BioHealth News Archive
3 highlights from the FDA’s year in digital health
The FDA has released a range of decisions regarding the agency's role in regulating digital health technologies since Scott Gottlieb, MD, assumed the role…
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DC Startup News: Tech Startup Funding, Investment in December
In covering the D.C. innovation economy comes the inevitable: funding news. Trust us, there’s a lot of it floating around the D.C. metro area.…
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Geisinger CEO discusses telehealth, precision medicine and more – MedCity News
Dr. David Feinberg has served as president and CEO of Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger since 2015. Previously, he was president of UCLA Health System, CEO…
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| Year in Review: NEA ranks as most active investor in 2017
New Enterprise Associates made the most venture deals for the second year in a row in 2017, with 125 investments totaling $914 million, according…
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Maryland’s Precision Medicine Group Lands $275M – BioSpace
Precision Medicine Group announced it had raised $275 million. The round was led by Berkshire Partners and TPG Growth, with participation from its co-founders…
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USM looks to commercialization to supplement federal research money – Maryland Daily Record
When the University System of Maryland set its strategic plan for the next 10 years in 2010, it hoped to double the system’s externally…
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Sucampo Pharmaceuticals to be acquired by Mallinckrodt in $1.2B deal – Washington Business Journal
Global pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt Plc (NYSE: MNK) has entered an agreement to buy Rockville’s Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP) for $1.2 billion including debt.…
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Merck, China’s WuXi AppTec to Launch Biotech Incubator in Israel – CTech
Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec Group is partnering with Merck Serono, a subsidiary of company Merck KGaA, to launch a pharma and biotech startup…
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Roche’s $1.7B precision medicine acquisition of Ignyta targets cancers with rare mutations – MedCity News
Swiss pharma giant Roche has given itself a pricey holiday gift and deepened its oncology product portfolio with its $1.7 billion acquisition of immuno-oncology business…
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These 12 Baltimore startups got acquired in 2017 – Technical.ly Baltimore
While 2016 was marked by a changing landscape as the city’s tech community expanded into new neighborhoods, 2017 was defined by moves from the…
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Xconomy: Roche Bets $1.7B More on Precision Oncology With Ignyta Deal
In a buyout that marks the latest endorsement for targeted cancer drugs—and, potentially, the increasing utility of broad cancer DNA tests—Roche this morning agreed…
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Sisu is hiring in Baltimore… – Carolyn Yarina on LinkedIn
Sisu is hiring in Baltimore and Ghana. Sisu is a medical device company for emerging markets and these hires will play an integral role…
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NIH Applicant Assistance Program (AAP)
Application deadlines: JANUARY 15, 2018 for New Applications FEBRUARY 5, 2018 for Re-submissions APRIL 5, 2018 for Grant Submission As part of your application,…
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MoCo’s Kings and Queens of the North in Maryland
Life sciences are booming with over 10M SF lab space, Shady Grove is producing a modest mini-city, and the Purple Line is revving its…
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Are phages our best bet against antibiotic-resistant bacteria? – ScienceBlog.com
Bacteriophages, or simply phages, are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, and they hold considerable potential for combatting antibiotic-resistance and other threats to…
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