BioHealth News Archive

Pfizer and Drexel develop Minecraft-like game to help young hemophiliacs and caregivers – MedCity News

Pfizer and Drexel develop Minecraft-like game to help young hemophiliacs and caregivers – MedCity News

Pfizer’s interest in developing innovative ways to solve some of the current challenges with healthcare have spanned drug development to early detection of Alzheimer’s…

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TEDCO names Francis Smyth as board chair – Baltimore Business Journal

TEDCO names Francis Smyth as board chair – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland Technology Development Corp.'s board of directors elected four new executive officers, including a new chairman. Francis Smyth, CEO Century Engineering, has been named…

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Marriott collaborates with Accenture and Incubator 1776 on Travel Experiences startup | The Drum

Marriott collaborates with Accenture and Incubator 1776 on Travel Experiences startup | The Drum

Marriott is branching out from hotels into the world of travel experiences in an innovative collaboration between Accenture and Incubator 1776. The Travel Experience…

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Women Building Bio: XX Factor 2017 – Fostering and educating advocates for biotechnology

Women Building Bio: XX Factor 2017 – Fostering and educating advocates for biotechnology

Women Building Bio: the XX factor is a day long conference to recognize and learn from leading women in the bioscience industry as pioneers…

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GlaxoSmithKline stops development of 30 pipeline prospects, mulls sale of rare disease unit as new CEO Walmsley makes her mark | FierceBiotech

GlaxoSmithKline stops development of 30 pipeline prospects, mulls sale of rare disease unit as new CEO Walmsley makes her mark | FierceBiotech

GlaxoSmithKline is scrapping more than 30 drug development programs. The major cull of pipeline prospects will see GSK focus 80% of its R&D budget…

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Inova Personalized Health Accelerator Names Michael Thomas as Director – Markets Insider

Inova Personalized Health Accelerator Names Michael Thomas as Director – Markets Insider

The Inova Personalized Health Accelerator (IPHA) announced today that health and biosciences industry veteran Michael Thomas has been appointed Director of the Accelerator. Prior…

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Techweek : Announces Techweek :100 Washington D.C. 2017 List

Techweek : Announces Techweek :100 Washington D.C. 2017 List

In the run up to the inaugural Techweek Washington D.C., presented this year by AARP and held Oct. 2-6, Techweek today announced the Techweek100,…

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Hopkins entrepreneurs, alums land on Baltimore ’40 Under 40′ list – Hub

Hopkins entrepreneurs, alums land on Baltimore ’40 Under 40′ list – Hub

A number of local movers and shakers with ties to Johns Hopkins have landed on the "40 Under 40" list published by the Baltimore…

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Inova Personalized Health Accelerator Names Michael Thomas as Director

Inova Personalized Health Accelerator Names Michael Thomas as Director

The Inova Personalized Health Accelerator (IPHA) announced today that health and biosciences industry veteran Michael Thomas has been appointed Director of the Accelerator. Prior…

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RegenxBio to Acquire Dimension Tx in Combo of Gene Therapy Companies – Xconomy

RegenxBio to Acquire Dimension Tx in Combo of Gene Therapy Companies – Xconomy

Dimension Therapeutics has agreed to be acquired by RegenxBio, the gene therapy developer that originally helped form the company four years ago. RegenxBio (NASDAQ:…

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Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of the Academic Biomedical Research Community: Protecting the Nation’s Investment | The National Academies Press

Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of the Academic Biomedical Research Community: Protecting the Nation’s Investment | The National Academies Press

The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and scientific progress. Academic research institutions are drivers of economic development in…

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Federal Labs: 2018 FLC Awards Open For Nominations

Federal Labs: 2018 FLC Awards Open For Nominations

The 2018 FLC Awards is now open for nominations.  One of the most coveted honors in the technology transfer field, the FLC awards have…

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MediMap Pre-Registration for Special Events – Inova

MediMap Pre-Registration for Special Events – Inova

Inova Genomics Laboratory is thrilled to offer you our exclusive MediMap® PGx (pharmacogenomics) panel – as well as tests for up to two family…

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Merck launches €20m Israel electronics incubator

Merck launches €20m Israel electronics incubator

The PMatX Yavne incubator will serve Israeli startups and focus on next-generation electronics and advanced materials. German pharmaceutical, life sciences and chemicals giant Merck…

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Report: NYC’s life science facilities at full occupancy – Real Estate Weekly

Report: NYC’s life science facilities at full occupancy – Real Estate Weekly

New York City’s existing 1.7 million s/f of life science and research space is currently fully occupied, pushing companies to establish outposts in Westchester…

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