BioHealth News Archive
Success in Maryland: Companies Tell Us about Workforce – MDBIZNews
Here at Commerce, we’re always talking with representatives from Maryland businesses. Recently, we spoke with several business owners and executives about success, specifically asking…
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Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels’ contract extended through 2024 – Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels' contract has been extended through 2024 by the school's Board of Trustees. This is a five-year extension…
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Highly Skilled Workers Are Flocking To Affordable Markets With A Growing Tech Presence, According To CBRE’s Annual “Scoring Tech Talent” Report – CBRE
Robust influx of millennials in the workforce is a significant factor in this year’s ranking of the top 50 “Tech Talent” markets in the…
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Wexford Science & Technology to be acquired by Ventas in $1.5 billion deal – Baltimore Business Journal
Wexford Science & Technology LLC will soon again be under new ownership. Chicago-based Ventas Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 billion in cash to…
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D.C. venture capital firm Updata Partners has raised $280M for new investments
D.C. venture capital powerhouse Updata Partners will announce Thursday that it has raised $280.6 million in new funding. Updata, whose portfolio includes Mashable and…
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How to Regrow Your Own Bones – Scientific American
Could lab-grown bones replace tissue grafts and multiple painful surgeries? Nina Tandon is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, a Brooklyn-based biotech company that…
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University of Maryland listed as a top school for female STEM students – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com
More women are studying science, technology, engineering and math at UC San Diego than at any other major college in the country, a recent…
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What will separate the winners and the losers in the immuno-oncology R&D race? – MedCity NewsMedCity News
With the big cancer confab ASCO 2016 fading into memory, R&D teams everywhere are getting back to work on their cancer programs – and…
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Data, IT and patient engagement highlight Cancer Moonshot Summit – MedCity News
The White House’s Cancer Moonshot 2020 is about much more than clinical research. Data, IT and patient engagement are major components. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday…
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Cancer Moonshot targets healthcare’s four-letter word: silo – MedCity NewsMedCity News
Vice President Joe Biden, who has personal experience of the heartbreak that cancer causes, has taken on humanity’s mortal enemy and aims to end the…
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D.C. is a great city for social entrepreneurs. So, what does that actually mean? – Washington Business Journal
Businesses that set out to change the world might want to start in D.C. That’s according to a new study from D.C.-based S&R Foundation’s…
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BIO Response to Hillary Clinton’s Initiative on Technology & Innovation – Business Wire
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization today released the following statement in response to Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton’s Initiative on Technology & Innovation: “As one…
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Cerecor Announces $1.0 Million Research & Development Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health
Cerecor Inc. (NASDAQ:CERC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments to make a difference in the lives of patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders, today…
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OPGEN ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $10 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT
OpGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPGN), a precision medicine company using molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics to combat infectious disease, announces the pricing of a private placement of…
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GlycoMimetics Doses First Patient in Phase 2 Portion of Clinical Trial of GMI-1271 in Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia
GlycoMimetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLYC) today announced dosing of the first patient with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in the Phase 2 portion of…
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