BioHealth News Archive
How to Woo Capitol Hill? Johns Hopkins Is Putting On a Research Extravaganza – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Hundreds of politicians, Capitol staff members, and campus top brass will gather on Wednesday in Washington to hear about researchers’ work. The scholars aren’t…
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Maryland and UK Sign Two New Partnerships to Grow Life Science Businesses · BioBuzz
Last week two new partnerships were formed between Maryland and the United Kingdom. Biohealth Innovation, a MD based public-private nonprofit focused on accelerating commercialization…
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Andrew Lees, Ph.D., Fina Biosolutions, LLC – 2019 Johns Hopkins Alumni Award Winner
Andrew Lees, Ph.D., is founder and scientific director of Fina Biosolutions, LLC (Rockville, Md.), a company focused on promoting affordable conjugate vaccines by making…
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REGENXBIO Announces First FDA Approval of a Gene Therapy Based on Its Proprietary NAV® Technology Platform
REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX), a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company seeking to improve lives through the curative potential of gene therapy based on its proprietary…
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Women in healthcare | McKinsey
How does the healthcare sector stack up on gender equality? To answer that question, we look at pipeline practices, employee experiences, and policies and…
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Bayh-Dole Rocks While the Critics Play the Same False Note
A just-released study co-sponsored by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and AUTM provides new evidence of the significant contribution academic patent licensing makes to…
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Five Companies That Are Changing the Landscape for Cell and Gene Therapy · BioBuzz
Gene therapies represent some of the most promising advancements in science and human health in recent history. The BioHealth Capital Region, and Maryland in…
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Ceres funded to develop Liquid Biopsy Device
Ceres Nanosciences, Inc. (Ceres), University of Virginia (UVA), and George Mason University (Mason) today announced the receipt of a $600,000 award from the Virginia…
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A trio of Baltimore institutions are forming partnerships with Baxter International – Technical.ly Baltimore
Fortune 500 healthcare company Baxter International is planning to partner with a trio of Baltimore organizations. The Chicago-based company plans to work with Johns…
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A Foot In 2 Worlds: Chinese Immigrant, U.S. Politician : NPR
Maryland state delegate Lily Qi shares her path to becoming a first-generation Chinese-American lawmaker. Qi is from Shanghai. {iframe}https://www.npr.org/2019/06/09/731132168/a-foot-two-worlds-chinese-immigrant-u-s-politician{/iframe}
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BRAINBox Solutions™ Receives Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA for First-of-Kind Device to Aid in Concussion Diagnosis and Prognosis
BRAINBox Solutions today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the company's BRAINBox TBI (Traumatic Brain…
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Your Body’s Anti-Aging Programs May Take Early Retirement
At the molecular level, we may not age gracefully; that is, we may not follow a continuous, linear downward slope. Instead, we may fall…
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New BIO Chair Vows Crackdown on Biopharma’s “Bad Actors”
The new chairman of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is promising to crack down on “bad actors” that increase drug prices “dramatically”—in part by…
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Cerner challenges developers to create apps for improved health record access – MedCity News
Health IT vendor Cerner has revealed a new challenge that asks developers to improve patients’ access to EHRs, according to a company news release.…
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Why Dozens of Biotechs are Moving to Maryland Each Year · BioBuzz
Whether you’re starting a business, relocating one, or just moving to live and work, there are endless reasons for why Maryland is the top…
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