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

Financial 

TEDCO Invests in Hememics Biotechnologies, Inc. More >

Barinthus Bio Reports Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Updates on Corporate Developments More >

GeneDx Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) More >

MacroGenics Provides Update on Corporate Progress and 2024 Financial Results More >

Avalo Reports 2024 Financial Results and Recent Business Updates More >

Precigen Reports Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Business Updates More >

CEL-SCI Announces Pricing of $2.5 Million Offering More > 

Shuttle Pharma Announces Closing of $5.75 Million Underwritten Offering More >

Clinical + Commercial

IGC Pharma Announces CALMA Phase 2 Trial Expansion with the Addition of Canadian Hamilton Health Sciences More >

Hikma announces Health Canada approval of KLOXXADO® (naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray 8 mg More >

REGENXBIO Reports Positive Biomarker Data From Affinity Duchenne Trial of RGX-202 Gene Therapy More >

Welldoc Achieves 50+ Patents, Unveiling "CGM-GPT" for Advanced Glucose Prediction More >

Cellphire Therapeutics CLPH-511 Fast Track Designation Granted More >

New Multinational Study Shows MRI is Cost-Effective in the Diagnosis and Management of Steatotic Liver Disease More >

VLP Therapeutics wins investment from GHIT Fund for dengue vaccine clinical trial More >

Gain Therapeutics Doses First Participant in Phase 1b Clinical Trial of GT-02287 in Parkinson’s Disease More >

CEL-SCI’s Head and Neck Cancer Registration Study Protocol Clears FDA Review—in Talks with Potential Partners Interested in Commercialization of Multikine More >

CEPI and AstraZeneca to advance discovery into novel antibody to help prevent infection during outbreaks More >

AstraZeneca goes in vivo, penning $1B deal for Belgian off-the-shelf cell therapy biotech More >

People + Workforce

Amid Federal Workforce Layoffs - Frederick, Maryland Biotech Companies Are Hiring More >

What Does Baltimore’s New “Bold Moves” Brand Mean for Biotechnology and Life Sciences? More >

Emergent BioSolutions Finalizes Sale of Baltimore-Bayview Manufacturing Site to Syngene International More >

Theradaptive Welcomes Jeffrey W. Dunn to its Board of Directors More >

Celebrated Clinical Geneticist Dr. Stephen Cederbaum to Receive 2025 David L. Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Genetics from the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine More >

Ecosystem Buzz

TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Unveils RFAs for the Baltimore Innovation Initiative More >

United Therapeutics Corporation (UT) earned a spot on the first-ever Forbes America’s Best Companies list, joining the top 300 public companies in the U.S. More >

Fast Company Recognizes GeneDx as One of the World's Most Innovative Companies More >

BioBuzz + ScienceWerx Plan Saudi Arabia Expansion More >

Montgomery College to Host Networking/Job Fair for Displaced Federal Scientists More >

Maryland Named 6th Most Innovative State in New Study More >

Maryland-Based Biotech Company Earns NASC Quality Seal for Commitment to Excellence More > 

What’s the Buzz?! Cell and Gene Therapy Innovations at AstraZeneca More >

Hot Employer

MilliporeSigma (Rockville, MD)

Career Website | LinkedIn 

MilliporeSigma is expanding with a new state-of-the-art, 23,000-square-meter facility will house biosafety testing, analytical development, viral clearance suites, and cell bank manufacturing services, creating over 500 new jobs over the next four years.

Available roles currently include: 

• Lab Supervisor 1 - Analytical Chemistry 

• Maintenance Equipment Tech 1 

• Senior Strategic Product Manager, Product Characterization 

Other Good Reads 

NIH grants powered $94B in economic activity in 2024 and supported more than 400K jobs: report More >

The Economic Power of NIH Grants: Why Sustained Investment Matters More >

"Fractional Hiring" At Your CDMO. Okay With You? More >

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