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Previous BHCR Crab Trap Winner Luminoah Selected for Prestigious MedTech Innovator 2025 Accelerator Cohort

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LuminoahCharlottesville, VA – June 5, 2025 – Luminoah, a medical device company transforming chronic disease care through personalized enteral nutrition delivery, announced today that it has been selected to join the MedTech Innovator 2025 Accelerator Cohort. Luminoah is one of only 65 companies—representing the top 4% of nearly 1,500 global applicants—chosen for this year’s program.

MedTech Innovator (MTI) is the world’s largest accelerator for medical technology startups. The highly competitive four-month program provides participants with world-class mentorship, strategic guidance, and access to a robust network of investors, providers, payers, manufacturers, and industry experts.

“We are honored to join this year’s MedTech Innovator cohort,” said Neal Piper, Founder and CEO of Luminoah. “This opportunity gives us a powerful platform to validate our technology, accelerate key partnerships, and expand the reach of our mission to set a new standard in enteral nutrition.”

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GlycoMimetics Stockholders Approve Proposed Merger with Crescent Biopharma and All Related Proposals

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GlycoCresROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GlycoMimetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLYC) (“GlycoMimetics”) today announced that its stockholders have approved the proposed merger (the “Merger”) with Crescent Biopharma, Inc. (“Crescent”), along with all proposals related to the Merger. The proposals were voted upon at GlycoMimetics’ special meeting in lieu of the annual meeting of stockholders held on June 5, 2025 (the “Special Meeting”), including a reverse stock split of GlycoMimetics’ common stock to be effected at the discretion of the board of directors of GlycoMimetics (the “Board”) within the parameters approved by GlycoMimetics’ stockholders.

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REGENXBIO Shares Promising Early Results from Gene Therapy Trial for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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RegenxbioROCKVILLE, Md.June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX) today announced new positive interim data from the Phase I/II AFFINITY DUCHENNE trial. Updates include positive functional, safety and biomarker data for RGX-202, REGENXBIO’s potential best-in-class, investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The functional data demonstrate consistent benefit among dose level 2 participants at 9 and 12 months following treatment with RGX-202.

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Decoding Federal Dollars: Grant Engine CEO Sam Tetlow on the Evolving Biohealth Funding Map on BioTalk

By BioTalk with Rich Bendis Podcast, News

Rich and Sam TallIn this episode of BioTalk, Sam Tetlow, Founder and CEO of Grant Engine, joins the conversation to share insights on how early-stage biotech and life science companies can navigate today’s complex federal funding environment. With a career spanning entrepreneurship, investment, and grant strategy, Sam breaks down what’s changed under the current administration, how companies should position themselves for success, and the durable tactics that still matter in securing SBIRs, ARPA-H contracts, and other non-dilutive awards. He also discusses the evolving priorities at HHS, the role of program officers, and how Grant Engine is adapting to help clients align with shifting agency goals. This episode builds on the upcoming June 10th, 2025 webinar co-hosted by Sam and BioHealth Innovation’s Rich Bendis, “Turning Uncertainty to Opportunity: Mastering Government Funding in 2025.” Learn more and register at: https://info.grantengine.com/turning-uncertainty-into-opportunity-mastering-government-funding-in-2025

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USP announces new Advanced Technologies Laboratory in Maryland to accelerate and scale pharmaceutical manufacturing innovations

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USP logoLab will help enable broader adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies and state-of-the-art quality solutions 

Rockville, MD – June 4, 2025 – The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) announced today the opening of its Advanced Technologies Laboratory in Rockville, Maryland. USP will use this lab, and related solutions and expertise, to develop, pilot, and scale innovations that foster more efficient and expanded production of quality medicines for stronger and more secure supply chains. 

The lab expands USP capabilities to help manufacturers overcome barriers in the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies by developing new approaches and processes for flow chemistry and additive manufacturing coupled with advanced analytical techniques such as process analytical technologies (PAT) that can enable real-time quality monitoring. The lab will also support development of alternative and novel synthetic routes to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and key starting materials. Taken together, these capabilities are essential in efforts to create stronger supply chains through strategic onshoring, distributed manufacturing, and personalized medicine. 

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Welldoc

Welldoc Works with Lilly to Launch a New Personalized Health & Medicine Platform for Those Prescribed Lilly’s Incretin Therapies

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WelldocCOLUMBIA, Md., June 4, 2025 — Welldoc®, a leader in AI-powered digital health innovation, today announced it will power the newly launched Lilly Health™ Personalized Health & Medicine Platform* (Lilly Health app) with its cardiometabolic digital health platform. The Lilly Health app is designed to support a tailored patient experience for individuals interested in or using Eli Lilly and Company’s incretin-based therapies, for the treatment of cardiometabolic conditions, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and moderate- to-severe obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. Initially, the Lilly Health app will be available for patients prescribed Zepbound® (tirzepatide)** or Mounjaro® (tirzepatide)**.

Lilly and Welldoc aim to build a more seamless patient experience through educational resources and targeted support. The Lilly Health app will provide features to help patients with their cardiometabolic health goals and weight, such as medication logging, reminders, device connectivity and health data tracking.

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Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund Announces Call for Applications for the July 2025 Cycle

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MSCRF logoCOLUMBIA, Md.June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (“Commission“) is pleased to announce the release of Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the July 2025 funding cycle. The deadline for application submissions is July 9, 2025.

The upcoming cycle supports a broad spectrum of grant programs, including early-stage basic research, translational efforts, clinical trials and manufacturing support. Maryland-based academic institutions, nonprofits and companies are encouraged to apply. Additionally, companies/non-profit entities outside Maryland are eligible to apply, provided the funded research occurs within the state. Supplemental funding is available for research projects involving collaboration between public and private sectors, accelerating the development of therapies for unmet medical needs.

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IonQ Completes Acquisition of Lightsynq, Accelerating Quantum Computing and Networking Roadmap

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LS Quantum memory hero image 1COLLEGE PARK, MD – June 3, 2025 – IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Lightsynq Technologies, Inc., a Boston-based startup specializing in photonic interconnects and quantum memory. This strategic acquisition accelerates IonQ’s fault-tolerant quantum computing roadmap and advances progress toward the development of the quantum internet.

Lightsynq’s photonic interconnect platform supports high-fidelity, multi-nodal qubit operations and modularity, which are essential for scaling quantum computers. The company’s innovations in quantum memory and repeater technology complement IonQ’s trapped-ion quantum computing approach and will advance IonQ’s quantum networking systems.

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COAPTECH

CoapTech Raises New Funding Round Led by Good Growth Capital

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COAPTECHBaltimore, Md. (May 28, 2025) – CoapTech Inc., a Baltimore-based medical device company, announced today the initial close of a Series B funding round, which was led by Good Growth Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in transformative science and technology, with participation from the University System of Maryland (USM) Momentum Fund (Momentum Fund) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), a previous investor.  Additional funds joining the round included NuFund, TEDCO, The Abell Foundation, and Ecphora Capital.  

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Danaher

Danaher Announces Diagnostic Development and Commercialization Partnership to Scale Precision Medicine

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DanaherWASHINGTONMay 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (“Danaher”), a global science and technology innovator, announced today the launch of a partnership with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) to develop and commercialize novel diagnostic tools and tests intended to help clinicians better determine which patients would most benefit from precision medicine treatments.

“Precision medicines are more targeted than standard therapies and thus require precision diagnostics to determine which patients are most likely to benefit,” said Julie Sawyer Montgomery, Danaher Executive Vice President. “We are excited to work with AstraZeneca on the goal of creating novel tests to increase access to precision medicines, helping ensure that no patients are left behind.”

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