BioHealth News Archive

Genetic Basis of Obesity Carries Weight

Genetic Basis of Obesity Carries Weight

There are, undoubtedly, many factors that go into a person’s weight. A new report from the lab of Sekar Kathiresan, MD, director of the…

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The Catalyst: Creating Innovation in Health Care – United Therapeutics’ Martine Rothblatt at Healthy Returns [Video]

The Catalyst: Creating Innovation in Health Care – United Therapeutics’ Martine Rothblatt at Healthy Returns [Video]

There are few, if any, more innovative, more daring, and more iconic health care executives. We'll hear about the process that drives groundbreaking invention,…

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Maryland Tech Council Announces Winners of 31st Annual Industry Awards

Maryland Tech Council Announces Winners of 31st Annual Industry Awards

The Maryland Tech Council (MTC), Maryland’s largest technology trade association, announced the winners of its 31st Annual Industry Awards during a celebration and ceremony…

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FDA is looking for new companies to test out its pre-cert pilot program – MedCity News

FDA is looking for new companies to test out its pre-cert pilot program – MedCity News

The Food and Drug Administration has put out a call for volunteer companies to test out the its digital health pre-certification program for software…

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THE ENTREPRENEURS REPORT: Private Company Financing Trends – Q1 2019

THE ENTREPRENEURS REPORT: Private Company Financing Trends – Q1 2019

Coming off the record-breaking venture financing numbers of 2018, the first quarter of 2019 displayed some cooling off, in terms of pre-money valuations across…

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Maryland leads delegation to BIO 2019 – Meet with BHI at The MARYLAND Booth #3427

Maryland leads delegation to BIO 2019 – Meet with BHI at The MARYLAND Booth #3427

Maryland Commerce is leading a delegation of 20 biohealth and life sciences companies, educational institutions, federal agencies, and city and county economic development offices…

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Scott Gottlieb returns to NEA | PitchBook

Scott Gottlieb returns to NEA | PitchBook

Scott Gottlieb, who resigned as head of the FDA in March, has rejoined NEA as a special partner focused on healthcare investments. Gottlieb was…

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Protenus’ Fells Point office has room to stretch out – Technical.ly Baltimore

Protenus’ Fells Point office has room to stretch out – Technical.ly Baltimore

With expansion, Protenus recently moved to new offices in Fells Point. The healthcare analytics company moved into a 12,000-square-foot office space that’s roughly triple…

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Regenxbio building Maryland AAV plant to support gene therapies – BioProcess InternationalBioProcess International

Regenxbio building Maryland AAV plant to support gene therapies – BioProcess InternationalBioProcess International

Regenxbio will construct a GMP facility in Maryland to produce adeno-associated viral vectors for its gene therapy programs using its NAV technology-based platform. The…

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Navitas Life Sciences Announces Acquisition of KAI Research, US-based Full-service Contract Research Organisation (CRO)

Navitas Life Sciences Announces Acquisition of KAI Research, US-based Full-service Contract Research Organisation (CRO)

Navitas Life Sciences, a TAKE Solutions Enterprise today announced the acquisition of US based niche full service CRO and health research company, KAI Research Inc.…

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QIAGEN’s QuantiFERON®-TB Access development program gains recognition from United Nations initiative for health innovation

QIAGEN’s QuantiFERON®-TB Access development program gains recognition from United Nations initiative for health innovation

QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that QuantiFERON ® -TB Access, a new solution under development for diagnosis of latent…

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NAVAN Appoints Cell Therapy Executive and AgBio Expert to Strategic Advisory Board | National | fltimes.com

NAVAN Appoints Cell Therapy Executive and AgBio Expert to Strategic Advisory Board | National | fltimes.com

NAVAN, Inc. (NAVAN), a privately-held biotechnology company enabling the development of next generation cell and gene therapies through its novel, non-viral NanoStraw platform, announced…

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House Drug Pricing Hearing Goes Off Script

House Drug Pricing Hearing Goes Off Script

Most Congressional hearings are morality plays designed to reach a predetermined outcome. It wasn’t hard to predict how the second hearing on drug pricing…

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Alzheimer’s Map Shows Where Epigenetics Takes Wrong Turn

Alzheimer’s Map Shows Where Epigenetics Takes Wrong Turn

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) arises from molecular events that scientists are piecing together to discern an overall story, parts of which are well known, others…

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2019 Technology Showcase – NCI & Frederick National Laboratory For Cancer Research – Bendis to Speak

2019 Technology Showcase – NCI & Frederick National Laboratory For Cancer Research – Bendis to Speak

Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:30 AM The 3rd Annual NCI and FNLCR Technology Showcase will showcase technologies being developed at the National Cancer…

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