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Columbia firm is world's first to market with stem cell drug
A Columbia-based biotechnology company said this week it received the world’s first government approval to market a stem cell drug, in Canada. Osiris Therapeutics, founded in 1992, spent 17 years developing a stem cell therapy that offers anti-...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Agricultural Research and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Biotechnology Industry, Steroids
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General Assembly raises income tax on top 14 percent
It took three carefully scripted days, but Maryland's ruling Democrats finally put in place the budget deal that eluded them in the waning hours of the state's regular session last month.
The revenue package approved by the House on Wednesday will...Tags: Personal Income, Tobacco Products, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Taxation, Budgets and Budgeting
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Hopkins engineer students create devices to help keep babies alive
Johns Hopkins University Engineering students unveiled devices Monday that they hope will lower the number of still births and deaths from fever-related illnesses in developing countries. FeverPoint is a screening test that uses a cotton thread and a...Tags: Cancer, Johns Hopkins University, Pneumonia, Chemicals, Technology
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Local biotech firm wins grant to develop vaccines for two viruses
Profectus BioSciences Inc., a Baltimore-based biotechnology company, said Wednesday that it won a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of a vaccine for a pair of contagious and deadly viruses that the U.S....Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, AIDS
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State biotech firms hope Congress will act
A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotech firms — including many based in Maryland — hoping that Congress will deliver a rare dose of bipartisanship this year.
Lawmakers are proposing a 6...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology Industry, MedImmune Inc., National Institutes of Health, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Consolidation wave poised to hit state's health care services, biopharma sectors
Like a one-two punch, two major Maryland employers in the health care service and pharmaceutical industries were the targets last week of multibillion-dollar acquisition deals. Both homegrown companies — Human Genome Sciences Inc. and Catalyst...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Biotechnology Industry, MedImmune Inc., Montgomery (Kane, Illinois)
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Fertility preservation for women with cancer
When a young woman is diagnosed with cancer, getting pregnant is probably the last thing on her mind. But if she wants children in the future, it's something she should think about. The chemotherapy and radiation treatments used to treat cancer can hurt a...Tags: Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, Reproductive System, Oncology, Human Body
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Mega Millions Jackpot Drawn
Are you rich beyond your wildest dreams? The winning numbers for the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot are: 2, 4, 23, 38, 46 and Mega Ball 23.
If no winner is named, the jackpot will rise to $975 million, but lottery officials said they would know if...Tags: Charles Village, Middletown, Homes, Mega Millions Lottery, Lotteries
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Carolyn Holly Howard, alternative medical practitioner
Carolyn Holly Howard, a practitioner of alternative medical techniques, died Tuesday at her Baltimore home after an eight-year battle with ovarian cancer.
The resident of the Woodlands at Coldspring Newtown was 61.
Ms. Howard was born in Dallas, Texas,...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Chemotherapy, Biofeedback, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer
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Pregnancy not as easy for older women as it may seem
Middle-aged Hollywood stars and their newborns may make it seem like a fountain of youth has been discovered for women's fertility. But researchers at Yale University School of Medicine say these stars may be giving women the wrong perception. Many...Tags: Medical Research, In Vitro Fertilization, Birth Defects, Gynecology, Medical Specialization
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It's a wrap for General Assembly regular session
ANNAPOLIS - The 2012 General Assembly session closed without an agreement between the House of Delegates and the Senate on an operating budget for the state. Many other bills passed or failed during the 90-day session. Budget and Casino Gambling The...Tags: Media Industry, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Chemotherapy, Finance, CBS Corp.
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Mississippi biotech startup moves to Baltimore
Ken Malone and the board members of his startup biotech company gathered in a conference room at the University of Southern Mississippi last October to make a gut-wrenching decision.
Ablitech Inc.'s funding was slowly drying up, and it couldn't find...Tags: Medical Research, Finance, Biotechnology Industry, University of Mississippi, Credit and Debt
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