BioHealth News Archive

Annapolis medical device firm raises $1.5 million seed round – Baltimore Business Journal

Annapolis medical device firm raises $1.5 million seed round – Baltimore Business Journal

An Annapolis firm focused on building medical devices to monitor heart disease has raised $1.5 million to help bring its first product to market.…

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GSK receives FDA approval for a new self-injectable formulation of Benlysta (belimumab) for systemic lupus erythematosus | Antibodies | News Channels

GSK receives FDA approval for a new self-injectable formulation of Benlysta (belimumab) for systemic lupus erythematosus | Antibodies | News Channels

GSK announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new subcutaneous formulation of Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of…

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Leadership and strategic innovation in pharma | McKinsey & Company

Leadership and strategic innovation in pharma | McKinsey & Company

Since 2013, Shire has been stepping up its strategy to become the world’s leading company for people with rare diseases. McKinsey senior partners Martin…

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Elon Musk says he has a green light to build a NY–Philly–Baltimore–DC hyperloop – The Verge

Elon Musk says he has a green light to build a NY–Philly–Baltimore–DC hyperloop – The Verge

Elon Musk just tweeted that his Boring Company tunnel project has received “verbal [government] approval” to build a hyperloop connecting New York City, Philadelphia,…

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UNIV OF MARYLAND WebEx Enterprise Site

UNIV OF MARYLAND WebEx Enterprise Site

Master of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship The University of Maryland’s Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Technology Entrepreneurship educates and empowers students to…

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How UM Ventures helped a biotech startup get acquired in 18 months – Technical.ly Baltimore

How UM Ventures helped a biotech startup get acquired in 18 months – Technical.ly Baltimore

A startup that spun out of research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine was acquired 18 months after forming. In a deal…

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VLP Therapeutics Appoints Jacob Licht as Chief Operating Officer

VLP Therapeutics Appoints Jacob Licht as Chief Operating Officer

VLP Therapeutics, LLC ("VLP"), a biotechnology company focusing on the research and development of therapeutic and preventative vaccines and antibody agents, today announced the…

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Europe has untapped medical innovation – but needs high speed connections to make it work

Europe has untapped medical innovation – but needs high speed connections to make it work

Richard Mason is head of J&J Innovation for the EMEA region, and identifying and investing in the most promising early-stage drug ideas outside the company…

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Are you a US cyber, defense or security technology company looking to expand in the European market?

Are you a US cyber, defense or security technology company looking to expand in the European market?

The Maryland Department of Commerce has an opportunity for you to soft land in the Hague Security Delta (HSD) — the largest security cluster…

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Save the Date: Fewer Than 3 Months Until the 2017 American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference

Save the Date: Fewer Than 3 Months Until the 2017 American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference

The 2017 American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange on October 12th will bring together cybersecurity thought leaders from government and industry and executives from small and  edium-sized businesses (SMB) in a unique…

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Lentigen Technology Inc., a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Acquires University of Maryland, Baltimore CAR-T Cell Start-Up, Living Pharma, Inc.

Lentigen Technology Inc., a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Acquires University of Maryland, Baltimore CAR-T Cell Start-Up, Living Pharma, Inc.

Lentigen Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, announced today its acquisition of immunotherapy start-up Living Pharma, Inc. Eduardo Davila, PhD, Living Pharma…

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Emergent BioSolutions to buy GSK’s anthrax treatment raxibacumab – Pharmaceutical Business Review

Emergent BioSolutions to buy GSK’s anthrax treatment raxibacumab – Pharmaceutical Business Review

Emergent BioSolutions has agreed to acquire GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) anthrax monoclonal antibody, raxibacumab, for around $96m. Raxibacumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody, which secured…

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Emergent Bio buys anthrax biologic raxibacumab from Glaxo for up to $96M – Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) | Seeking Alpha

Emergent Bio buys anthrax biologic raxibacumab from Glaxo for up to $96M – Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) | Seeking Alpha

Emergent Biosystems (NYSE:EBS) inks an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) to acquire raxibacumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody for the treatment and prevention of inhaled…

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OpGen Announces Closing of $10 Million Public Offering – OpGen

OpGen Announces Closing of $10 Million Public Offering – OpGen

OpGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPGN) announces the closing of its previously announced public offering of 18,164,195 units at $0.40 per unit, and 6,835,805 pre-funded units at…

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OMNITEC WINS NIH CONTRACT – Joan Phillips-Holland – Pulse – LinkedIn

OMNITEC WINS NIH CONTRACT – Joan Phillips-Holland – Pulse – LinkedIn

OMNITEC Solutions, Inc.’s Health Services Division will continue and expand their support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health…

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