BioHealth News Archive
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, 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 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
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
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
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
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
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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Qiagen launches one-stop antimicrobial resistance database alongside CDC commitment | FierceBiotech
In the face of growing international concerns over antimicrobial resistance, Qiagen has launched a one-stop shop that compiles publicly available genomic data, scientific literature…
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NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for May 31, 2019
Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…
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Pfizer to buy Array BioPharma for $11.4B – MedCity News
A large pharmaceutical company is spending more than $11 billion to acquire the maker of two drugs used to treat skin cancer. New York-based…
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This Baltimore-based venture capital firm is looking to invest in D.C.-area startups – Technical.ly DC
Baltimore-Md.-based Inner Loop Capital is giving D.C.-area startups a financial boost with this new fund. {iframe}https://technical.ly/dc/2019/06/17/this-baltimore-based-venture-capital-firm-is-looking-to-invest-in-d-c-area-startups/{/iframe}
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AstraZeneca to invest $630 million in Korean biohealth sector – Korea Biomedical Review
AstraZeneca said it would invest $630 million into Korea’s biotech and healthcare sector over the next five years. Leif Johansson, chairman of the British-Swedish…
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Viela Bio Closes $75 Million Series B Financing – Business Wire
Viela Bio today announced the successful completion of a $75 million private placement of its Series B preferred stock, bringing the total capital raised…
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CASI Pharmaceuticals Acquires Worldwide Rights To Commercialize anti-CD19 T-cell Therapy
CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASI), a U.S. biopharmaceutical company that is focusing on developing and accelerating the launch of innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products…
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