BioHealth Capital Region Regional Life Sciences Roundup - Week of February 21, 2025

This week was buzzing with excitement as we announced the people, programs, and companies YOU voted as your 2024 BioBuzz Award winners in the BioHealth Capital Region: 

• ‘John Holaday’ BioHealth Leader of the Year: Bill Niland, CEO, Regeltec, Inc., Member Board of Directors, NeuroIntact, Member Board of Directors, Secretome Therapeutics, Inc., Director, Sonavex

  

• Community Builder of the Year: Jim Pannucci, PhD, Vice President - Entrepreneurship, Activation Capital

• Workforce Champion of the Year: Avi Silber and The Academy of Biotechnology at Northwest High School

• Startup of the Year: AgroSpheres (Charlottesville, VA)

• Breakthrough Life Science Company of the Year: CoapTech (Baltimore, MD)

• Employer of the Year: AstraZeneca (Gaithersburg, MD)

  

Thank you to our sponsors for their incredible support: US Pharmacopeia (USP), Avantor, MilliporeSigma, Blackbird Labs, Integral Molecular, and Life Science Wealth.

In other news, Maryland joins 21 states to challenge the new NIH research funding cap, and Governor Moore announces the recipients of the Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 grants.

Now, let’s dive into the top headlines of the week. Let’s get to it.

Financial

March of Dimes $600k Discovery Grants Support Research into Preeclampsia, Aspirin Dosing During Pregnancy, and the Role of the Vaginal Microbiome in Preterm Birth More

TEDCO Invests in Novel Microdevices More

TEDCO’s Announces Concept Capital Funding to Thermoreg More

CEL-SCI Reports Fiscal Q1 2025 Financial Results: Multikine Shows Pre-Surgical Tumor Elimination and Regression in Just 3 Weeks More

IGC Pharma Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results More

GeneDx Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Issues Guidance for Full Year 2025 More

Clinical + Commercial

CEL-SCI to Initiate Multikine Confirmatory Phase 3 Cancer Trial More

Cellphire Therapeutics Reaches Interim Analysis Milestone of 150 Patients in Phase 2/3 CRYPTICS Clinical Study More

Alphyn Secures FDA Clearance of Investigational New Drug Application for Atopic Dermatitis Treatment More

Yemaachi Biotechnology Launches The African Cancer Atlas, in Partnership with Roche More

People + Workforce

William D. Gaillard, MD, receives 2024 Clinical Science Research Award from AES More

Sapio Sciences Expands Leadership Team to Drive Growth More

BHI Board Member Juergen Klenk Discusses the Future of AI in Federal Health with Deloitte AI Institute More

Ecosystem Buzz

Fostering Innovation: JLABS’ Rachel Rath on Building BioHealth Success Across the Mid-Atlantic More

Carnegie Foundation Places UMB in Top Tier of U.S. Academic Research Institutions More

BRIDGEing the Gap: New initiatives aim to empower Maryland entrepreneurs More

United Therapeutics Makes History with UKidney™ Transplant Success More

Local entrepreneur looks to save lives with innovative medical device More

Hot Employer + Jobs

QIAGEN

Career Website | LinkedIn 

QIAGEN is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life.

Their sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. 

QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare) and Life Sciences (academia, pharma R&D and industrial applications, primarily forensics). 

Available roles currently include: 

• Account Manager, QIAGEN Foundation (Maryland, DC)

• Contract Molecular Biology Technician (Frederick, MD) 

• HID/Forensics NGS R&D Scientist (Frederick, MD)

• Remote - Director, Named Accounts, QIAGEN Digital Insights (North America)

Other hot jobs: 

• Workforce Genetics is hiring for several positions:

• Vice President of Finance in Potomac, MD

• Vice President of AI and Data Products in Potomac, MD

• Vice President, Head of Legal and Compliance in Potomac, MD

• IntegerBio (Gaithersburg, MD) is hiring a Senior Scientist Antibody/Protein Engineering

• Precision for Medicine (Frederick, MD) is hiring a Scientist - BioAnalytical

• Catalent (Harmans, MD) is hiring a Lead Scientist, QC Program Management

Other Good Reads 

Bridging Saudi-US Scientific Commercialization More

‘Very concerning’: What NIH cuts would mean for D.C.-area biotech companies, universities More

Q&A with Mr. Wayne Grube, Jr., CEO and Co-Founder of BC3 Technologies More

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