BioHealth News Archive
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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Like the rest of biopharma investors, corporate VCs love oncology | Evaluate
Novartis scatters its VC seeds widely by leading rounds across a variety of therapy areas, although oncology still represents a big share of its…
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University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Now Among Select Institutions Certified to Administer CAR T-cell Therapy for Lymphoma | UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) is now certified to offer a groundbreaking treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, in…
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Maryland still outpacing California among best science, tech environments – Baltimore Business Journal
Maryland has the most computer and data scientists in the U.S., and the second-highest concentrations of engineers and life scientists. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/01/04/maryland-still-outpacing-california-among-nations.html{/iframe}
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Microsoft, global health organizations launch 3 tech programs to catch rare diseases in children
Microsoft outlined how emerging technologies can support diagnosis of rare diseases among children in a report released Feb. 20. Rare diseases affect almost 350…
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Qiagen Gets Access to the Largest Genetic Database on Antibiotic Resistance
Under a new licensing deal, Qiagen will gain access to a big genetics database from Vienna-based Ares Genetics, which could help tackle the global…
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If We Don’t Develop Best Practices Ourselves, the Government Will
To spare you all a power point presentation, I thought I’d share some thoughts today about how and why our tech transfer system was…
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BioHealth Innovation Entrepreneur-in-Residence Feedback – Feb. 27th
Are you a start-up in Maryland, DC or Virginia seeking feedback on your biohealth business idea, pitch deck, or commercialization plan? Sign up by…
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