Are you an experienced biohealth entrepreneur seeking new opportunities in the BioHealth Capital Region? BioHealth Innovation is developing a database of experienced industry personnel willing to work in potential C-suite positions with our university and startup partners. If you would like to have your contact information and vita included in this database for their review, please email BHI an updated vita by this Thursday, February 14th.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS at
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Submit your application for a chance to be named the Startup with the Most Commercial Potential at the BioHealth Capital Region Forum, win $10,000 and more!
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 8, 2019
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED: March 21, 2019
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Finalists will have a chance to win the grand prize by presenting in front of a panel of prominent industry funding experts and executives.
Distinguished Judges:
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Grand Prize provided by WSGR $10,000
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Are you a start-up in Maryland, DC or Virginia seeking feedback on your biohealth business idea, pitch deck, or commercialization plan. Sign up now to schedule your feedback session with BHI EIRs on Wednesday, February 27th. (Next sessions scheduled for 3/20 and 5/22.) Pre-registration is required; sign up here (“EIR resource”at BHI). For questions/more information, contact BHI.
University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
Register NOW: https://tinyurl.com/BHISBIR2019
Pre-Registration REQUIRED: RSVP by noon, February 26 at https://tinyurl.com/BHISBIR2019
No charge for entrepreneurs to attend • If seeking 1:1 meeting(s) please include organization(s) in RSVP.
Utilization of digital health services and technologies has been on the rise since we first began surveying the US adult population in 2015. Budding choices of wearables, apps, telemedicine, and other tech-enabled services make it easy for consumers to test out what it might be like to “go digital” for their health. In the first three years, our annual survey showed that tools for fitness and wellness represented a common (and low-risk) entry point for consumers to experiment with products that fit neatly into their already tech-enabled lifestyles. In the 2018 data that we examined for this report, we saw something different.
Today we’re celebrating around the Technical.ly Slack channel. It’s the 10th anniversary of Technical.ly’s founding in Philadelphia, marking a decade of local tech news and innovation community coverage.
PitchMasters™, a workshop-style event for entrepreneurs preparing for their first institutional capital raise, held its 2019 Kick Off and Alumni Event on Jan. 30, 2019. Four emerging startup companies, Skipiit, Trove Therapeutics, Uplift and VERALOX Therapeutics, practiced their pitching skills and gained insights from experienced entrepreneurs, investors, industry influencers and fellow PitchMasters™ alumni.
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP), a professional association of university-related research and science parks, announced the appointment of Brian Darmody, Associate Vice President of Corporate Engagement at the University of Maryland (UMD), as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Additionally, the association has opened a new office at the UMD Discovery District in the Washington, DC area, to be known as ‘AURP HQ2.’ Mr. Darmody will immediately assume his new role as CEO at the new location. He will continue his role at UMD and plans to transition out of UMD over time.
Shares of MacroGenics went stratospheric Wednesday following the release of data from a pivotal Phase III study of the company’s lead drug candidate in breast cancer that beat many investors’ expectations.
When construction is completed this month, 704 QO will offer ready-to-occupy lab/office spaces for companies of all sizes. What really makes this new building stand out isn’t just the fully customizable individual lab units, but the suite of amenities that are tailored to the specific needs of emerging life science companies in the BioHealth Capital Region and the employees that work for them.
