Posted on 2/8/17
More Virginians Signed Up For Obamacare In 2016
The number of Virginians who have health insurance from the state's Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act grew by more than 36,000 in the 2016 open . . .
Posted on 2/7/17
Concept Plus Acquires Thao
Concept Plus, LLC, a professional services firm specializing in the comprehensive design, implementation, and maintenance
Posted on 2/6/17
Jangar Richards is Named an Associate Executive Director of Charlestown Retirement Community
Erickson Living has named Jangar Richards an Associate Executive Director of Charlestown retirement community.
Posted on 2/5/17
Senseonics to Present at the LEERINK Partners 6th Annual Global Healthcare Conference
GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Senseonics Holdings, Inc. (NYSE-MKT:SENS), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of Eversense®, a long-term, implantable continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system . . .
Posted on 2/2/17
Maryland Cancer Discovery Incubator Finalists Announced
ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately-held, Maryland-based biotechnology company, today announced the finalists for their Cancer Discovery Incubator Award: Alcamena Stem Cell TherapeuticsIbex BiosciencesMidissia . . .
Posted on 2/2/17
Children’s National Physicians Named “Top Doctors” By Northern Virginia Magazine
Northern Virginia Magazine has named 64 Children’s National Health System physicians to its 2017 list of “Top Doctors.” These elite physicians represent a wide array of . . .
Posted on 2/2/17
Concentra Adds Two New Locations in Greater DC Market
Concentra, the nation’s leader in occupational medicine, announced today its latest expansion with the acquisition of Secure Medical Care in the greater D.C. area, adding two . . .
Posted on 2/1/17
Maryland Technology Council and National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Partner
ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The newly formed Maryland Technology Council (MTC) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) recently announced their partnership to co-locate two top life . . .
Posted on 2/1/17
Av?sis Awards Grants to Two Kentucky Champions of Oral Health
OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Av?sis Incorporated, an ancillary benefits administrator that has been providing vision, dental, and hearing benefits for millions of members throughout the country since . . .
Posted on 1/31/17
Kaine Talks With Students About Health Care's Uncertain Future
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday told students in Roanoke that he doesn’t care whether it’s called replace, repair or reform, just as long as something . . .
Posted on 1/31/17
Kroger Virginia Pharmacies Dispense Opioid Overdose Medicine
Kroger said Monday that its 64 pharmacies in Virginia are making the opioid overdose reversal medicine Naloxone available without a prescription. In response to a rising . . .
Posted on 1/31/17
McCormick And Colgate: A Cautionary Tale - Bezek's Daily Briefing
For consumer staples, it's been an interesting earnings season. Some that I own, such as Diageo (NYSE:DEO) and McCormick (NYSE:MKC) are faring well. But plenty of . . .
Posted on 1/30/17
Can Novavax Stay Ahead of the Competition?
Last September, Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) stunned investors with a spectacular pivotal-trial failure. The clinical-stage biotech's lead candidate was miles ahead of possible competitors from GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) and . . .
Posted on 1/24/17
Greenphire & Exostar Partner to Facilitate Clinical Trials Payments
Greenphire’s eClinicalGPS now offers Single Sign-On (SSO) through Exostar’s identity and access management platform, critical to supporting the TransCelerate Shared Investigator Platform community Greenphire, the global . . .
Posted on 1/23/17
Should You Be Afraid of Huge Medicare Changes Under President Trump?
You've probably seen headlines warning that Republicans want to radically change Medicare. Potentially alarming words like "privatization" have been thrown around. Should you be afraid of . . .
Posted on 1/23/17
CMS Recognizes Delmarva Foundation QIO
At the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Conference in December 2016, CMS recognized Delmarva Foundation for work done in the CMS 10th Scope . . .
Posted on 1/23/17
AHF Appoints Dr. Leleka Doonquah to its DC & Maryland Healthcare Centers
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today announces that Leleka Doonquah, MD has joined its team in the Greater Washington D.C. area. She
Posted on 1/20/17
Servier Appoints MaSTherCell for the Development of its CAR-T Cell Therapy Manufacturing Platform
Orgenesis Inc. (OTCQB: ORGS), a fully-integrated cell therapy and contract development and manufacturing company, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, MaSTherCell S.A., specializing in the delivery of . . .
Posted on 1/19/17
Two Maryland Pharma Companies Are Joining Forces
Two Maryland pharmaceutical companies — PharmAthene, an Annapolis-based immunotherapeutics firm, and Altimmune, a Gaithersburg-based private biodefense therapeutics firm –announced a merger to form a company targeting . . .
Posted on 1/19/17
PharmAthene and Altimmune Merge
PharmAthene, Inc. (NYSE MKT: PIP) and Altimmune, Inc., a privately-held immunotherapeutics company targeting infectious diseases
Posted on 1/19/17
Virginia Hospitals Urge General Assembly To Be Cautious About Health-Care Legislation
With the 2017 Virginia General Assembly session underway, hospital and business leaders are urging legislators to take a “do no harm” approach to health-care legislation.“We should . . .
Posted on 1/18/17
Kalorama: More IVD M&A Likely in Changing Acquisitions Landscape
In vitro diagnostic (IVD) companies were very active in 2016 with respect to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and Kalorama Information expects that trend to continue – . . .
Posted on 1/18/17
Capital Digestive Care Appoints Lauren Halvorson, MD
Capital Digestive Care proudly welcomes Dr. Lauren Halvorson to the practice. She will be receiving patients at Capital Digestive
Posted on 1/17/17
CSSi to Exhibit at 8th Annual SCOPE Summit in Miami, FL
Global Patient Recruitment Firm to Introduce Revolutionary Technology to Over 1,200 Conference AttendeesCSSi, the global leader in patient recruitment, enrollment and retention solutions for the clinical . . .
Posted on 1/17/17
Better Buy: Novavax, Inc. vs. Roche
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche (NASDAQOTH:RHHBY) has been profitable for years, but incoming competition for its leading products could make growth difficult to come by in the . . .
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