Business

Immunocore is a commercial-stage biotechnology company based in England with its U.S. headquarters in Rockville, pioneering the development of a novel class of TCR bispecific immunotherapies called ImmTAX – Immune mobilizing monoclonal TCRs Against X disease – designed to treat a broad range of diseases, including cancer, autoimmune, and infectious disease.

Yesterday, Immunocore announced the FDA approval of KIMMTRAK for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma. Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive form of melanoma, which affects the eye. Although it is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults, the diagnosis is rare, and up to 50% of people with uveal melanoma will eventually develop metastatic disease. Unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma typically has a poor prognosis and had no approved treatment until KIMMTRAK.


Business

QIAGEN, a Netherlands-based holding company with its U.S. headquarters in Germantown, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Earlier this week Qiagen announced that it had completed a U.S. federal contract to equip local public health authorities with QIAcuity digital PCR system for COVID-19 surveillance.


Event

Historic Indigenous Recognition Event to Take Place in Montgomery County, Maryland

The Taino American Indigenous National Organization (T.A.I.N.O.) proudly announces its upcoming signature public event,


DC Sports

It was announced in a press release this morning that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a round table with several former Washington Football Team employees to discuss issues of workplace misconduct and the National Football League’s (NFL) failure to take steps to prevent sexual harassment and verbal abuse within the WFT under the leadership of owner Dan Snyder.

Full Press Release Below:


Rockville

Ebisu Life Store is now open at 836 Rockville Pike, the former location of Shah and Patel Grocery. The store features Japanese food/snacks, beauty products, household supplies, and baby products. The chain’s flagship store is located in Flushing, New York. About Ebisu, translated from their website:

Foodies who like Japanese snacks, please come here, the three brothers of French fries, Shiroi Koibito, Meiji chocolate, and even drinks have been brought over for you, and you can get as many pounds of meat as you want!


Gaithersburg

Isaac’s Poultry Market is coming to 12167 Darnestown Rd in Gaithersburg, the former site of the recently demolished Pizza Hut. The restaurant is being opened by Rob Gresham, a lifelong MoCo resident and the former Director of Operations at CAVA.

The restaurant will feature American roasted chicken, wings, sandwiches, and salads. They tell us that everything they sell will be made from scratch and that the menu will feature plenty of healthy options. Isaac’s will also feature frozen custards and a variety of baked goods and desserts.


Gaithersburg

Last January we let you know that Java Nation would be moving in to 121 Market Street in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg, which was formerly a Starbucks. Starbucks opened a new Kentlands location at 160 Kentlands Blvd at the beginning of this year that features a drive-thru.

We have been told there were material and equipment delays by manufacturers, initially pushing the opening timeframe from August to October, then November, and more recently January. Yesterday, we spoke with representatives from the Rockville and Kensington locations, who told us that the Kentlands location has been pushed back to late February or early March.