BioHealth News Archive

Over 30% Reduction in Unnecessary Head CT Scans When Integrating FDA-Cleared BrainScope One – VentureBeat

Over 30% Reduction in Unnecessary Head CT Scans When Integrating FDA-Cleared BrainScope One – VentureBeat

BrainScope announced today the publication of a study conducted by physicians at Washington University Barnes Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis in the peer-reviewed…

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Project Onramp Meets Its Goal of Placing 50 Mass. Students from Low-Income Backgrounds into Summer Internships at Local Biotech Companies – Massachusetts Biotechnology Council

Project Onramp Meets Its Goal of Placing 50 Mass. Students from Low-Income Backgrounds into Summer Internships at Local Biotech Companies – Massachusetts Biotechnology Council

Project Onramp today announced they have placed more than 50 students in well-paid internships with top companies for summer 2019 through its first-in-the-nation Project…

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Start-Ups Seeking Your Expertise

Start-Ups Seeking Your Expertise

Are you an experienced biohealth industry executive seeking full time or part time employment as a consultant or start-up C suite executive? BioHealth Innovation…

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Computer science facility opens at University of Maryland

Computer science facility opens at University of Maryland

The University of Maryland has opened a 215,600-square-foot computer science facility on its College Park campus. The university says the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer…

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Biotech runs on venture capital. But not all VC models are created equal – STAT

Biotech runs on venture capital. But not all VC models are created equal – STAT

Venture capital dollars are flooding into biotech, totaling $8.5 billion in 2017 alone. But there’s no one way to fund a startup. {iframe}https://www.statnews.com/2019/05/03/biotech-venture-capital-models/{/iframe}

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First Annual Patenting Trends Study Provides Decision Makers With Clear and Actionable Information

First Annual Patenting Trends Study Provides Decision Makers With Clear and Actionable Information

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and GreyB Services released today their findings from The First Annual Kilpatrick Townsend & GreyB Services Patenting Trends Study (Study). The Study provides…

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Protenus Announces Former Chief Privacy Officer of HHS Office of the National Coordinator to Keynote 3rd Annual PANDAS Conference in Baltimore

Protenus Announces Former Chief Privacy Officer of HHS Office of the National Coordinator to Keynote 3rd Annual PANDAS Conference in Baltimore

The privacy and security of patient data continues to be increasingly important as access to this data increases and threats to this sensitive information…

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Inside the biotech company hoping to solve medical mysteries

Inside the biotech company hoping to solve medical mysteries

The 3rd hour of TODAY looks at the Virginia-based biotech company Aperiomics, which says it has technology that could shake up health care and…

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This injectable gel could one day rebuild muscle, skin, and fat | Science | AAAS

This injectable gel could one day rebuild muscle, skin, and fat | Science | AAAS

Car crashes, battle wounds, and surgeries can leave people with gaping holes in soft tissue that are often too large for their bodies to…

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Report details life science industry’s growing importance in helping transform NC economy | WRAL TechWire

Report details life science industry’s growing importance in helping transform NC economy | WRAL TechWire

The newly published document, “2018: Evidence and Opportunity: Impact of Life Sciences in North Carolina,” is a fascinating story of transformation for a state…

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Five winners to receive share of $250K NCC-PDI grant funding and access to unique pediatric device accelerator program

Five winners to receive share of $250K NCC-PDI grant funding and access to unique pediatric device accelerator program

The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) announced five winners of its "Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!" competition who will…

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University of Vermont Health Network Ventures and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Invest in BioFactura – BioFactura

University of Vermont Health Network Ventures and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Invest in BioFactura – BioFactura

The University of Vermont Health Network Ventures and legal firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati recently invested in BioFactura’s $6M Series B Financing Round.…

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Life Sciences Industry On Uptick In Virginia

Life Sciences Industry On Uptick In Virginia

In February 2019, the French immuno-oncology diagnostics company HalioDx opened its first laboratory in North America. The five-year-old company, a Qiagen spin-off, selected Richmond,…

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Annual Research Symposium to Feature Keynote Address from NCI Scientist

Annual Research Symposium to Feature Keynote Address from NCI Scientist

On Tuesday, May 7, the Center for Biotechnology Education will hold its 14th annual research symposium. During the event at the Johns Hopkins University…

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Xconomy: Roche Spinout Nimble Therapeutics Bags $10M to Find New Peptide Drugs

Xconomy: Roche Spinout Nimble Therapeutics Bags $10M to Find New Peptide Drugs

For the past five years, Jigar Patel and a group of fellow Roche employees have been quietly developing drug discovery technology at the global…

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