Leaving the comforts of a big company with a calcified infrastructure, laser-focused job roles, well-established SOPs, deeper pockets, and excellent job security for the scramble and chaos of a younger company isn’t for everyone.
2020 was an interesting year for the biotech industry and the BioHealth Capital Region as we adjusted to continue moving forward during the COVID-19 Pandemic. While the biggest stories in terms of dollars were related to the Coronavirus and funding to create a vaccine in record time, that didn’t stop other biotech companies from working hard to develop their research, science, and/or devices.
2020 found the United States embroiled in a chaotic political environment, reckoning with social unrest and racial injustice, and voting in one of the most consequential presidential elections in the country’s history.
This has certainly been a year unlike any other for BioHealth Capital Region (BHCR) life science companies of all sizes and kinds. Just a few months into 2020, the coronavirus pandemic swept the region, seriously disrupting, albeit temporarily, the best laid plans of aspiring founders, entrepreneurs, emerging startups, pre-clinical and more established, larger biohealth organizations in Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland.
The state of Maryland is the global epicenter of vaccine research and development. This has never been more evident than right now as scores of Maryland companies have risen to the global challenge of developing the first approved vaccine for SARS-CoV-2.
2020 Life Science Venture Capital Funding Roundup for Q1/Q2 in the BioHealth Capital Region BioHealth Companies raised more than $178M in the first half of 2020 June 9, 2020 This [….]
COVID-19 Vaccine Progress from 14 BioHealth Capital Region Companies
Maryland’s Immunomic Therapeutics Exceeds Fundraising Goal, Envisions Future IPO Immunomic Therapeutics Incorporated (ITI), located in Rockville, Maryland recently announced it had closed on $61.3M in financing, exceeding its initial fundraising [….]
Immunomic Therapeutics Appoints Harvard’s Brain Tumor Expert, Dr. E. Antonio Chiocca, to its Scientific Advisory Board ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately held, Maryland-based biotechnology company, announced [….]
Immunomic Therapeutics Appoints Andrew Eisen, M.D., Ph.D. As VP, Clinical Development ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately held, Maryland-based biotechnology company, announced today the appointment of Andrew Eisen, [….]
