BioHealth News Archive
WIB-Capital Region Presents “Hot Topics – Gene Therapy” October 11, 2017
Gene therapy is at the forefront of preventative and therapeutic technologies targeting diseases that have no other cures. Join us as two leading gene…
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Rhythm Pharma IPO goes over the top, snags $120M in latest sign the biotech window is wide open – ENDPOINTS NEWS
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals $RYTM became the latest biotech to tap into a buoyant market, raising $120 million in an IPO that went over the range…
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Study: DC-area ranks 10th in venture investment – Technical.ly DC
We know from following the Rise of the Rest that D.C. isn’t in the top three for metros venture capital investments, but a new…
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CIT Announces FY2018 Solicitation for Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund
The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced today the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) Request for Proposals (RFP) for FY2018. {iframe}https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/10/05/1141562/0/en/CIT-Announces-FY2018-Solicitation-for-Commonwealth-Research-Commercialization-Fund.html{/iframe}
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TEDCO awards $1 million for stem cell projects – Maryland Daily Record
TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, awarded four recipients more than $1 million for stem cell research for validation and commercialization of products. LifeSprout…
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Hopkins Tech Ventures to expand FastForward incubator program for university students – Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures is expanding its entrepreneurship and incubation services for university students. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/10/05/hopkins-tech-ventures-to-expand-fastforward.html{/iframe}
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Meet DC’s newest incubator: Accelspace – Technical.ly DC
What happens to startups when they’ve outgrown coworking, but aren’t ready a whole office suite? There’s an incubator for that. Accelspace is #dctech’s latest…
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University of Maryland receives $219.5M gift from Clark Foundation, largest in school’s history – Baltimore Business Journal
The University of Maryland will receive a $219.5 million donation from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation created by the late contracting…
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Emergent BioSolutions Awarded U.S. Department of State Contract Valued at Up to $25 Million to Supply Nerve Agent Antidote Auto-Injector NYSE:EBS
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at up to approximately $25 million by the U.S. Department…
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Rock Health: 16% of digital health companies funded in Q3 2017 led by women – MedCity News
A digital health report from Rock Health showed that women-led companies and geographic diversity continued to build in the third quarter. In the three…
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The Geographic Concentration of Venture Capital – CityLab
When it comes to high-tech startups, we hear a lot about the so-called “rise of the rest.” As the nation’s leading centers of high-tech…
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Qiagen achieves ISO certification for state-of-the-art quality in forensics
Qiagen has announced that its manufacturing and supply chain for consumables and other products for forensic and human identity testing has been certified by…
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Universities key to regional cooperation among Md., D.C. and Va. – Baltimore Sun
Despite the jurisdictional posturing in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. over a possible Amazon headquarters, a new FBI building or a national football stadium,…
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BioMarker Strategies Announces Phase I National Cancer Institute Grant to Develop Companion Diagnostic to Identify Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Who Are Most Likely to Respond to Treatment with Cetuximab | Business Wire
BioMarker Strategies, LLC today announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the Company a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant…
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NEBGH President & CEO Laurel Pickering to Join Leading Digital Health Company, WellDoc, as Chief Revenue Officer
WellDoc®, a leading digital health company, announced today the appointment of Laurel Pickering, president and CEO of Northeast Business Group on Health (NEBGH), as…
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