong Early Results for New Autoimmune Drug AUR200

ROCKVILLE, Md. & EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUPH) today announced positive results from a Phase 1 single-ascending-dose (SAD) study of aritinercept (AUR200),…

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Apply Now for the BioHealth Capital Region Crab Trap Competition

Apply Now for the BioHealth Capital Region Crab Trap Competition

Applications are now open for the 9th Annual Crab Trap Competition, one of the signature events of BioHealth Capital Region Week 2025, taking place…

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I-Mab Reports Promising Givastomig Phase 1b Results in First-Line Gastric Cancer

I-Mab Reports Promising Givastomig Phase 1b Results in First-Line Gastric Cancer

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- I-Mab (NASDAQ: IMAB) (the “Company”), a U.S.-based, global biotech company, focused on the development of precision…

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