BioHealth News Archive
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) is Hiring!
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation is asking for your help in identifying some “knock your socks off” candidates for the next jobs the MCEDC will…
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Vtesse Secures Additional $17 Million in Series A Extension to Support Further Product Development and Expand the Ongoing Clinical Trial of VTS-270 for the Treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C1 Disease
Vtesse, Inc. a company committed to developing drugs that will benefit patients with extremely rare, life-threatening diseases, announced today that it has secured $17 million…
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Small-business incubator to launch in downtown Manassas – The Washington Post
When downtown department stores were common, shoppers could head to 9073 Center St. in Manassas for household goods, or as an ad in a…
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TEDCO chooses JHU BME biotech start-ups for funding – Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering
Three Johns Hopkins BME-associated medical technology companies have been selected by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) Life Science Investment Fund for financial investment.…
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Q&A with Futurist Martine Rothblatt
Bina48 is a robotic head that looks and speaks like a person—it moves its lips and runs conversational software. Although the robot isn’t alive,…
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MACH37 accelerator, UVA Wise announce partnership · Industries – Virginia Business
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise and the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator at the Center for Innovative Technology announced a new partnership Friday that…
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Roche says UK faces losing lead in medical research after Brexit – SWI swissinfo.ch
Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, has warned that the UK risks losing its lead in medical research after leaving the European Union. The Swiss…
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WellDoc is serious about scaling up. Here are the hires that prove it – Technical.ly Baltimore
WellDoc’s $29.5 million funding round made a splash earlier this year. A Samsung-led initial close of $22 million was only bolstered by another $7.5…
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SBA Introduces Online Tutorials for Small Businesses Seeking Federal R&D Funding
The U.S. Small Business Administration released its highly anticipated Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) online tutorials to help small businesses navigate the SBIR program.…
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Cray, Deloitte Meld Supercomputing, Security Analytics
In a partnership between Cray and Deloitte Advisory Cyber Risk Services, the two bring subscription-based supercomputer power to security analytics capabilities. The challenges of…
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Martine Rothblatt talks on CNBC about United Therapeutics Corp.’s future in organ manufacturing – Washington Business Journal
Martine Rothblatt has made no secret of her goal to move beyond the pharmaceutical business model that made her first foray into the biotech…
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Are Biotechnology Patents Dead? – GEN
The goose that laid the biotech patent golden egg is in trouble with the U.S. Supreme Court. Ironically, it was the Supreme Court that…
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Glaxo Smith Kline launches new mobile app based study – PHG Foundation
New GSK PARADE (patient rheumatoid arthritis data from the real world) app promises to ‘learn from real patients’. Glaxo Smith Kline has released an…
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Dreamit accelerator ditches demo days, unveils 25 new health and education startups – TechCrunch
Dreamit Ventures’ accelerator has ditched the demo day, according to Chief Innovation Officer Steve Barsh. That’s not the only change the early-stage venture firm…
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TEDCO gives $200K investments to 4 life sciences companies – Washington Business Journal
The Maryland Technology Development Corp. is giving a total of $800,000 in investments to four biotech companies. Each of the firms will receive a…
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