BioHealth News Archive

Rise in Autism Could Be Linked to Preservative in Processed Foods

Rise in Autism Could Be Linked to Preservative in Processed Foods

Investigators at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have just identified the molecular changes that happen when neuronal stem cells are exposed to high…

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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Pricing Of Upsized Public Offering Of 3,850,000 Shares Of Common Stock

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Pricing Of Upsized Public Offering Of 3,850,000 Shares Of Common Stock

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. ("Alexandria" or the "Company") (NYSE: ARE) announced today the pricing of its upsized public offering of 3,850,000 shares of…

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Women Who Tech Launches Their First Program Focused on HealthTech Innovation | BioSpace

Women Who Tech Launches Their First Program Focused on HealthTech Innovation | BioSpace

Women Who Tech, one of the largest nonprofit organizations that funds and showcases women-led ventures, today opened the call for applications for the European-leg of its flagship Women Startup…

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Immunomic Therapeutics Announces Promotion of Teri Heiland, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer – Immunomic Therapeutics

Immunomic Therapeutics Announces Promotion of Teri Heiland, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer – Immunomic Therapeutics

Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately held, Maryland-based biotechnology company, announced today the promotion of Teri Heiland, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer. In her…

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NIH releases updated SBIR/STTR success rate data | SSTI

NIH releases updated SBIR/STTR success rate data | SSTI

Are you looking to increase the success rate of your state’s SBIR/STTR proposals? If so, a reminder that applications for the Small Business Administration’s…

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5 questions with Jolene Gurevich, a Venture for America alumna working with University of Maryland startups – Technical.ly Baltimore

5 questions with Jolene Gurevich, a Venture for America alumna working with University of Maryland startups – Technical.ly Baltimore

Jolene Gurevich was going to be an investment banker on Wall Street. But her roots as a competitive Latin ballroom dancer in New York…

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Catalent Acquires BMS Manufacturing Plant in Italy, Expanding Biologics Operations

Catalent Acquires BMS Manufacturing Plant in Italy, Expanding Biologics Operations

Catalent is continuing to expand its fast-growing biologics operations, agreeing to acquire Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)’s oral solid, biologics, and sterile product manufacturing and packaging…

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Job Opportunity: Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS @ Washington DC.

Job Opportunity: Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS @ Washington DC.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation is recruiting a Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS @ Washington DC.    The goal of Johnson &…

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Minnowtech wins $225,000 SBIR Phase 1 Grant from the NSF – Minnowtech

Minnowtech wins $225,000 SBIR Phase 1 Grant from the NSF – Minnowtech

Minnowtech, LLC, an aquaculture technology company that provides an imaging platform to enable shrimp farmers to measure shrimp abundance to optimize feeding, announced today…

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Sanofi, Google Launch “Innovation Lab” Aimed at Drug Discovery

Sanofi, Google Launch “Innovation Lab” Aimed at Drug Discovery

Sanofi will apply Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing capabilities toward developing new drugs, through a collaboration whose value was not disclosed. The…

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Biobuzz Directory – Intrexon Signs $100Mm Deal with Surterra Wellness to Advance Commercial Scale Cannabinoid Production

Biobuzz Directory – Intrexon Signs $100Mm Deal with Surterra Wellness to Advance Commercial Scale Cannabinoid Production

Intrexon has scaled its proprietary yeast fermentation process and is on track to realize production of pure cannabinoids at a target cost of goods…

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How Viela Bio’s Drug Development Landed $350M in 16 Months

How Viela Bio’s Drug Development Landed $350M in 16 Months

Just 16 months into its existence, a local biotech startup has investors swarming. Gaithersburg, Md.-based Viela Bio has completed a $75 million Series B…

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A Conversation with Katharine Ku, Chief Licensing Advisor at WSGR

A Conversation with Katharine Ku, Chief Licensing Advisor at WSGR

Attorneys Vern Norviel and Charles Andres recently sat down with Katharine "Kathy" Ku, WSGR’s new chief licensing advisor, to discuss questions and situations that…

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Frederick National Labs Attract Entrepreneurs and Collaborators Seeking Leading-Edge Biomedical Technologies · BioBuzz

Frederick National Labs Attract Entrepreneurs and Collaborators Seeking Leading-Edge Biomedical Technologies · BioBuzz

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) recently hosted the third annual Technology Showcase at The FNLCR’s…

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Four BIOE Ph.D. Students Awarded NIH Fellowships | Fischell Department of Bioengineering

Four BIOE Ph.D. Students Awarded NIH Fellowships | Fischell Department of Bioengineering

Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) Ph.D. students Michelle Bookstaver, John Daristotle, Mary Doolin, and Emily Gosselin were recently named recipients of the Ruth L.…

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