Bioenergy Devco Expands Executive Leadership Team
February 2, 2022 ...
Xometry Prices of $250 Million of Convertible Senior Notes
February 2, 2022 ...
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla awarded Genesis Prize for work developing coronavirus vaccine
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Cartesian Therapeutics Doses Patient with First Allogeneic RNA Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma
- Descartes-25 engineered to deliver a combination of synergistically active anti-myeloma therapies directly to tumor microenvironment
- Product generated from Company’s Part 1271-compliant Master Cell Bank of human umbilical cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Fifth IND in the five years since Cartesian was founded
Gaithersburg, Md., January 25, 2022 – Cartesian Therapeutics, a fully integrated clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering RNA cell therapy in and beyond oncology, today announced that it has dosed the first patient in a Phase 1/2a multicenter clinical study evaluating Descartes-25 in patients with multiple myeloma. To the company’s knowledge, Descartes-25 is the first off-the-shelf RNA cell therapy to enter clinical trials for any cancer and marks the company’s fifth FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) allowance in five years. Descartes-25 is produced at Cartesian’s wholly owned cGMP manufacturing facility with the company’s proprietary RNA Armory® cell manufacturing platform. This platform now includes an internally developed, Part 1271-compliant Master Cell Bank of human umbilical cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) that was used to engineer Descartes-25. ...
Maryland Life Science & Digital Health Companies Drive Record VC Investments
January 26, 2022 ...
Frederick County Launches “Made In Frederick” Website
Frederick County Office of Economic Development (OED) has launched a brand new website for all-things manufacturing in Frederick. “MadeInFrederickMD.com” is a one-stop shop for anyone interested in exploring the local industry, and features a business directory, an original video series, helpful resources, local job postings, upcoming events, and more! ...
Social Capital Builders: Less than 50% of Americans Show Enough Social Capital Literacy to Effectively Search for a Job or Properly Assist young adults in their Career Development Efforts.
Social Capital Builders, a resident company at the Maryland Innovation Center (MIC), announces the results of a proprietary survey designed to test the level of social capital literacy of Americans and the results aren’t good – Less than 50% of Americans show enough social capital literacy to effectively search for a job or properly assist young adults in their career development efforts. ...
Comcast Makes Connecting to the Internet Faster and Easier with WiFi Ready Properties
Internet connectivity is a “must have” for people today. So it’s no surprise that more than 70 percent of multifamily housing residents surveyed recently cited pre-installed Wi-Fi solutions as an important amenity when moving into a new apartment or condominium, according to the 2020 NMHC/Kingsley Associates Apartment Resident Preferences Report. ...
The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL) Partners with FCC to support the next generation of STEM in Frederick
The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL) signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Frederick Community College (FCC) to establish a closer partnership to support the future science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce in Frederick. ...
REGENXBIO Starts 2022 by Moving DMD Gene Therapy into the Clinic and Advancing AbbVie Partnership
Rare disease-focused REGENXBIO hit the ground running in 2022 with its developmental programs for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and wet age-related macular degeneration. The Maryland-based company received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate a first-in-human study of its gene therapy for the rare form of muscular dystrophy. ...