BioHealth News Archive
A Harvard Scientist Thinks He Has a Gene Test for Heart Attack Risk. He Wants to Give It Away Free
A Harvard scientist thinks he's reached a new milestone: a genetic test that helps identify people who are at high risk of having a…
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New MCEDC Website Features to Grow Your Business
PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVES TO SPUR BUSINESS GROWTH We help you navigate available programs, grants and incentives to identify immediate opportunities and plan for long-term…
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GlycoMimetics Receives Japanese Patent For Uproleselan (GMI-1271) – Business Wire
GlycoMimetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLYC), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel small-molecule drug candidates to treat rare diseases, announced today that the…
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Popper and Co. to Present New Framework for Economic Evaluation of Diagnostics in the Era of Precision Medicine at Next Generation Dx Summit
Popper and Co., a strategy consulting and transaction advisory firm serving the needs of the medical technology and life sciences industries, announced today that…
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Pediatric Device Symposium – SZI Surgical Innovation Institute
Calling all pediatric cardiovascular devices $100K competition now accepting proposals We are now accepting proposals for our annual pediatric medical device pitch competition! New…
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Emmes Ranked as a Top Area Workplace for Second Consecutive Year by The Washington Post – Emmes
The Emmes Corporation today announced that it was selected as one of the best places to work in the greater Washington area. The Washington…
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RegenxBio raises $175.5M follow-on – BioCentury
RegenxBio Inc. (NASDAQ:RGNX) raised $175.5 million through the sale of 2.7 million shares at $65 in a follow-on underwritten by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill…
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GV’s Krishna Yeshwant on skepticism in biotech and healthcare investments – Business Insider
Venture investor Krishna Yeshwant uses a healthy amount of skepticism when vetting potential companies to invest in. His favorite time to invest is when…
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The Best Health Care System in the World: Which One Would You Pick? – The New York Times
To better understand one of the most heated U.S. policy debates, we created a tournament to judge which of these nations has the best…
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Study Seeks Path for Drugs to Reach Brain Tumors – University of Maryland, Baltimore
In the first such clinical trial in the United States, physician-scientists with the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) are investigating the use…
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ClearMask Awarded $25K from National Science Foundation — ClearMask
Recently, ClearMask received $25,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support ClearMask's commercialization efforts. The funding is part of the…
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Jonathan Aberman: My roadmap for our region’s innovation economy – Washington Business Journal
In last week’s Amplified column, I discussed how the traditional wisdom that small business pursues disruptive innovation and big business pursues sustaining innovation may…
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Emergent BioSolutions to Acquire Specialty Vaccines Company PaxVax
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire PaxVax, a company focused on specialty vaccines that…
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Biotech Startup, Maryland’s Health Lands $10 Million
Maryland’s health tech startup ecosystem is at it again. Silver Spring-based startup which is named as Aziyo Biologics Inc. has raised an amount of…
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Paragon Welcomes Employees to New Gene Therapy Manufacturing Facility – Paragon Bioservices, Inc.
After a week of persistent rain throughout Maryland, it was blue skies and a perfect 85-degree summer afternoon that marked an important day for Paragon…
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