BioHealth News Archive
How CoapTech turned a feeding tube innovation into a company – Technical.ly Baltimore
With CoapTech, Steven Tropello and Howard Carolan are working on new technology for replacing patients’ feeding tubes. The approach, called Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy, or PUG,…
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Kendall Square’s boarding school for biotechs – MedCity News
It’s hard to get excited about a biotech shared-space in 2016. Four years ago, it was an exciting and rapidly diversifying field. Now incubators…
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Call for nominations! Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Maryland
Honoring those who see past the present to define the future The future is not granted. It is born from the imagination of entrepreneurs.…
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Prescription drug market could hit $1.5 trillion by 2021 – MedCity News
Despite a recent tapering of year-on-year growth, the global market for prescription drugs is forecast to reach $1.5 trillion per year by 2021, a…
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Ascension Ventures Finalizes Fourth Strategic Healthcare Venture Fund with Expanded Limited Partner Base
Ascension Ventures (AV) has finalized its latest strategic venture capital fund at $255 million. This fourth fund for AV, CHV IV, L.P., brings the…
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The Embarrassing, Destructive Fight over Biotech’s Big Breakthrough – Scientific American
A defining moment in modern biology occurred on July 24, 1978, when biotechnology pioneer Robert Swanson, who had recently co-founded Genentech, brought two young…
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Inova Names Milton L. Brown, MD, PhD, Director of the New Inova Center for Drug Discovery and
Inova announced today that Milton L. Brown, MD, PhD, has joined Inova where he will serve as director of the new Inova Center for…
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Regulatory Explainer: 21st Century Cures Redux and What it Will Mean for FDA – RAPS
Lingering for more than two years, the revamped 21st Century Cures bill, unveiled in late November, has now been approved by the House and…
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Ex-Google Ventures CEO raising $230M healthcare fund – MedCity News
Entrepreneurs can’t sit still for long. Four months after announcing his departure from Google Ventures (now GV), which he cofounded and led, Bill Maris is…
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AbbVie and Johns Hopkins to Collaborate on Cancer Research
AbbVie (ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine today announced that they signed a five-year collaboration agreement with…
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Trump will move to jumpstart FDA drug approval process – Washington Examiner
President-elect Trump didn't talk a lot about the Food and Drug Administration while he was on the campaign trail, but judging from what he…
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BioBuzz Announces Partnership with The City of Frederick Department of Economic Development and BioBeers – citybizlist: Washington DC
BioBuzz Workforce Foundation, Inc., a social community organization whose mission is to build a more connected bioscience industry in the region, today announced a…
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WorkSource Montgomery to Help Better Prepare Workers for Careers in IT and Cybersecurity – Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
WorkSource Montgomery, Inc., the workforce development resource for Montgomery County businesses and career seekers, is collaborating with Montgomery College, which will serve as the…
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A Few Billionaires Are Turning Medical Philanthropy on Its Head – Bloomberg
Sean Parker decided to take on cancer by throwing so many deep-rooted basics of research tradition out the window that he very nearly drove…
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Johnson & Johnson Announces Launch of Africa Innovation Challenge to Support Continent’s Entrepreneurs and Develop Local Consumer Health Solutions | SAT Press Releases
As part of its longstanding commitment to Africa, Johnson & Johnson today announced the launch of the Africa Innovation Challenge, an initiative to support…
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