UNC and pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline are joining forces to try developing a cure for HIV/AIDS, with the British company pledging a five-year, $20 million contribution to the effort.
GSK is also chipping in a 10-person research team, to work with faculty members, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students attached to four different labs in UNC’s medical and pharmacy schools.
I’ve known Edmund Pendleton from the University of Maryland as the Director of the D.C. National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). But it wasn’t until seeing him lead the first I-Corps class at the National Institutes of Health that I realized Edmund could teach my class better than I can. After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup.
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global pharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for cobiprostone, a locally acting chloride channel activator, for the prevention of oral mucositis. The FDA has also accepted the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a phase 2 clinical trial of cobiprostone for the prevention of oral mucositis in patients suffering with head and neck cancer receiving concurrent radiation and chemotherapy.
Physicians are not only becoming more proficient with EHRs, they are using their systems for more than just reference. That’s the conclusion of a new Accenture survey of more than 2,600 doctors in Australia, Brazil, England, Norway, Singapore and the U.S.
Interoperability is growing as well, albeit slowly. In 2015, for the first time, a majority of U.S. physicians surveyed by Accenture (51 percent) said they “routinely” access patient data from outside their organizations, up just slightly from 45 percent in 2012.
Of all the rumors ever to swirl around the world’s most valuable company, this may be the first that could involve spitting in a plastic cup.
Apple is collaborating with U.S. researchers to help launch apps that would offer some iPhone owners the chance to get their DNA tested, many of them for the first time, according to people familiar with the plans.
Montgomery College offers Summer 2015 classes designed to meetyour entrepreneurial needs in support of your business ideas.
For Aspiring Entrepreneurs:
The Intentional Entrepreneur:
This one day class helps you identify your entrepreneurial skills and abilities, and addresses any concerns you may have about business ownership. This class is a must for anyone considering starting a business!
Monday, May 18, 2015 6–10 p.m.
Saturday, July 11, 2015 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
For Early Stage Entrepreneurs:
New Venture:
Designed specifically for the entrepreneurs in the early stages of business development.
Wednesdays, June 3–August 5, 2015 6–9 p.m.
For more information, please contact Karen Ambrose, Program Director at 240-567-2592 or e-mail: karen.ambrose@montgomerycollege.edu
When it comes to the Puget Sound region’s biotech industry, is it more important to have big anchor companies or an ever-churning ecosystem of small innovators?
That was one of the questions posed to a panel of three biotech executives last week at an industry forum hosted by news website Xconomy at Fred Hutch.
BHI issued a Commercial Relevance Award to three companies as part of the Invest Maryland Challenge, Maryland’s statewide business plan competition. The three companies each offer a differentiated product or service to the biohealth marketplace with an opportunity to provide significant commercial value to the health industry granting the the Commercial Relevance title..
Sickweather is a Batimore-based health information company that scans social networks for indicators of illness, allowing you to check for the chance of sickness as easily as you can check for the chance of rain.
Care Progress is a Bethesda-based company with a software platform to efficiently manage and treat cancer patients at home and maximize reimbursement through outcomes-based care management.
Tissue Analytics is a Johns Hopkins University spin-out that is transforming the common smartphone into a sophisticated medical imaging system.
BHI will offer strategic consulting services with selected companies to support the growth of these businesses and doe do using our knowledge, network and process for assisting early-stage biohealth companies. BHI is pleased to continue to partner with the State of Maryland’s Invest Maryland Challenge to support the growth of emerging biohealth businesses.
Don’t forget to register NOW for Wednesday’s T2 Speakers Series “Commercializing Innovations at Georgetown University” with Georgetown University Office of Technology Commercialization Director Ruchika Nijhara, Ph.D.
Tech Transfer Speakers Series is a free monthly program offered through the Gateway to Innovation: Montgomery Welcome Center for Federal and Academic Tech Transfer. For more information and additional calendar items, please visit TechTransferConnection.com. Engage with others in the tech transfer field by joining the Gateway to Innovation LinkedIn Group. Brought to you by: Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.
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Kelly Chu stands at the front of the room and explains a complex spreadsheet displayed on a projector.
With precision she describes the discounted free cash-flow model she built of a food-services and construction company, and walks through its revenue-growth assumptions before making a recommendation on whether or not to invest.
