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TEDCO’s Q1 Investments Top $2.7M to Fuel Innovation Across Maryland’s Diverse Startup Ecosystem
TEDCO’s Q1 Investments Top $2.7M to Fuel Innovation Across Maryland’s Diverse Startup Ecosystem TEDCO deployed more than $2.7M of diverse investments in Maryland’s burgeoning technology and biotech sectors, driving innovation [….]
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Expands Laboratory Space to Advance Drug Development Pipeline and Diagnostic Capabilities
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SHPH), a discovery and development stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on improving the outcomes of cancer patients treated with radiation therapy (RT), today announced it has entered an agreement to lease new laboratory and office space, commencing in June 2023, to complement the development of the Company’s lead drug candidates and accelerate broader diagnostic capabilities on predictive biomarkers. The new laboratory space, located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is located within the Maryland Biotech Corridor.
REGENXBIO Presents Interim Data from Phase II Bridging Study Evaluating the Clinical Performance of RGX-314 Using the NAVXpress™ Manufacturing Platform Process
REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX) today announced results from a Phase II bridging study evaluating the pharmacodynamics, safety and efficacy of RGX-314, a potential one-time therapy delivered subretinally using cGMP material produced by the company’s NAVXpress™ bioreactor platform process. The data is being presented at the Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2023 Conference by Charles C. Wykoff, M.D., PhD., Director of Research at Retina Consultants of Texas; Chairman of Research, Retina Consultants of America; and Deputy Chair of Ophthalmology for the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital.
MaxCyte Signs Strategic Platform License with Catamaran Bio to Support its CAR-NK Cell Therapy Programs
MaxCyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXCT) (LSE: MXCT), a leading commercial cell-engineering company providing enabling platform technologies to advance innovative cell-based research, as well as next-generation cell therapeutic discovery, development and commercialization, today announced the signing of a strategic platform license (SPL) with Catamaran Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel, off the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-NK cell therapies to treat a broad range of cancers, with a primary focus on solid tumors.
MaxCyte Signs Strategic Platform License with Curamys to Enable Cell & Gene Therapies for the Treatment of Rare Intractable Diseases
MaxCyte, Inc., (NASDAQ: MXCT; LSE: MXCT), a leading, cell-engineering focused company providing enabling platform technologies to advance the discovery, development and commercialization of next-generation cell-based therapeutics and to support innovative, cell-based research, and Curamys, a South Korean biotechnology company that develops cell & gene therapy using cell fusion technology to treat rare intractable diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, today announced the signing of a strategic platform license (SPL).
MilliporeSigma invests $286M in new Montgomery County facility
International biosciences company MilliporeSigma is adding 500 new jobs to the Montgomery County region with its upcoming expansion project.
The company, known locally as BioReliance Corporation, is moving into a new 250,000 square-foot space at the Traville Gateway campus in Rockville, where it will retain at least 600 existing workers and add the new full-time positions. The company credits expanding its biosafety testing capacity in the Mid Atlantic due to Montgomery County’s ideal East Coast location and accessibility to Maryland’s highly trained and technical workforce.
American Gene Technologies® Chief Medical Officer Honored by UCSF Endowment for HIV Dermatology and LGBTQ Health Research
American Gene Technologies, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Rockville, Maryland, congratulates Dr. Marcus Conant and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center’s Department of Dermatology for establishing The Marcus Conant, MD, Endowment for HIV Dermatology and LGBTQ Health.
Dr. Conant is American Gene Technologies’ Chief Medical Officer and UCSF’s clinical professor emeritus of dermatology. The endowment named in his honor aims to provide mentorship and support to researchers in HIV-related skin disease and LGBTQ health. Not only will it supply increased funding for researchers early on in their careers, but it will also enable UCSF to remain competitive in recruiting the best and brightest students, residents, and fellows — all with the goal of advancing HIV treatment and LGBTQ health.
Ascentage Pharma Releases Phase I Results of IAP Antagonist APG-1387 in an Oral Report Showing Potential for Functionally Curing CHB
Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that it has released results from a Phase I study of the investigational inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) antagonist APG-1387 in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), in an oral presentation at the 73rd American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting (AASLD 2022). This is the world’s first clinical study reporting favorable safety and preliminary efficacy of an IAP antagonist for the treatment of patients with CHB.
REGENXBIO Presents Positive Interim Data from and the Expansion of Phase II ALTITUDE® Trial of RGX-314 for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Suprachoroidal Delivery
REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX) today announced additional positive interim data from the ongoing Phase II ALTITUDE® trial of RGX-314 for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy (DR) without center-involved diabetic macular edema (CI-DME) using in-office suprachoroidal delivery. The data were presented at the 55th Annual Retina Society meeting in Pasadena, CA by Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Duke Vitreoretinal Fellowship Program, Vitreoretinal Surgery and Disease, Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine. RGX-314 is being investigated as a potential one-time gene therapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, DR, and other chronic retinal conditions.