BioHealth News Archive
NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge and Small Market Award LOI Due
Apply for up to $3M to support continued development of your Phase II SBIR or STTR-funded heart, lung, blood, or sleep technology requiring approval…
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Retinal imager developer Vasoptic Medical raises $1.5m – MassDevice
Portable retinal imager developer Vasoptic Medical raised $1.5 million in a new round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing posted last week. The…
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BD Announces Appointment of Tom Polen as President
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the appointment of Tom Polen, 43, as president of…
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Becton Dickinson to acquire Bard for $24 billion
U.S. medical equipment supplier Becton Dickinson and Co will acquire C R Bard Inc, in a $24 billion cash-and-stock deal, adding Bard's devices to…
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No Dampening Their Commitment to Science – The Chronicle of Higher Education
John Kilbourne, professor at Grand Valley State U., in Allendale, Mich., came to the March for Science in Washington, D.C., dressed as Galileo, the…
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For many at Johns Hopkins, the defense of science is a cause they can rally behind – Hub
When Johns Hopkins oncologist Drew Pardoll first heard about the plans for Saturday's March for Science in Washington, D.C., he knew immediately that he…
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Immunomic Therapeutics Announces Winner of Cancer Discovery Incubator Award | Business Wire
Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately held, Maryland-based biotechnology company, is pleased to announce the winner of their Cancer Discovery Incubator Award, Midissia Therapeutics…
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Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board Issues Recommendations to Accelerate State’s Biohealth Industry – Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA)
The Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board (LSAB) today announced a series of strategic recommendations to grow Maryland’s biohealth industry and position the state as…
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TEDCO launches $1M fund to help Maryland startups bridge the ‘funding gap’ – Baltimore Business Journal
The Maryland Technology Development Corp. is launching a $1 million fund to help technology startup firms cover the gap between seed funding and venture…
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G1 goes for $115m IPO · Articles · Global University Venturing
G1 Therapeutics, an oncology therapy developer spun out of North Carolina University. has filed for a $115m initial public offering that will provide an…
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Department of Defense (DOD) – Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Web Portal
The DOD SBIR 17.2 and the STTR 17.B Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) have been pre-released on the DOD SBIR/STTR Small Business Portal. You may…
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Senator Van Hollen speaks at Biohealth Forum – WHAG-TV
The Biohealth Capital Region Forum continued Thursday in Gaithersburg where guests heard from Senator Chris Van Hollen. One of the topics of the…
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March for Science events happening Saturday around the world
Evan Savage, one of the organizers of Saturday’s March for Science in Toronto, looks at what’s happening south of the border in the U.S.…
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TEDCO has new money to close your startup’s funding gap – Technical.ly Baltimore
TEDCO has new funding for startups who are past the seed funding stage but not quite ready for VCs. Maryland’s quasi-public agency that helps early-stage companies…
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Is diabetes the world’s most connected health condition?
The world marks January 11 as the 95th anniversary of the date that insulin was first used in humans to treat diabetes. Since then…
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