BioHealth News Archive
Science of Beer at IBBR with Flying Dog Brewing
BioBuzz and Elite Sponsor the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) are excited to announce a special event that lands right in the middle…
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Emergent BioSolutions Gets $199M HHS Funds to Mature Anthrax Vaccine Candidate
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Emergent BioSolutions a five-year, $198.7 million contract to further mature the development of an anthrax…
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An Ambitious Science Hub’s New Leader Explains Its Bid to Find All Cures – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook, and his wife, the pediatrician Priscilla Chan, announced plans last month to spend $3 billion over the next…
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AstraZeneca signs drug deal with Allergan – Digitallook.com
AstraZeneca’s global biologics research and development arm MedImmune has entered into a licensing agreement with Allergan for the global rights to MEDI2070, which is…
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2017 FLC AWARDS – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The 2017 FLC Awards is now open for nominations. One of the most coveted honors in the technology transfer field, the FLC Awards have…
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Strategic partnership between UMD, University of Maryland, Baltimore takes effect today – The Diamondback
Maryland lawmakers voted in March to unite the University of Maryland and the University of Maryland, Baltimore. This legislation, which aims to increase the prestige of…
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Tissue Analytics, founded by two Johns Hopkins graduates, takes top prize at Beta City pitch competition
A mobile health company with Johns Hopkins roots earned the $50,000 top prize Thursday at Beta City’s daylong startup showcase and pitch competition in…
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Hopkins FastForward incubator to move from Stieff Silver to R. House – Baltimore Sun
Johns Hopkins University will relocate its original FastForward business incubator in April from the Stieff Silver building near the university's Homewood campus on Wyman…
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Massive U.K. Brain-Mapping Project Releases First Results – Scientific American
Last week researchers released the first results from the UK Biobank Imaging Study, a massive effort that ultimately aims to scan the brains of…
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Congrats to Sanaria for FDA Fast Track Designation for its Preventative Vaccine for Malaria, Sanaria® PfSPZ Vaccine – Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
Sanaria Inc. today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fast Track designation for its preventative vaccine for malaria, Sanaria® PfSPZ…
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EAGB got funding to list Baltimore’s innovation hot spots – Technical.ly Baltimore
The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore is set to develop a plan focused on growing jobs in the region through innovation districts. EAGB received…
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Baltimore’s blueprint – Technical.ly Baltimore
Looking over a cross-section of members of the region’s tech community, real estate developer David Cordish, Gov. Larry Hogan and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake…
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BrainScope Company Inc. to market Ahead 300 concussion-detection device commercially – Baltimore Business Journal
BrainScope Company Inc. scored a big win last week when it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market a new medical…
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Medigene AG: bluebird bio and Medigene establish strategic T cell receptor (TCR) alliance in cancer immunotherapy
Medigene AG (MDG1, Frankfurt, Prime Standard), Germany, and bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE), USA, today announced the signing of a strategic research and development…
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Connecting data scientists with regional challenges – National Science Foundation
Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced $10 million in awards to 10 "Big Data Spokes" projects to initiate research on specific topics identified…
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