BioHealth News Archive
Johns Hopkins wins $16 million contract to find ways to optimize antibiotic prescribing
Superbugs are causing a super problem in health care, but combating these drug-resistant bacteria presents quite a challenge. Many antibiotic prescriptions administered in the…
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Three Innovation Awards Reward UMB Researchers, UM Venture Company – UM Ventures
Two University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) researchers and a UM Venture startup company stemming from the University’s tech transfer efforts received financial awards to…
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Constipation Drug Labeling Updated to Warn of Syncope, Hypotension – MPR
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Amitiza (lubiprostone; Sucampo and Takeda) for the addition of…
Read More7 Regional Hotbeds For Cybersecurity Innovation – Washington DC Region Listed
As cybersecurity becomes more of an imperative for individuals and organizations, several regions in the US are investing money and efforts in security innovation.…
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Prix Galien USA – Thursday, October 27th, 2016
THE 7TH GALIEN FORUM EVENT: The 2016 Galien Forum will take place on the morning of October 27th, 2016, and will feature round table…
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Undergraduate Open House
Your search ends at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), where nine top Maryland universities bring 40 of their best degree programs to…
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Graduate Open House
Your search ends at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), where nine top Maryland universities bring 40 of their best degree programs to…
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Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) picks Montgomery County as location of new office – Washington Business Journal
Marriott International Inc. has selected downtown Bethesda as the site of its new headquarters. Exactly where is still to be determined. The hospitality giant…
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Research consortium building scaffolding for Precision Medicine Initiative’s All of Us – MedCity News
On Jan. 20, 2015, about 30 minutes into his State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama said the words that would set in motion…
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Johns Hopkins engineering school receives $15M gift, creates new scholars program – Baltimore Business Journal
The Clark Charitable Foundation gifted Johns Hopkins University $15 million to provide financial aid and create a new academic program for undergraduate engineering students.…
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CosmosID Announces Oncobiome Partnership With The White House Cancer Moonshot Initiative – TheStreet
Today CosmosID announced participation in Vice President Biden's National Cancer Moonshot, which aims to accelerate progress in preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. CosmosID will provide…
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SHARE For Cures Joins Cancer Moonshot Initiative to Study Immunotherapy
As part of the White House's Cancer Moonshot Initiative, today, SHARE For Cures (www.SHAREForCures.org) launched a technology platform and study aimed to gather a…
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Vertex, CF Foundation Therapeutics Expand R&D Collaboration – GEN
Vertex says it has updated an R&D collaboration with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT) stretching back more than a decade. Under the updated Research,…
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Big data on campus – CIO
Facing federal and state pressure to raise retention and graduation rates, dozens of colleges and universities are developing analytics tools to help students make…
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These are the top 10 life sciences VC deals in Q3 – MedCity News
PricewaterhouseCoopers published its quarterly MoneyTree Report Friday showing that startups of all stripes garnered a total of $10.6 billion through 891 deals nationwide. However, the…
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