BARDA seeks nonprofit partner for BARDA Ventures

BARDA has announced a new type of public-private partnership, BARDA Ventures , that will realize authorities granted in the 21st Century Cures Act to utilize venture capital (VC) methods and practices. This will be the first time HHS has utilized VC practices to make investments. As part of the new program, BARDA is soliciting proposals for an existing nonprofit partner to manage an investment fund that will support breakthrough technologies and create entirely new approaches to enhance U.S. preparedness and response to 21st century health security threats, including COVID-19 and future pandemics.

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Neurocrine Biosciences Completes Acquisition of Soleno Therapeutics

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) announced the completion of its acquisition of Soleno Therapeutics, Inc., strengthening the company’s leadership in endocrinology and rare disease. The acquisition adds VYKAT™ XR (diazoxide choline) tablets, the first and only approved medicine for hyperphagia in adults and pediatric patients 4 years of age and older with Prader-Willi syndrome, to …

05/15/2026

OsteoStrong Expands in Virginia with New Location in Tysons, Virginia

OsteoStrong, a global leader in skeletal strength conditioning, is expanding in Northern Virginia with a new location in Tysons, Virginia, offering residents a cutting-edge, drug-free solution to improve bone density, strength and overall skeletal health in just 10-minute sessions per week. Located at 8609 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 625, Vienna, VA 22182, OsteoStrong Tysons VA …

05/15/2026

ATCC Wins Prestigious National Institutes of Health Replication Prize for Advancing Reproducibility in Virus Research

ATCC is a winner of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund Replication Prize, a prestigious national competition designed to advance scientific research by identifying strategies to make biomedical research more replicable. ATCC is recognized as one of 35 winners, and one of 15 selected winners for the Replication Exemplars Track. ATCC was recognized …

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