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In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Dr. Luis Branco of Zalgen Labs in Germantown says a rapid test for diagnosing Ebola has been approved by the World Health Organization and he expects the test will also receive FDA approval as early as this week. According to Branco, Zalgen Labs helped develop the test along with a […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Zalgen Labs’ co-founder Dr. Luis Branco said he expects FDA approval this week for the rapid diagnostic test for Ebola. http://youtu.be/U3nkcbInrAk The breakthrough test was approved last week by the World Health Organization. Related:

UPDATED MedImmune and AstraZeneca officials are planning to build a child care center adjacent to the company’s corporate campus at One MedImmune Way in Gaithersburg. In an email sent on Feb. 11, the biotech company alerted Quince Orchard Park community residents that a Schematic Development Plan (SDP) application for construction of the child care center […]

Zalgen Labs is a biotech startup company in Montgomery County that is celebrating its one year anniversary at the Germantown Innovation Center. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can find more information about the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium on its website.

In a news release issued today by his County Council campaign, Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz said he is reaffirming his commitment to biotech along the Interstate 270 corridor. “Last week I spoke to Steve Silverman, Director of Montgomery Economic Development for Montgomery County about the concern that the incubator relocation has caused for those businesses […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett was the keynote speaker at the first graduation of Montgomery College’s Clinical Trial Management course sequence. The 13-week course is a collaborative program between Montgomery College and Amarex Clinical Research (a pharmaceutical product development company) here in Montgomery County. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to […]