BioHealth News Archive
NCI to Build New Research Lab on JHU Montgomery County Campus – News – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus
The National Cancer Institute has picked the Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus as the site for a new laboratory building for its epidemiology and…
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Fledgling biotech Vtesse in $200M buyout from struggling Sucampo – FierceBiotech
Despite only coming into life two years ago, Pfizer and NEA-backed upstart Vtesse has already seen its rare disease candidate VTS-270, for Niemann-Pick disease…
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Tagrisso Gains Regular FDA Approval for NSCLC – MPR
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tagrisso (osimertinib; AstraZeneca) for the treatment of patients with metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutation-positive non-small cell…
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Silver Spring-based United Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: UTHR) loses rules in challenge against drug patent – Washington Business Journal
Silver Spring-based biotech United Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: UTHR) lost a recent challenge to one of its lead patents for its flagship drugs. The U.S.…
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HHS secretary proposes cutting reimbursements that fund university-based research
When President Trump proposed a cut of nearly 20 percent in support for the National Institutes of Health, many wondered how the administration would even…
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Qiagen Exclusively Licenses AR-V7 Detection Method From Johns Hopkins – GenomeWeb
Qiagen said Friday after the close of the market that it has acquired an exclusive worldwide license from Johns Hopkins University for detection of…
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Canopy Biosciences Acquires Rights to New Johns Hopkins, WUSTL Gene-Editing Tech – GenomeWeb
Research tools developer Canopy Biosciences announced today that it has exclusively licensed a novel gene-editing technology from Washington University in St. Louis and Johns…
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Independence’s digital health partnership provides seed capital to first company – IBX Newsroom
Independence Health Group, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. have given a $150,000 seed investment to VitalTrax. This is…
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The applied value of public investments in biomedical research – Science
Scientists and policy-makers have long argued that public investments in science have practical applications. Using data on patents linked to U.S. National Institutes of…
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This Johns Hopkins startup has a new way to regrow soft tissue – Technical.ly Baltimore
Doctors can rebuild parts of the body that have been damaged, but they need soft tissue to do it. Whether it’s facial reconstruction after…
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Join us in Baltimore at IMET for Startup CFO
When: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT Add to Calendar Where: Harbor Launch @ IMET 701 E Pratt St…
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Emergent BioSolutions Signs $53 Million Modification to BARDA Contract for the Manufacture of Botulism Antitoxin
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) today announced that it has signed a modification to its contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)…
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Roche Rolls On With 2 Wins At FDA This Week – Roche Holding Ltd ADR – Seeking Alpha
It's a bit of a strange world when a company growing at perhaps 5% per year, with downside risks, trades at 23X TTM EPS…
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NASA pledges $87.5 million to continue research partnership with colleges including UMBC, UMD – Baltimore Sun
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will spend $87.5 million over the next five years to continue a research partnership with the University of…
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University System of Maryland seeks $25m for Momentum – Global University Venturing
The US-based University System of Maryland has set up a $25m fund called Maryland Momentum Fund to support startups formed within the system’s 12…
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