@WBJonline staff reporter covering health care, biotech and life sciences, and cannabis in the D.C.-metro area. @saragilgore for other sporadic stuff.

Joined June 2010
Funding and the public markets have been tough for biotech companies. But some, like Rockville’s Immunomic Therapeutics, are navigating less traditional routes to capital. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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GWU Hospital nurses are set to vote this month about whether to unionize. A successful vote would create a route to contract negotiations with the Foggy Bottom facility’s owner. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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The most expensive home ever sold in D.C.-area history could be back on the market after less than two years. Dan and Tanya Snyder, its owners, have moved out, the Washington Business Journal has learned. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Sentara Health, a Norfolk-based nonprofit with a Greater Washington presence, has brought in a familiar face to run its Northern Virginia hospital. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Federal regulators just made Emergent BioSolutions the first company to sell an opioid overdose antidote — its Narcan nasal spray — without a doctor's order. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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A Montgomery County biotech initiated “a significant reduction” in its workforce this week, the latest in a string of local life sciences and health-tech companies laying off staff. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Scoop: The government will announce plans today to overhaul the troubled US organ transplant system, including breaking up the functions of the non-profit that has operated it for nearly four decades. My story: washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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My WBJ colleagues and I have been gathering reax to the SVB fallout from the local business community this week. Yesterday, I wrote about how D.C.-area banks rushed to assure clients and investors that they're not like SVB or Signature Banks. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Silicon Valley Bank played a crucial role for biotech and health startups. Its collapse has cast a shadow over Greater Washington companies and investors in the space — and leaves a void. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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BREAKING: @Amazon is delaying the start of construction on HQ2's second phase. But there's some other news, too: the first phase, Metropolitan Park, will open in June. And so far, the company's hired 8,000 local employees. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Gaithersburg’s Novavax is already making changes under new leadership. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Sara Gilgore retweeted
Congratulations to @WBJonline's @WBJSara on being selected as a @SABEW Health Care Fellow. She's one of 15 journalists who'll be heading to D.C. for a three-day symposium, Mar. 23-25, on hot-button issues including abortion, Covid, Medicare & more. 🔗 bit.ly/3Sn3cW4
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Unity Health Care’s CEO, now a year in to the job, has ambitious plans for 2023. The goal: reduce disparities for the city’s most vulnerable patients. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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From @WBJSara: @HowardU and @Georgetown are partnering on a new hub for medical humanities and health justice, with a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Gaithersburg's Novavax has named a new CEO as its longtime chief retires. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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Horizon Therapeutics’s planned $27.8 billion sale to Amgen would put the West Coast biopharma in Montgomery County for the first time. bizjournals.com/washington/n…
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ICYMI: My @WBJonline story on Queen Elizabeth's connection to Alexandria's @ShumansBakery, dating back to when she was princess. Check it out here: bizj.us/1qgel1 Photo below from Nov. 2, 1951, edition of the Alexandria Gazette. #QueenElizabeth
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