BioHealth News Archive
Venture vs. The Virus: The Life Science/Healthcare Outlook for Fundraising During a Pandemic · BioBuzz (May 13)
I know what you’re thinking…it’s hard enough to raise venture capital for life science/healthcare startups in normal times, but throw a global pandemic and…
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UMB-born medical device company Breethe acquired by Abiomed – Technical.ly Baltimore
Breethe, the medical device company founded by renowned University of Maryland School of Medicine surgeon and professor Dr. Bartley Griffith, has been acquired by…
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Resources to Accelerate COVID Funding Applications
Are you working with a technology that may be valuable to the fight against COVID-19? BHI has expanded its federal funding assistance program to…
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“Bayh-Dole 40 and the Coronavirus Crisis” Video Webinar RECAP (Webinar occurred on 4/23)
On April 23, 2020, the Bayh-Dole 40 Coalition and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation co-hosted a video webinar on the critical role that…
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Maryland plays an outsized role in worldwide hunt for a coronavirus vaccine – The Washington Post
As the world anxiously awaits a coronavirus vaccine, a Maryland biotechnology company already has signed deals to do initial production of three candidates. If one of…
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Emergent BioSolution’s deal with Johnson & Johnson has geopolitical significance – Washington Business Journal
Emergent BioSolutions Inc.’s $135 million deal struck late last month to manufacture Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate isn’t just a big financial win…
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Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS)
Grants for Technology Product Development Market-driven new technology and innovation leads to new products and new jobs. Creating jobs in innovative Maryland companies is…
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Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution – Innovative Technologies to Increase U.S. Capacity for COVID-19 Testing
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is urgently soliciting proposals and can provide up to $500M across multiple projects to rapidly…
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Johns Hopkins Gets $200,000 in Federal Funds For COVID-19 Tracker – Higher Education
Johns Hopkins University has been given $200,000 in federal funds to support its global COVID-19 tracker that has become the preeminent resource worldwide for…
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Roche gets FDA emergency use approval for COVID-19 antibody test – CNA
BASEL: Roche Holding received emergency use approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an antibody test to help determine if people have…
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Meet the minds behind the Johns Hopkins coronavirus map
Beth Blauer and Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, two key members of the Johns Hopkins team that is tracking every confirmed coronavirus case, tell Brian Stelter…
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Researchers at George Mason Developing Quicker Coronavirus Antibody Test – NBC4 Washington
Scientists at George Mason University are working to develop an easy-to-administer COVID-19 antibody test, which could mean using a simple swab in the mouth…
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AURP Announces the 2020 BIO Health Caucus: Virtual and Vital June 3-4, 2020 – citybizlist : Baltimore
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP), a global nonprofit membership organization serving the university and institutional research parks community, today announced its BIO…
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AURP Announces the 2020 BIO Health Caucus: Joel Marcus to Speak – Virtual and Vital June 3-4, 2020 – citybizlist : Baltimore (2)
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP), a global nonprofit membership organization serving the university and institutional research parks community, today announced its BIO…
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Here’s How Gov. Hogan Is Taking Charge of Reopening Maryland | Time
Larry Hogan has got another of his ideas, and this one cracks him up. “I’m gonna call Pence!” says Hogan, startling his chief of…
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