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What Montgomery County needs to help grow its biotech businesses is more biotech businesses. Jarrod Borkat, MedImmune’s senior director/head, global external partnerships & collaborations, told an audience Wednesday night that his company could attract more managers and senior level staff if there were more large biotech companies. “Yes, we might lose some talent, but we’d […]

A new biotech company is opening in Gaithersburg, and is bringing with it 100 new jobs in the next three to five years. Viela Bio, a newly formed spin-out of MedImmune, announced Wednesday it will locate in Gaithersburg and plans to create 100 new jobs within three to five years. The company will focus on […]

Rachel Carson Elementary School’s fifth grade class celebrated Career Day on June 7th. PTA President Paula Ross said the students are studying careers in their curriculum unit and this was a chance for the fifth graders to ask questions and hear directly from people working in a variety of professional fields before they head off […]

Local business leaders, elected officials, scientists and scholars attended the 2017 BioHealth Capital Region Forum at the campus of MedImmune in Gaithersburg on April 19 and 20th. The forum focuses on the biotechnology cluster in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., which is working collaboratively to become a top three biotech hub in the United States […]

MedImmune hosted the 2016 Regional BioTech Forum in Gaithersburg this week. The forum brought together leaders from Maryland, Virginia and D.C. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, below, Dr. Reginald Seeto, MedImmune vice president and head of partnering and strategy, tells us why outcomes from this conference are so important for economic growth in the capital […]

MedImmune hosted the 2016 Regional BioTech Forum in Gaithersburg this week. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, below, Dr. Reginald Seeto, MedImmune vice president and head of partnering and strategy, tells us why this conference is so important for the biotech industry. According to Seeto, the DMV area touts the number one healthcare talent pool in […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was one of the keynote speakers at the 2016 Regional BioTech Forum at MedImmune on April 18. “The entire focus of our administration is on economic development and growing the private sector,” said Hogan, as he touted the growth and expansion of several life sciences companies in Maryland. “Our administration is […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was one of the keynote speakers at the 2016 Regional Biotech Forum at MedImmune on April 18th in Gaithersburg. Before his speech, he answered a few questions from MyMCMedia about the biotech industry, the importance of Montgomery County on the state’s economy and his recent meeting with Marriott executives. This was […]

Here are five things to know today, April 18, in Montgomery County: 1. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is scheduled to attend the 2016 Regional BioTech Forum in Gaithersburg later today. This will be his second visit to Montgomery County in a week. 2. Early voting continues from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. at ten locations […]

The Johns Hopkins University and MedImmune announced this week a first-of-its-kind Ph.D. training program between a major university and a biopharmaceutical company in the United States. Known as the Johns Hopkins-MedImmune Scholars Program, this new initiative will build on an ongoing collaboration between MedImmune and Johns Hopkins, and reinforces both partners’ commitment to grow the […]