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The Gaithersburg biotechnology company, Novavax, announced Monday morning data from phase 3 of its COVID-19 vaccine trials which were conducted in the United States and Mexico. Novavax found that the trial, which began in December and enrolled 29,960 participants, had an overall efficacy rate of 90.04%. Last year, Novavax was awarded $1.6 billion from the […]

Maryland Commerce Secretary Kelly Schultz and Montgomery County Economic Development Corporations’s President and CEO Ben Wu joined Kelly Leonard for Montgomery Community Media’s third episode of Small Business Network At Home. The series of monthly morning sessions addresses topics of interest to small business owners in Montgomery County. Watch a video of their discussion recorded […]

Montgomery County Economic Development Corporations’s Executive Director Ben Wu and board member Tien Wong joined Kelly Leonard for Montgomery Community Media’s second episode of Small Business Network At Home. The series of monthly morning sessions facilitated by Kelly Leonard addresses topics of interest to small business owners in Montgomery County. Watch a video of their discussion […]

Montgomery County Council President Sidney Katz is hosting a series of online business briefings about the economic challenges due to the Covid-19 public health emergency. The next online briefing takes place Friday, May 8 at 12:30 p.m. Small Business Navigator Judy Stephenson and Assistant Chief Administrative Officer for Economic Development Jerome Fletcher joined Katz for […]

The Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation will be administering and awarding up to $2,500 grants to eligible county businesses and nonprofits for teleworking equipment and software purchased due to the pandemic. Applications for the grants open on May 6 at 10 a.m. on the MCEDC website. The $250,000 Telework Assistance Program fund was approved on […]

The Montgomery County Council officially welcomed the new CEO of the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) David Petr today at an informal luncheon. Before joining MCEDC, Petr was the president and CEO of the Central Florida Development Council. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, below, Petr talks about his goals for the newly developed private/public partnership. […]