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Meet the 2025 Crab Trap Finalists
The BioHealth Capital Region Crab Trap Competition returns on Wednesday, September 24, at 2:00 PM during the BHCR Forum at US Pharmacopeia in Rockville, Maryland. Nearly…
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Emergent BioSolutions Awarded $30 Million Contract Modification for CYFENDUS®
Emergent BioSolutions Awarded $30 Million Contract Modification for CYFENDUS® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, Adjuvanted), a Two-Dose Anthrax Vaccine for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Use GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 02, 2025…
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VLP Therapeutics initiates Phase 1 clinical trial of cancer treatment with Stanford Medicine: opening the door to tumor immunotherapy with VRP technology
VLP Therapeutics, Inc. (VLPT), Maryland, US-based biotech company, announced on August 27 the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of VLPONC-01, a new cancer immunotherapy, in…
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Novavax’s Nuvaxovid™ 2025-2026 Formula COVID-19 Vaccine Approved in the U.S.
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Nuvaxovid™ 2025-2026 Formula for the prevention of COVID-19 in…
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Activation Capital Names Michael Steele as President and CEO
Accomplished life sciences executive to lead Virginia’s innovation ecosystem development organization into its next phase of growth. Richmond, VA – August 26, 2025 – The Virginia…
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PharmaBoardroom Interview with BHI’s Rich Bendis
Rich Bendis, CEO and founder of BioHealth Innovation, discusses how the BioHealth Capital Region has grown into a leading US life sciences hub by connecting Maryland,…
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Investigational Rosnilimab Emerges as a Novel, Differentiated Treatment Option for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rosnilimab, a selective depleter of pathogenic T cells, is a potential game changer for the treatment of moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In a new Phase 2b…
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TEDCO Invests in AGED Diagnostics
Biotechnology company developing early liver diseases detection technology COLUMBIA, Md., (August 19, 2025) — TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $250,000 Pre-Seed…
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TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Announces First Round of Baltimore Innovation Initiative Awardees
The Baltimore Innovation Initiative awards a total of more than $645,000 to 14 awardees COLUMBIA, Md., (August 18, 2025) — TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology…
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Building Maryland’s BioHealth Future: Maryland Commerce’s Stefanie Trop on Growing the Life Sciences Sector
In this episode of BioTalk with Rich Bendis, Stefanie Trop, Ph.D., Director of Life Sciences at the Maryland Department of Commerce joins the conversation to…
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Precigen Gets FDA Approval for First Therapy for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis in Adults
GERMANTOWN, Md, Aug. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Precigen, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGEN), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the advancement of innovative precision medicines to improve the lives of patients, today announced…
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Technical.ly: Maryland’s stem cell research fund is filling the gap
by: Karuga Koinange - Brian Jamieson founded Diagnostics Biochips to unlock the inner workings of the brain. Based in Glen Burnie, the medical equipment manufacturing company develops tiny…
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Inside FNIH: Dr. Stacey Adam on Smarter, Human-Based Research on BioTalk
In this episode of BioTalk, Rich Bendis welcomes Dr. Stacey Adam, Vice President of Science Partnerships, Translational Science at the Foundation for the National Institutes of…
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NIH Grant Changes Spark Concern Across the BioHealth Capital Region and Beyond
For decades, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been the cornerstone of the United States’ biomedical research enterprise. But new policies introduced by the current…
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BIOTALK PODCAST
BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI) Founder, President & CEO, Rich Bendis, hosts BioTalk — conversations with some of the most accomplished and exciting business, academic, and government leaders in the biohealth industry. BioTalk enables you to learn from these leaders about issues which can help you grow your business. What are the current trends? Where are industry sectors headed? How do we increase access to capital in our region? Rich and his guests dive deep into these topics and much more. Host, Rich Bendis is an entrepreneur, corporate executive, venture capitalist, investment banker, innovation and technology-based economic development leader, international speaker, and consultant in the technology and biohealth industries.