BioHealth News Archive

WIB-DC/Baltimore Presents: “Honing Communication Skills for Better Leadership,” July 27, 2017

WIB-DC/Baltimore Presents: “Honing Communication Skills for Better Leadership,” July 27, 2017

What if you could really understand what someone wanted? What if by asking the right questions and listening to the words another person uses,…

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Y Combinator: betting on biotech, adding new partner

Y Combinator: betting on biotech, adding new partner

Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's best known start-up accelerator, thinks it has found a new type of biotechnology start-up. Life-sciences companies come with a high…

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NIH SBIR AND STTR OMNIBUS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 05, 2017 02:00 PM

NIH SBIR AND STTR OMNIBUS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 05, 2017 02:00 PM

The next NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Omnibus funding opportunity deadline is September 5, 2017. The National…

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MICA’s new product design program shows how art school is becoming entrepreneurial – Technical.ly Baltimore

MICA’s new product design program shows how art school is becoming entrepreneurial – Technical.ly Baltimore

Along with training artists, MICA is showing more desire to educate students in creating business opportunities with their work. That’s evident in community facing events,…

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Roche buys diabetes app firm in digital health push – Reuters

Roche buys diabetes app firm in digital health push – Reuters

Roche has bought Vienna-based diabetes management platform mySugr for an undisclosed price, the Swiss drugmaker said on Friday, joining a crowd of companies expanding…

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Career Opportunity: Director, Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) – University of Maryland

Career Opportunity: Director, Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) – University of Maryland

The University of Maryland seeks a dynamic, forward-thinking individual to lead the newly-renamed Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC). The OIC is charged with…

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MA Gov proposes $500M for life sciences – SSTI

MA Gov proposes $500M for life sciences – SSTI

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a legislative proposal that would provide $500 million over five years for the life sciences sector, extending the state’s…

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Leggett Launches Business Portal –  Montgomery Community Media

Leggett Launches Business Portal – Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will be joined by County Council President Roger Berliner, members of the County Executive’s Economic Advisory Group and representatives…

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Three Steps to Winning Business Plan Competitions | Inc.com

Three Steps to Winning Business Plan Competitions | Inc.com

I founded my healthcare technology company, ClickMedix, while I was a graduate student at MIT's Development Ventures class. Our mission is to improve the…

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Pennsylvania Health Secretary will become Geisinger’s head of innovation – FierceHealthcare

Pennsylvania Health Secretary will become Geisinger’s head of innovation – FierceHealthcare

The Secretary of Health in Pennsylvania will leave the state to join the executive team at Geisinger Health System. Karen Murphy, R.N., Ph.D., has…

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CANCER PROGRESS 2017 WHITE PAPER

CANCER PROGRESS 2017 WHITE PAPER

On March 7- 8, 2017, Defined Health convened the 28th annual Cancer Progress meeting in New York City. Since 1985, Cancer Progress has served…

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National Institute on Drug Abuse Funds New Adherence Technology for Opioid Addiction

National Institute on Drug Abuse Funds New Adherence Technology for Opioid Addiction

emocha Mobile Health, a Baltimore-based startup company focused on medication adherence, today announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research award…

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NIH names winners of “Follow that Cell” Phase 2 competition – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH names winners of “Follow that Cell” Phase 2 competition – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The National Institutes of Health has named two biological engineering researchers as winners in Phase 2 of its Follow that Cell Challenge. The winners…

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Cybersecurity: Tech VCs Launch $100M Cloudflare Startup Fund – Fortune.com

Cybersecurity: Tech VCs Launch $100M Cloudflare Startup Fund – Fortune.com

New Enterprise Associates, Venrock, and Pelion Venture Partners—all early investors in Internet company Cloudflare—are now ponying up $100 million to fund startups that build…

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NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for June 23, 2017

NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for June 23, 2017

Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…

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