BioHealth News Archive
This Viral Therapy Could Help Us Survive the Superbug Era
In November 2015, infectious disease epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, evolutionary psychologist Tom Patterson, were spending the week of Thanksgiving exploring pyramids and…
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New study finds $9 billion in technology sales following NCI-funded research | TechLink
The National Cancer Institute’s investment in small business research grants has supported strong economic growth, including $9 billion in sales of new technologies. {iframe}https://techlinkcenter.org/new-study-finds-9-billion-in-technology-sales-following-nci-funded-research/{/iframe}
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Want to raise $75M in funding? NEA investor explains how Baltimore’s PGDx did it – Baltimore Business Journal
Justin Klein, as a former investor with NEA, helped lead PGDx’s $21.4 million Series A in 2015 and its $75 million Series B last…
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Roche Deal for Spark Therapeutics Shows Biotech M&A Spark Hasn’t Died – RealMoney
The biotech sector has been a strong performer in 2019 after becoming quite oversold during the plunge in the high-beta parts of the market…
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Big exit alert: Roche to buy Philly’s Spark Therapeutics in $4.8B deal – Technical.ly Philly
In a $4.8 billion deal, Swiss life sciences giant Roche has agreed to acquire Spark Therapeutics, a University City-based developer of gene therapy treatment for genetic…
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Top 10 Immuno-Oncology Startups – GEN – Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)’s recently announced $4.2 billion partnership to co-develop and co-commercialize Merck KGaA, Darmstadt’s cancer immunotherapy candidate M7824 was a reminder of just how…
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Danaher acquires GE Biopharma for $21.4B – Washington Business Journal
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/02/25/danaher-acquires-ge-biopharma-business-for-21-4b.html?u=fQFLvOpMSMnvK7iAcBsVng0eb45ba2&t=1551113639&j=86879321{/iframe}
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RoosterBio Announces Plans to Expand Facility in Frederick, MD
RoosterBio, Inc, a privately held regenerative medicine manufacturing platform technology company announced plans today to expand the company’s footprint in Frederick, MD after a…
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Antidote Therapeutics teams up with National Cancer Institute, seeks funding for nicotine-blocking drug candidate – Washington Business Journal
Matt Kalnik wants to make smoking less addictive. His clinical-stage company, Gaithersburg-based Antidote Therapeutics Inc., is developing a drug that would diminish the effects…
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Maryland Momentum Fund accepting applications | Office of Technology Commercialization
The Maryland Momentum Fund is a newly-created mechanism for investing in promising early stage companies associated with the University System of Maryland (USM). Maryland-based…
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Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship
The Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship offers in-depth measures, reports, and accompanying interactive data visualizations that present entrepreneurial trends in the United States. {iframe}https://indicators.kauffman.org/{/iframe}
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MPM Capital raises $400M in seventh venture fund – MedCity News
A life sciences-focused venture capital firm based near Boston has raised more than one-third of a billion dollars to invest in early-stage companies. {iframe}https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/mpm-capital-raises-400m-in-seventh-venture-fund/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70183451&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8u6p0cYM7fp055Z1bkmbJ9cX7JCb82oytHjrFtBJhMJ9cBc0nF36rFohQybXo2zLaRP2uTpCnmVJzDnin7xU1rwAkHcQ&_hsmi=70183451{/iframe}
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TEDCO Creates Task Force to Support Women Entrepreneurs in Maryland
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) announced today the formation of the Task Force for Women Entrepreneurs. The task force will be dedicated to…
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Why Food Could Be the Best Medicine of All – Time
When Tom Shicowich’s toe started feeling numb in 2010, he brushed it off as a temporary ache. At the time, he didn’t have health…
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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Real Estate Head Holly Sullivan Has No Regrets About The HQ2 Search
Amazon changed the rules of economic development when it announced a 50,000-job HQ2 sweepstakes in 2017. While most searches for large facilities happen behind closed doors,…
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