BioHealth News Archive

Business Pulse Poll: Does the region need another business group? – Washington Business Journal

Business Pulse Poll: Does the region need another business group? – Washington Business Journal

Russ Ramsey, Peter Scher and Ted Leonsis have joined with 14 other CEOs to create the Greater Washington Partnership to boost the regional economy…

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How Geisinger Health System Uses Big Data to Save Lives

How Geisinger Health System Uses Big Data to Save Lives

Major industries from retail to aeronautics are leveraging big data. But despite the abundance of data in healthcare, and the clear promise of big-data…

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THIS early stage investor wants to hear from you! – Ethel Rubin – LinkedIn

THIS early stage investor wants to hear from you! – Ethel Rubin – LinkedIn

Few people realize that the world's biggest early stage investment fund in the NIH. Unlike most investors, every penny you get, if you should…

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8 technologies that will transform healthcare in 2017 and beyond – MedCity News

8 technologies that will transform healthcare in 2017 and beyond – MedCity News

While technology is no silver bullet able to solve all that ails the healthcare industry, it has always been part and parcel of any…

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Immunomic Therapeutics Announces Board Addition

Immunomic Therapeutics Announces Board Addition

Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a privately-held, Maryland-based biotechnology company, announces that C. Eric Winzer, M.B.A., currently serving Immunomic as Chief Financial Officer, will join…

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Inova Health System debuts venture arm and an accelerator – PE Hub

Inova Health System debuts venture arm and an accelerator – PE Hub

The Inova Health System have launched Inova Strategic Investments and the Inova Personalized Health Accelerator. Inova Strategic Investments will invest in healthcare venture funds…

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Useful Stats: 50 State Table Reveals University R&D Change Over Five Years | SSTI

Useful Stats: 50 State Table Reveals University R&D Change Over Five Years | SSTI

Nearly half of the U.S. states and the District of Columbia saw a 10 percent or greater increase in higher education R&D expenditures from…

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New York Investing $550 Million in Life Sciences Through 10-year Initiative – SSTI

New York Investing $550 Million in Life Sciences Through 10-year Initiative – SSTI

Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a new initiative this week to grow the life science research cluster throughout the state, pledging $550 million through a…

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Rice Business Plan Competition | Rice University

Rice Business Plan Competition | Rice University

Looking for the world's best university startups! $1,500,000 in PRIZES 42 Startup Teams will be invited to compete in front of hundreds of investors,…

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Mike Psarouthakis to lead Venture Center – Office of Technology Transfer – University of Michigan

Mike Psarouthakis to lead Venture Center – Office of Technology Transfer – University of Michigan

After a national search, Mike Psarouthakis has been selected as the new director of the U-M Tech Transfer Venture Center.  The Venture Center is…

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Genomenon Completes $1.8 million Extended Seed Round – Office of Technology Transfer – University of Michigan

Genomenon Completes $1.8 million Extended Seed Round – Office of Technology Transfer – University of Michigan

Genomenon Inc., a DNA interpretation software company launched from the University of Michigan in FY 2015, recently announced the completion of its extended seed…

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Should Big Pharma spend more on marketing than R&D? – MedCity News

Should Big Pharma spend more on marketing than R&D? – MedCity News

Nineteen. That’s the number of new drugs approved by the FDA thus far in 2016. With just over two weeks to go, there is…

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No Olympics? No problem. Washington CEOs decide to rebuild region anyway. – The Washington Post

No Olympics? No problem. Washington CEOs decide to rebuild region anyway. – The Washington Post

In their bid to host the 2024 Olympics, Washington business leaders plotted a transformation of the region into a more accessible, economically powerful and…

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What the U.S. map should really look like – The Washington Post

What the U.S. map should really look like – The Washington Post

State boundaries matter for all sorts of reasons. The state you live in determined how much your vote counted in the 2016 election. It shapes what…

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Russ Ramsey announces formation of Greater Washington Partnership – Washington Business Journal

Russ Ramsey announces formation of Greater Washington Partnership – Washington Business Journal

A group of 17 high-powered CEOs led by Russ Ramsey, Ted Leonsis and Peter Scher are forming a new organization aimed at spurring economic…

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