HILDEN, Germany & GERMANTOWN, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today marked World TB Day by announcing its QuantiFERON blood test has been used to screen patients for tuberculosis (TB) infection more than 100 million times since its launch – an achievement that cements its status as the gold standard in the fight against this contagious and often deadly disease. ...  Read more

Emergent BioSolutions is no doubt one of the most widely-known biotechnology companies in the BioHealth Capital Region, with numerous locations in Gaithersburg, Baltimore, and beyond. If you’re a follower of Emergent, you’ve probably noticed a change in their corporate look and feel over the past few months. ...  Read more

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Rockville, MD, March 16, 2022 – U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), an independent scientific organization, announces the USP Medicine Supply Vulnerability Insights Series sourced from USP’s global Medicine Supply Map. The first of its kind, the USP Medicine Supply Map leverages insights derived from the use of USP quality standards in more than 22 thousand locations around the world, spanning 92 percent of generic medicines approved in the US. ...  Read more

BETHESDA, Md., March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gain Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GANX) (“Gain”), a biotechnology company transforming the drug discovery paradigm with structurally targeted allosteric regulators (STARs) identified with its proprietary computational discovery platform, today presented new pre-clinical data from its Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease programs. These results were highlighted in a poster presentation at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s Diseases (PD) being held March 15 – 20, 2022 virtually and in Barcelona, Spain. The data shows that improvement of the lysosomal function through the enhancement of glucocerebrosidase (GCase) levels and activity can improve key pathological features in α-synucleinopathies and AD. ...  Read more

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today its Builder Fund invested $100,000 in The Black Brain Trust, a DEI technology start-up based in Maryland. TEDCO’s Builder Fund invests in and provides executive support to Maryland-based technology companies run by entrepreneurs who demonstrate economic disadvantage. ...  Read more

– Reports Promising Early Data from Lead Clinical Program, JK07, for the Treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction – ...  Read more

Montgomery County diagnostic company, Maxim Biomedical, has received Emergency Use Authorization for its new at-home test to detect COVID-19. ...  Read more

Healthcare supply chain resiliency is on the rise in Maryland with the introduction of a new partnership between United Safety Technology, Inc. (UST) and Tradepoint Atlantic. Governor Larry Hogan recently announced the company’s plans for a new manufacturing facility located in Sparrows Point, aimed at producing critical medical supplies. ...  Read more

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND/ Channel Program, which recently launched a rapidly growing social and media platform purpose-built to unify the IT Channel industry, announced it will co-host a history-making virtual event on March 28, 2022, at 1:00 PM EST. ...  Read more