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Grotech Ventures chosen to invest state money in Maryland startups
Grotech Ventures will be the first venture capital firm to invest in Maryland startup companies using $12 million in state money as part of the InvestMaryland program, state economic development officials said Wednesday. The firm was selected based on...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Entertainment, Annapolis, Politics
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MedImmune creating drug pipeline for AstraZeneca
When Gail Folena-Wasserman joined Gaithersburg biotechnology startup MedImmune in 1991, she was its first employee in research and development, and dreamed of what the company might be "when it grew up."
Two decades later, the senior vice president for...Tags: Lupus, Diabetes, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Medical Research, Leukemia
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Industrial employment in Baltimore-Washington area falls 2.3%
Industrial employment in Maryland and Washington, D.C., fell 2.3 percent in a year-over-year period ending in May, with layoffs at defense contractor AAI Corp. and the closure of the Solo Cup plant in Owings Mills contributing to job losses,...Tags: Employment, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Career and Workplace, General Motors Corp., White Marsh
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GlaxoSmithKline to acquire Human Genome Sciences
After spurning a hostile takeover bid from GlaxoSmithKline PLC in April, Human Genome Sciences Inc. said Monday it agreed to be bought by the biopharmaceutical giant for a more lucrative offer valued at $3.6 billion.
GlaxoSmithKline boosted its offer for...Tags: Lupus, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Human Genome Sciences Inc., Diabetes, Benlysta (drug)
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FDA approves new flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new vaccine to prevent the seasonal flu.
FluMist Quadrivalent is the first vaccine to contain four strains of the influenza virus - two influenza A strains and two B strains. It is manufactured by...Tags: FluMist (vaccine), Preventative Medicine, Flu, Flu Vaccine, Health Organizations
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Maryland raises $84 million to invest in tech startups
Maryland succeeded in raising $84 million to invest in promising technology companies across the state via a novel online auction of tax credits, officials announced Thursday. The InvestMaryland plan, a cornerstone of Gov. Martin O'Malley's legislative...Tags: Barack Obama, Education, Politics, Google Inc., Executive Branch
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State biotech firms hope Congress will act
A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotech firms — including many based in Maryland — hoping that Congress will deliver a rare dose of bipartisanship this year.
Lawmakers are proposing a 6...Tags: Lobbying, Health Organizations, Politics, Barbara A. Mikulski, Bernard Sanders
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Report: Clinical trials of new medications help create jobs in Maryland
Maryland has hosted 1,775 clinical trials for new medicines targeting six major chronic diseases since 1999, including 369 that are still in the early stages of recruiting patients, according to a study by two pharmaceutical industry groups released...Tags: Diabetes, Politics, Executive Branch, Medical Research, University of Maryland, College Park
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Consolidation wave poised to hit state's health care services, biopharma sectors
Like a one-two punch, two major Maryland employers in the health care service and pharmaceutical industries were the targets last week of multibillion-dollar acquisition deals. Both homegrown companies — Human Genome Sciences Inc. and Catalyst...Tags: Lupus, Human Genome Sciences Inc., Benlysta (drug), Cigna Corporation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Time for flu shots, and some may get a tiny needle
WASHINGTON — It’s flu vaccine time again — and some lucky shot-seekers will find that the needle has shrunk.
The first flu shot that works with a less-scary skin prick instead of an inch-long needle is hitting the market this fall....Tags: Asthma, FluMist (vaccine), Preventative Medicine, Flu, Flu Vaccine
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Maryland's biotech pitch: We know the Feds
In a conference room in downtown Baltimore, F. Blix Winston compared the Food and Drug Administration to a "slow-moving bulldog."
"You don't want to get bitten," Winston, an expert on the federal regulation of medical devices, told a crowd of about 50...Tags: Health Organizations, Colleges and Universities, Marketing, Human Genome Sciences Inc., Politics
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Lost 'Fortune'
Walk the streets of downtown Baltimore, and you might feel the presence of its corporate ghosts. On Gay Street, perhaps you'll meet Alexander Brown, the Irish immigrant who started the nation's first investment firm here more than 200 years ago.
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