Posted on 2/23/21
NexImmune Closes IPO
Barer & Son Capital, a life science venture capital fund managed by Hibiscus Capital Management, is pleased to announce that on February 17, 2021, its portfolio . . .
Posted on 2/23/21
Battery Ventures-backed SPT Labtech acquires Apricot Designs and BioMicroLab
Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, recently completed the acquisitions of Apricot Designs and BioMicroLab, integrating the two companies into its sample-preparation platform company SPT . . .
Posted on 2/23/21
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Among ‘World’s Most Ethical Companies’ for Ninth Consecutive Year
Baltimore, Md./Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a not-for-profit and the largest healthcare company in the mid-Atlantic region, has been named . . .
Posted on 2/23/21
Beam Therapeutics Acquires Guide Therapeutics
Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Guide Therapeutics, Inc.,
Posted on 2/23/21
Rubius Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
CAMBRIDGE Mass., Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RUBY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is genetically engineering red blood cells to create an . . .
Posted on 2/23/21
Sage Dental Acquires Six Practices in Florida
BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sage Dental, a leading dental service organization committed to providing consistent, high-quality care, as well as non-clinical business and administrative services to affiliated . . .
Posted on 2/23/21
COVID Roundup: 300K Vaccine Doses Arrive in Va.
Virginia received an influx of more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, in part due to the weather-delayed delivery of 106,000 Moderna doses that were . . .
Posted on 2/23/21
Covid-19 Vaccine: The Wait, And The Aftermath
The state health department says more than 725,000 people in Maryland had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine by Monday morning. That’s a little . . .
Posted on 2/23/21
Maryland’s Average Positive Test Rate Dips Below 4% for First Time Since November
Maryland’s seven-day average positive test rate dipped below 4% for the first time since November, state data showed on Monday.An average of 3.91% of the state’s . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Howard County General Hospital VP Elizabeth Edsall Kromm Appointed to Commission on Aging
Elizabeth Edsall Kromm, vice president of Population Health and Advancement for Howard County General Hospital
Posted on 2/22/21
Oscar Health Launch of IPO
Oscar Health, Inc. today announced the launch of its initial public offering of 31,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock. The offering consists of 30,350,920 shares . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
ABclonal Biotechnology Raises $93 Million Series C
ABclonal Biotechnology, a global life science tools and services provider, recently completed its $92.9 million Series C financing led by Sequoia Capital China and healthcare-focused
Posted on 2/22/21
Company Profile for Hope Biosciences Stem Cell Research Foundation
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hope Biosciences Stem Cell Research Foundation, administered through the Greater Houston Community Foundation, was founded to address the need to accelerate translational research in regenerative . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Cullinan Management Announces Business Update
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cullinan Management, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a diversified pipeline of targeted oncology and . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Applied Therapeutics Closes of Public Offering
NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: APLT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of novel drug candidates against validated . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
ABclonal Biotechnology Closes $93M Series C
ABclonal Biotechnology, a Woburn, Mass.-based global life science tools and services provider, completed its $92.9m Series C financing.
Posted on 2/22/21
Va. Vaccine Doses Will Get ‘Big Bump’ Next Week
Virginia’s vaccine coordinator, Dr. Danny Avula, said Friday he expects about 213,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to come to the state weekly, beginning next week. That’s an . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
3 Green Flags for Novavax Investors, and 1 Red Flag
Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) has had an amazing run. At the market open on Jan. 2, 2020, the stock traded hands at $3.98 a share. Now, more than . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Pfizer and BioNTech Coronavirus Vaccine Effective After 1 Dose, Can Last 2 Weeks in Standard Freezer, Separate Research Shows
On Friday, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) announced that they have submitted new data about their BNT162b2 vaccine to the Food and Drug Administration. With this . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Will AstraZeneca's Pain Be Johnson & Johnson's Gain?
South Africa recently placed AstraZeneca's (NASDAQ:AZN) COVID-19 vaccine on hold. However, the country began vaccinating some individuals with Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) COVID-19 vaccine, even though . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Has Competition in the Race to Treat New Strains
You might have thought the coronavirus vaccine race ended when Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) crossed the finish line first in December. But there's a new vaccine race underway. . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Did Merck Make a Mistake With a Key FDA Filing?
Merck(NYSE:MRK) has won multiple U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals for its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda. However, the big drugmaker seems to have run into . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Is Teva Pharmaceuticals a Safe Stock to Buy Now?
Investment guru Warren Buffett once said, "Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Here's What I'll Be Looking for in Moderna's Earnings Report Next Week
Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) has spent the past two months producing and shipping its much-awaited coronavirus vaccine. But we won't see too much of an impact from its . . .
Posted on 2/22/21
Is Biogen Stock a Buy?
Investing in healthcare stocks can be risky. That's true in part because it only takes one or two drugs to dictate the success of an entire . . .
