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Altimmune Appoints Richard Eisenstadt as Chief Financial Officer

Altimmune Appoints Richard Eisenstadt as Chief Financial Officer

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Altimmune, Inc. (ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for obesity and liver diseases, today announced the appointment of Richard Eisenstadt as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 31, 2021. Mr. Eisenstadt succeeds Will Brown, who is leaving Altimmune to pursue other opportunities. ...  Read more

Announcing the $1 million NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge

Announcing the $1 million NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge

Overview

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), with the support of its partners, is offering up to $1,000,000 in cash prizes for innovative diagnostic technologies to help improve maternal health around the world. Pregnancy and childbirth complications are a major global health problem, resulting in the deaths of more than 800 women and 7,000 newborns each day. Contributing to the high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings is a lack of low-cost diagnostics that operate at the point-of-care and are capable of detecting and differentiating common conditions associated with pregnancy. ...  Read more

W Ventures and TechSlice Join Forces to Boost Baltimore Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

W Ventures and TechSlice Join Forces to Boost Baltimore Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

W Ventures, a one-of-a-kind VC and accelerator company, today announced its partnership with TechSlice. The Baltimore-based software product development agency shares a similar vision to W Ventures, working with innovators and entrepreneurs to bring industry-disrupting ideas to reality. W Ventures and TechSlice partnership includes co-hosting events and pitch competitions, providing mentorship to the Baltimore entrepreneurial startup ecosystem and its companies, supporting portfolio company client growth and goals, and more. ...  Read more