BioHealth News Archive

Encouraging Life Science Innovation: The Value of Accelerator Programs – Technology Networks

Encouraging Life Science Innovation: The Value of Accelerator Programs – Technology Networks

The road to launching a life science start-up can be a long and difficult one, with founders often struggling to secure funding and manage…

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Sucampo: A Shift Toward Rare Diseases – Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCMP) – Seeking Alpha

Sucampo: A Shift Toward Rare Diseases – Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCMP) – Seeking Alpha

Sucampo’s (NASDAQ:SCMP) share price has been stuck in a range for a considerable time, but the company wasn’t idle - management has been working…

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Innovation Bridge Breakfast Series @ The Rockville Innovation Center

Innovation Bridge Breakfast Series @ The Rockville Innovation Center

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM The MITRE Corporation, BHI, and Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation are pleased to announce…

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Don’t run biomedical science as a business – Nature

Don’t run biomedical science as a business – Nature

As the White House and the US Congress continue to lock horns over President Donald Trump's proposed budget, scientists are once again anxious about…

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Flying Dog Brewery, University of Maryland announce partnership focused on hops production – Baltimore Sun

Flying Dog Brewery, University of Maryland announce partnership focused on hops production – Baltimore Sun

In the craft-beer industry, the majority of hops — the flowers used in production that add bitterness and aroma to the product — come…

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GSK to streamline research in efficiency drive

GSK to streamline research in efficiency drive

GlaxoSmithKline will cut more than 30 drug development programmes and may sell its rare diseases unit, as the FTSE 100 group seeks to inject…

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Mobile Health for Tuberculosis Treatment

Mobile Health for Tuberculosis Treatment

The day after emocha® Mobile Health, Inc., launched in 2013, CEO Sebastian Seiguer (pronounced SAY-ger) heard about a 3-year-old tuberculosis (TB) patient being treated…

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The Startling History Behind Merck’s New Cancer Blockbuster

The Startling History Behind Merck’s New Cancer Blockbuster

No area is hotter or attracting more dollars in pharma than immuno-oncology–the idea of harnessing the immune system to fight cancer. My fellow Forbes…

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Emergent BioSolutions Secures Exclusive Worldwide Rights to Valneva’s Zika Vaccine Technology – NASDAQ.com

Emergent BioSolutions Secures Exclusive Worldwide Rights to Valneva’s Zika Vaccine Technology – NASDAQ.com

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced a licensing agreement with Valneva SE for global exclusive rights to Valneva's Zika vaccine technology, ZIKV. Emergent and…

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IonQ Raises $20M Series B Round Led By NEA, GV To Advance Quantum Computing For Commercial

IonQ Raises $20M Series B Round Led By NEA, GV To Advance Quantum Computing For Commercial

IonQ, an early-stage company developing quantum computing for commercial applications, today announced completion of a $20 million series B round led by New Enterprise…

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A Better Way to Design Clinical Trials | INSEAD Knowledge

A Better Way to Design Clinical Trials | INSEAD Knowledge

A new type of trial design can help the healthcare industry bring beneficial therapies to patients sooner and stop researching inferior ones earlier. Value…

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5th Pediatric Device Symposium – Organized by Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation

5th Pediatric Device Symposium – Organized by Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation

Calling All Medical Device Innovators! We are now accepting proposals for our annual $250K pediatric medical device pitch competition. Up to six innovations will…

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TO Health!

TO Health!

About the Cluster Action Plan TOHealth! brought together diverse participants from Human Health and Sciences ecosystem in the Toronto region to develop Ontario’s first…

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And the 2017 Prix Galien USA Nominees are …

And the 2017 Prix Galien USA Nominees are …

The Galien Foundation announced today the 2017 Annual Prix Galien USA Awards Nominees. Worldwide regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in biopharmaceutical…

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Canaan unveils $800M fund for fresh wave of biotech bets – FierceBiotech

Canaan unveils $800M fund for fresh wave of biotech bets – FierceBiotech

Canaan has put together an $800 million investment fund. The fund positions Canaan to place a fresh round of bets on early-stage biotechs, continuing…

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