BioHealth News Archive
AstraZeneca spinout bags $250M, pipeline headed by late-phase autoimmune drug – FierceBiotech
AstraZeneca has carved off six inflammation and autoimmune assets to create a new biotech, Viela Bio. The startup put together a $250 million series…
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Maryland weighs new approach to curbing prescription drug costs
A Maryland bill that would make the state a national test case for controlling prescription drug costs has garnered broad legislative support in Annapolis…
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Inova Personalized Health Accelerator Announces Spring Entrepreneur Education Program – Financial news Euroinvestor
The Inova Personalized Health Accelerator (IPHA) announced today that it will expand its free educational program designed to teach first-time healthcare technology entrepreneurs how…
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New technology may protect troops from blast-induced brain injury | EurekAlert! Science News
Researchers from theUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering have developed a new…
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BioBuzz with JHU MoCo
When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Where: Bar Louie 150 Gibbs St Rockville, MD 20850 Join BioBuzz and founding…
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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
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 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
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
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.
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, 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™, 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
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
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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