BioHealth News Archive
Baltimore biotech Elixirgen Therapeutics making drugs to target rare diseases, raises $4 million – Baltimore Business Journal
A Baltimore biotechnology company has raised $4 million, to help bring its therapeutic treatment targeting rare genetic diseases closer to market. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/07/09/baltimore-based-biotech-dedicated-to-developing.html{/iframe}
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Greater Washington VC drops in second quarter, PitchBook says – Washington Business Journal
Venture funding for Greater Washington companies fell nearly 50 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, but the region's take for the…
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Restore the patent system and cut the red tape strangling federal labs
The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a request for information seeking ideas for improving the public’s return on investment from federally supported…
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WellDoc®’s BlueStar® Now Available for Hypertension and Weight Management – WellDoc Inc
WellDoc®, a leading digital health company, today announces hypertension and weight management solutions integrated within its digital therapeutic app for type 2 diabetes, BlueStar®.…
Read MoreD.C.-area cybertech companies persuade West Coast investors to head east – The Washington Post
The Washington area is rarely thought of as a hotbed for technology companies. The region’s biggest firms have generally gravitated toward the quiet, stable…
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Israel’s Teva to move US HQ from Pennsylvania to New Jersey | The Times of Israel
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the troubled Israeli manufacturer of generic drugs, will be moving its US headquarters from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, lured by…
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AgriTech Accelerator at Farm Progress Show
Attending the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, this year? Add the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator to your list of exhibitors to visit. {iframe}http://www.wallacesfarmer.com/marketing/agritech-accelerator-farm-progress-show{/iframe}
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Why A Spin-off Is A Win-Win For Big Pharma And Startups
When Viela Bio spun out of MedImmune in March, it started with six assets — three in clinical trials and three in preclinical development…
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Biobuzz Directory – 3 Biotech Startups Among Recipients of TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) $5.6 Million Funding
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced its recent investments through the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII). With the latest round of funding, MII’s…
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Four steps to building an innovation culture in pharma – Pharmaphorum
The quest for innovation is a major driving force in pharma. From the discovery of therapeutic biologicals in the 1920s, such as Salvarsan and…
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Aaron Chang, Renalert CEO – Engineering a Global Paradigm Shift to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury · BioBuzz
Every entrepreneur has a “founder’s story” that serves to build the unique framework for why they are just the right person to solve a…
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miRecule Inc. is raising $1 million to stop cancer tumors in their tracks – Washington Business Journal
This seed round will send the startup into the next phase of its journey toward clinical trials. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/07/03/gaithersburg-biotech-raising-1m-to-stop-cancer.html{/iframe}
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Gemstone Biotherapeutics receives $225K from ‘America’s Seed Fund’ – Technical.ly Baltimore
With federal funding, Gemstone Biotherapeutics is eying development of the next generation of its wound-healing technology. The Federal Hill startup is developing treatments that…
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WellDoc® Presents Results of an Innovative Economic Analysis Demonstrating Opportunity for Significant Healthcare Cost Savings with the Use of BlueStar® – WellDoc Inc
WellDoc®, a leading digital health company revolutionizing chronic disease management to help transform lives through the use of its digital therapeutics, today announced results…
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CosmosID is the top performer in Janssen’s Mosaic Strain Challenge and precisionFDA’s CFSAN Pathogen Detection Challenge — CosmosID
CosmosID a bioinformatics provider and NGS service laboratory announced that the company’s cloud-based bioinformatics platform for microbiome analysis has received the highest score in the strain-level…
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