BioHealth News Archive
New York City is positioning itself as a life sciences hub | Building Design + Construction
Developers Taconic Investment Partners and Silverstein Properties are spending $20 million to renovate the 326,861-sf Movie Lab building in Midtown Manhattan for life science…
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Why Children’s National Medical Center is hosting a Silicon Valley symposium – Washington Business Journal
After holding it in the District for years, the health system is packing up and taking its annual symposium across the country. {iframe}https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/09/12/why-childrens-national-is-hosting-its-annual.html{/iframe}
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Producing cures, Emergent BioSolutions works to protect people around the world – YouTube
Emergent Biosolutions produces cures in Downtown Baltimore for cancer patients, troops and stockpiles in case of a chemical attack. {iframe}https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQ_lqQ-o4Y{/iframe}
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Maryland firm acquires Johns Hopkins startup Fractal Technology – Technical.ly Baltimore
Fractal Technology, a startup founded at Johns Hopkins, was recently acquired by Annapolis Junction–based Sunayu, according to the cofounders. {iframe}https://technical.ly/baltimore/2017/09/12/fractal-technology-sunayu-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Baltimore%20Editorial%20Email&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=56232268&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9SHylfubMC7Rb8QqZP4cD_HAWiRYbElid6hfcKg73Qzbe9-6lbDHLwpGRmI7VJW903kWRAJUoymTBNYdre1ki6Q7EJ_g&_hsmi=56232268{/iframe}
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Producing cures, Emergent BioSolutions works to protect people around the world – Longform story
Threats come in all sizes, some so small you can't see. The damage, however can be catastrophic. Emergent BioSolutions creates remedies for diseases like cancer…
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Hopkins, Maryland, UMBC ranked among top colleges by U.S. News and World Report – Baltimore Sun
The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, College Park were ranked among the top tier in the U.S. News and World Report…
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Qiagen, Angle to Comarket Liquid Biopsy Technologies | GenomeWeb
UK-based liquid biopsy firm Angle said today that it has inked a comarketing agreement with Qiagen for circulating tumor cell (CTC) technology. {iframe}https://www.genomeweb.com/business-news/qiagen-angle-comarket-liquid-biopsy-technologies{/iframe}
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What Does It Cost to Create a Cancer Drug? Less Than You’d Think – The New York Times
What does it really cost to bring a drug to market? The question is central to the debate over rising health care costs and…
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A $12 Billion Takeover Says That Gene Therapy Cancer Cures Are Big Business – MIT Technology Review
Pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences has just put up a cool $11.9 billion to acquire Kite Pharma, which has developed a genetic engineering approach for…
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The growth imperative for medical-device companies – McKinsey & Company
Every year, as part of their strategic planning, executives’ minds turn to setting performance targets—and then achieving them. In so doing, those at medical-device…
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Does Your Genome Predict Your Face? Not Quite Yet – MIT Technology Review
On Monday, the California gene-hunting company Human Longevity published a paper making the bold claim that it can identify individuals using their genomes to…
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Quantum Dots Light Up Tumors Brighter Than Ever Before – Medgadget
Scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) in San Diego, California have devised a way to optically image tumors with unprecedented…
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Finalists selected for $250K pediatric medical device competition – 5th Pediatric Device Symposium
The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) is pleased to announce the 12 finalists selected to pitch their pediatric medical device innovation…
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Can Craig Venter really predict what your look like from your DNA?
Can genomics wizards make an informed guesstimate on what a person looks like, based on his or her DNA? J. Craig Venter sure thinks so,…
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CEO Corner Video with BHI CEO Rich Bendis – #MOCO365
BioHealth Innovation CEO, Richard Bendis discusses with Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation for #MOCO365 how BioHealth Innovation helps accelerate the growth of life science…
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