BioHealth News Archive

NCI SBIR grant for Personalized Cancer-on-a-Chip | Mimetas

NCI SBIR grant for Personalized Cancer-on-a-Chip | Mimetas

MIMETAS, the market leader in Organ-on-a-chip products, announced that the National Cancer Institute recently awarded them a phase 1 SBIR grant totally $300,000 to…

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University of Maryland SGA wants Amazon’s new headquarters to be in Montgomery County – The Diamondback

University of Maryland SGA wants Amazon’s new headquarters to be in Montgomery County – The Diamondback

The University of Maryland's SGA will send a letter to Amazon supporting Montgomery County for the company's second headquarters, called HQ2. {iframe}http://www.dbknews.com/2018/02/27/amazon-headquarters-montgomery-county-maryland/{/iframe}

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MedImmune, AstraZeneca announce spinout Viela Bio, plan to create 100 new jobs – Washington Business Journal

MedImmune, AstraZeneca announce spinout Viela Bio, plan to create 100 new jobs – Washington Business Journal

MedImmune Inc., the research and development arm of global drug giant AstraZeneca PLC, is spinning out a new company named Viela Bio with plans…

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BioTech Forum: What Montgomery County should be doing to foster a healthy environment for the biotech industry

BioTech Forum: What Montgomery County should be doing to foster a healthy environment for the biotech industry

New BioHealth event free to attend with excellent speakers and no registration required Sponsored by Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal Wednesday, February 28, 7-9pm…

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Leveraging PostDoc Talent for Regional Industry Growth

Leveraging PostDoc Talent for Regional Industry Growth

150 post docs from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other institutes at NIH had the opportunity to meet BioHealth Capital Region industry leaders…

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Innovation for Impact Prize – SoBran, Inc.

Innovation for Impact Prize – SoBran, Inc.

Tell us about the impact your research may make on the world. You could win a free pre-clinical research study valued up to $20,000 and $1,000 in…

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emocha Named to Fast Company 2018 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health | emocha Mobile Health

emocha Named to Fast Company 2018 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health | emocha Mobile Health

emocha, a mobile health company whose video-based technology improves medication adherence, was named among Fast Company’s 2018 Most Innovative Companies. The Baltimore-based startup ranked…

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PitchMasters™ announces 2018 dates, seeks entrepreneurs for pitch presentations: Law Firm, Attorneys – Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia – Shulman Rogers

PitchMasters™ announces 2018 dates, seeks entrepreneurs for pitch presentations: Law Firm, Attorneys – Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia – Shulman Rogers

PitchMasters™, a recently launched event for entrepreneurs preparing to raise their first institutional or ‘A’ round of capital, has announced dates for 2018. The…

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Duo of Oncology Vaccine Pioneers at the National Cancer Institute to Receive 2018 Annual

Duo of Oncology Vaccine Pioneers at the National Cancer Institute to Receive 2018 Annual

The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) announced today that the 2018 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research will be awarded to Douglas…

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Press release – KeyGene’s Directed Genomic Selection Strategies Patent Upheld by European Patent Office after Opposition – Keygene

Press release – KeyGene’s Directed Genomic Selection Strategies Patent Upheld by European Patent Office after Opposition – Keygene

Today, KeyGene announces that its European Patent EP 2813141 entitled ”Directed strategies for improving phenotypic traits”, was upheld after oral proceedings at the European…

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Biotech company celebrates move to new Frederick location -fredericknewspost.com

Biotech company celebrates move to new Frederick location -fredericknewspost.com

Margot Connor has global ambitions for her company, RoosterBio Inc. But she expects that it will stay connected to its Frederick roots. {iframe}https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/biotech-company-celebrates-move-to-new-frederick-location/article_7188a72f-a80a-51c3-9477-59cd794645f6.html{/iframe}

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How TEDCO and the Abell Foundation are quietly building Greater Baltimore’s startup ecosystem – Baltimore Business Journal

How TEDCO and the Abell Foundation are quietly building Greater Baltimore’s startup ecosystem – Baltimore Business Journal

TEDCO and the Abell Foundation are the might and money behind local startups. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/02/23/the-early-investors-laying-the-foundation-for.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search{/iframe}

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CosmosID Brings Biology into the 21st Century – GEN

CosmosID Brings Biology into the 21st Century – GEN

“If an 1890s physicist time-travelled to a physics laboratory today, he would be totally flummoxed. But, if Louis Pasteur were transported to a microbiology…

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Montgomery County Hazardous Use Permit Requirements and Registration Training

Montgomery County Hazardous Use Permit Requirements and Registration Training

DATE AND TIME: Thu, March 8, 2018, 8:15 AM – 12:30 PM EST LOCATION: Germantown Innovation Center, 20271 Goldenrod Lane, 2nd Floor, Germantown, MD…

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The Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices – A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

The Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices – A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland

The Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices is bringing together skilled scientists, medical doctors, health practitioners, and bioengineers who are working to research,…

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