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Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia
Happy Wednesday, all! This week we're excited to share more Kite content and open positions, as well as a few of the fantastic Maryland cell and gene therapy companies that are actively hiring. We also share exciting clinical trial news out of Charlottesville's Rivus Pharmaceuticals and offer up tips for how to hone your growth mindset.

There's also still time to sign up for our "DE&I: More Than a Buzzword" panel discussion that will be held next week on 2/16. Join us for our first BioBuzz event of 2022!

Featured News

5 Top Maryland Cell and Gene Therapy Companies Actively Searching for Talent

The BHCR cluster, in particular, includes a host of emerging and established cell and gene therapy companies, as well one of the deepest and...

Rivus Pharmaceuticals Announces Riveting Clinical Data for Their Unique Fat-Burning Therapeutic

Rivus has made exciting strides since their initial founding in 2019. Today the Charlottesville-based company adds yet another feather to their cap with...

Growing Your Growth Mindset

The pandemic has made us realize that having a one-track mind no longer serves us well. The idea that we are defined by a set of labels and stuck in one...

MaximBio Wins EUA for At-Home COVID-19 Test

While COVID-19 infections rates are on a downturn, the viral threat is expected to become an endemic concern, which means at-home testing will remain a booming...

5 Questions With Stefanie Trop, Ph.D.Manager of Business and Innovation Development at the Maryland Department of Commerce

Stefanie brings hands-on research experience in cellular immunology, from basic research to clinical trials, along with data analysis consulting and customer support...

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Sponsored News

Is Buying Used Laboratory Equipment the Right Choice for Your Lab?

Every lab has faced major breakdowns in lab equipment, leaving them to wonder if it’s easier to repair it or replace it. Many times, managers...

Featured Employers

Check out the Kite Featured Employer page on the BioBuzz Platform

Jobs

Kite is currently offering an $8,000 sign-on bonus for select roles!
See individual job postings for details.

 

 

QA Specialist II - Night Shift

Kite Pharma | Frederick, MD

In this position, you will provide Quality Assurance oversight of Commercial Manufacturing, Materials Management, and Quality Control areas.  Must be proficient in Quality Systems, particularly associated with Operations, Lot Disposition, Change Control and Exception Management / CAPA. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Work with the...

 

Cell Therapy Specialist (Manufacturing Associate)

Kite Pharma | Frederick, MD

The Cell Therapy Specialist will perform and/or verify all tasks associated with the manufacture of commercial product following batch records and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure safe and compliant operations as well as works as part of a team to execute GMP runs in close collaboration with Materials Management, Quality Control and...

 

Supervisor, Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Kite Pharma | Frederick, MD

In this role, the Supervisor will supervise the on-the-floor operations of our commercial cell therapy manufacturing facility in a cGMP environment including building a team, and providing the necessary training and ongoing coaching, performance management and recognition of direct staff, including performing annual performance reviews. Currently, our...


Specialist II, Quality Control Microbiology Laboratory - 1st Shift
Specialist II, Quality Control Microbiology Laboratory - 2nd Shift

Kite Pharma | Frederick, MD

You will report into the Quality Control Microbiology Supervisor or Manager and provide Quality Control support of commercial manufacturing of final drug product. You will also perform technical oversight of Quality Control methods and programs for cell therapy products. Are you ready to help bring lifesaving therapies to cancer...

 


 
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Editors' Picks

NexImmune Announces Research Collaboration with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Related to Neuroendocrine Tumor Targets

NexImmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXI) announced a collaboration with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The collaboration will focus on the discovery and development of novel therapies targeting immune checkpoint proteins...

TEDCO Announces Katherine Hill Ritchie as the Senior Director of Venture Funds

Working alongside the TEDCO executive leadership team, Hill Ritchie will focus on helping Maryland entrepreneurs achieve success by building valuable companies that endure. As senior director of TEDCO’s Venture Funds, she will...

Arcellx Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

Arcellx, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLX) announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,250,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $15.00 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting...

Doctors Say Medicines Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Impacted Patient Care and Must Be Strengthened

The vast majority (95%) of U.S. physicians believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed vulnerabilities in the medicines supply chain that are not going away, and seven out of 10 (73%) feel their trust in the ability of...

How Johns Hopkins Inventors' Vision for Early Cancer Detection Got a $2.1B Boost

Johns Hopkins researchers Nickolas Papadopoulos, Ken Kinzler and Bert Vogelstein have spent their careers working on ways not just to treat cancer but to detect it before it becomes a threat. The goal: a blood test for the...

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CaroElise Ataku: Driven by a Shared Purpose in Producing Personalized Cell Therapies to Fight Cancer - Sept 2021


CaroElise Ataku, a cell therapy specialist (CTS) at Kite, a Gilead Company, has an important responsibility. Her work is an integral part of Kite’s ambitious goal to...

Events

Women In Bio - Developing Leadership Presence – Confidence, Competence, & Composure With Gilda Bonanno

February 16, 2022

Great leaders are made, not born. In order to be successful as a leader, you have to know what you're talking about and come across as credible, demonstrate confidence without being perceived as cocky, and maintain your...

Bio-Trac: Flow Cytometry: Principles, Methods & Applications
March 1-4, 2022

The instructors will focus on a broad spectrum of flow cytometric topics, discuss examples from various research applications, provide technical protocols for flow cytometric sample preparation, as well as data analysis...

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