BioHealth News Archive
These 6 UMB student teams have big ideas for new companies – Technical.ly Baltimore
Students at UMB are looking to form new startups that will bring change to a range of different areas in healthcare and beyond, from…
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Fast-growing Twist Bioscience finds Peninsula expansion space with investor-landlord Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE) – San Francisco Business Times
When Twist Bioscience Corp. started in Mission Bay five years ago with the idea of making synthetic genes for researchers, it consisted of Emily…
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Baltimore tech company leaders appointed to TEDCO board – Technical.ly Baltimore
A pair of Baltimore-based tech leaders are joining the board of directors for TEDCO. With the appointment by Gov. Larry Hogan, each will serve…
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9th Call of the U.S.-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund-Introduction
"Commercializing Technologies for Societal Impact" The governments of the United States of America (through the Department of State) and India (through the Department of…
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HC2 Announces Pansend Life Sciences Portfolio Company BeneVir Biopharm to be Acquired by Janssen Biotech, Inc. for up to $1.04 Billion NYSE:HCHC
HC2 Holdings, Inc. (“HC2”) (NYSE:HCHC), a diversified holding company, announced today that BeneVir Biopharm, Inc. (“BeneVir”), a privately-held biotechnology company developing oncolytic immunotherapies for…
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WHO WILL LEAD BALTIMORE’S TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES? A DISCUSSION ABOUT TALENT DEVELOPMENT – attracting it, acquiring it, managing and developing it
When: Thursday, May 17, 20184:00 - 7:00 PM EST Where: University of Maryland BioPark, 801 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Join the fourth in the TEDCO funded Anchor Ventures events…
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NIST wants public insight on how to streamline R&D collaboration
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for the public’s help in refreshing how it uses research and development funds to help bring…
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As digital health companies proliferate, it’s getting tougher to spot the strongest businesses – MedCity News
The digital health rocket seems to have gotten supercharged lately, at least when it comes to fundraising. Depending on who you ask, either $1.62…
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Can the U.S. Get 1 Million People to Volunteer Their Genomes? – Scientific American
One of the enduring mysteries of medicine is how individual genes, environment and lifestyle may combine to spark sickness or protect us from it.…
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Highmark Health’s VITAL Innovation Program to evaluate WellDoc’s® BlueStar® mobile app for
Highmark Health announced today that through its VITAL Innovation Program, a test-and-learn platform, it will be evaluating WellDoc's® BlueStar® mobile app, an FDA-cleared, proven…
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What Is Blockchain? Three Videos Explain the New Technology That Promises to Change Our World | Open Culture
You've heard the word "blockchain" many times now, but probably not quite as many as you've heard the word "bitcoin." Yet you surely have…
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FDA Unveils Health Data Science Projects Under Incubator Program
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, has introduced information technology initiatives under the agency’s data science incubator program during the Health Datapalooza…
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All You Need to Know for Round 2 of the CRISPR Patent Fight – Scientific American
It’s baaaaack, that reputation-shredding, stock-moving fight to the death over key CRISPR patents. On Monday morning in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Court of Appeals…
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Christy Wyskiel Named to BBJ’s Power 10
The Baltimore Business Journal recognized Christy Wyskiel for her ongoing efforts to perfect the “magic formula” that will further catalyze the commercialization of life-changing…
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This startup is bringing a human face to surgical masks – Technical.ly Baltimore
A few years ago, Allysa Dittmar was about to go into surgery, but her interpreter didn’t show up. Dittmar, who is deaf, was able…
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