BioHealth News Archive
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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New development patterns likely to emerge in Maryland’s life science market
Available life science space is dwindling in Maryland's traditional life science core. Only six buildings currently offer space larger than 20,000 s.f. Space with…
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LifeSprout is moving into Port Covington manufacturing space – Technical.ly Baltimore
LifeSprout, makers of synthetic tissues for aesthetic and reconstructive medicine, is moving from Johns Hopkins‘ East Baltimore innovation hub into a manufacturing accelerator for…
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SoPE National Capital Chapter: The Titanic Effect: Successfully Navigating the Uncertainties that Sink Most Startups
Wed, May 8, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT Inova Center for Personal Health, 8100 Innovation Park Drive, Conference Center, Fairfax, VA 22031…
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GlycoMimetics Aiming At Tough Targets
Startups may spring from pure academics or from a healthy and heterogenous mixture of science, business experience, and inspired thinking. Rachel King, CEO of…
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Precigen Opens Gene and Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Germantown, Maryland
Precigen, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation (NASDAQ: XON) and a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative gene and…
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Hopkins-born startup LifeSprout moving into City Garage medical device accelerator – Baltimore Business Journal
LifeSprout has eight employees and plans to hire more as it focuses on getting its first product through clinical trials. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/04/29/johns-hopkins-born-startup-lifesprout-moving-into.html{/iframe}
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NextCure files for IPO on Nasdaq Global Market – Washington Business Journal
The company is seeking to go public just three years after its founding. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/04/29/md-biotech-files-to-go-public-in-up-to-92m.html{/iframe}
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CoapTech Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Its PUMA-G System
CoapTech LLC, a medical device company focused on delivering transformative solutions for minimally-invasive surgery, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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