BioHealth News Archive
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong eyes health care role under Trump
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, an audacious biotech billionaire who has pledged to “solve health care,” has been in talks with the Trump administration about the possibility of…
Read MoreYou Don’t Need to Be Superwoman to Succeed in STEM – The Chronicle of Higher Education
A few weeks before I began my freshman year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I received an official- looking envelope from a student…
Read MoreMdBio Foundation to Unveil Nation’s Largest, Most Advanced Mobile STEM Lab
The MdBio Foundation, a non-profit that provides STEM education and workforce development to underserved communities, will unveil its new mobile laboratory, the Mobile eXploration…
Read MoreKeep your texts private in Trump’s America (and everywhere else, too)
So, here we are: With a new president come new concerns over surveillance powers that could so forcefully bite us in the ass. The…
Read MoreHere Are the Details of Trump’s Governmentwide Hiring Freeze – Management – GovExec.com
President Donald Trump’s hiring freeze will last only as long as it takes his administration to come up with an alternative attrition plan, according…
Read MoreRequest for Information (RFI): NHLBI Translational Research
NHLBI seeks to facilitate and accelerate the development of new clinical interventions by bridging the gaps between mechanistic, discovery, and early translational research. This…
Read MorePsyadon Announces Positive Results from Phase 2b Clinical Study of Ecopipam for the Treatment of Tourette’s Syndrome in Children
Psyadon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders, announced today that its lead product -- ecopipam -- produced significant…
Read MoreMedTech Innovator Applications Are Open! | Medgadget
The premiere medical technology start-up competition has just announced they are accepting applications for their next batch of world changing companies. Medgadget had the…
Read MoreEU-USA Research Collaboration and Funding Opportunities in Horizon 2020, the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
Horizon 2020 is the European Union's largest research and innovation initiative, with nearly €80 billion in funding allocated for over seven years. The program…
Read MoreNIH Director Francis Collins to Stay On under Trump, for Now – Scientific American
Dr. Francis Collins is being held over as the director of the National Institutes of Health by the Trump administration, his office announced Thursday…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s first 100 days, and beyond, for biopharma – FierceBiotech
As Donald Trump is sworn into office today, we look at what the next 100 days and indeed the next four years could mean…
Read MoreMachfu Increases Offering to $1.5 Million
Machfu Inc., a technology solutions company based in Germantown, filed to raise an added $1 million in private equity and extend the life of…
Read MoreAbbVie and Johns Hopkins to Collaborate on Cancer Research – JHTV
AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine today announced that they signed a five-year collaboration agreement with the…
Read MoreCalifornia stem cell agency has funded just a trickle of clinical trials
It’s been more than a decade since California launched an unprecedented experiment in medical research by direct democracy, when voters created a $3 billion…
Read MoreCheck out these photos of the new Johns Hopkins incubator in East Baltimore – Technical.ly Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures released photos of a new incubator space that’s set to open later this year. FastForward 1812 is located within 1812…
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