BioHealth News Archive
The Washington region is poised to dominate the new biodata industry – Washington Business Journal
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Avalon, GSK form 8th San Diego biotech – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com
Extending their partnership to an eighth company, La Jolla's Avalon Ventures and UK-based drug giant GSK said Friday they have formed another San Diego…
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STEM education can help boost Baltimore’s economy, Johns Hopkins president says – Hub
Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels was among the speakers Thursday at the fifth annual U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions National…
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Roche VC fund drives genomics sample prep player to $18.2M Series A – FierceBiotech
Roche Venture Fund and 5AM Ventures have led Purigen Biosystems to an $18.2 million Series A round. Purigen will use the money to advance…
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Here’s who won this year’s TEDCO ICE Awards – Technical.ly Baltimore
TEDCO handed out its annual honors for “Innovation,” “Corporate Excellence” and “Entrepreneurship” on Tuesday. The ICE Awards ceremony at Columbus Center in Inner Harbor…
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QIAGEN Extends Tender Offer Period for Acquisition of Exiqon A/S
QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the extension of the offer period for the acquisition of Exiqon A/S, a world…
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Roche Gets Accelerated Approval for Immunotherapy Drug – Zacks.com
Roche Holding (RHHBY - Analyst Report) announced that the FDA has granted accelerated approval to its cancer immunotherapy drug, Tecentriq (atezolizumab), for the treatment…
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People who live the longest share these personality traits – Business Insider
Decades of research have linked specific personality traits to a longer life expectancy. Some of them — from friendliness to emotional stability — may…
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2016 Global Board Survey Report – WomenCorporateDirectors
What 4000+ corporate directors think about the economy, risk, board strengths and weaknesses, and boardroom diversity “Boards cannot afford to have directors around the…
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Kevin Plank urges University of Maryland graduates to be passionate about reaching goals – Baltimore Sun
Kevin Plank encourages University of Maryland graduates to let "passion" fuel their dreams Kevin Plank remembers sitting in his cap and gown at the…
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NIH names Johns Hopkins a Center of Excellence for bioethics research – EurekAlert! Science News
The National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics a "Center…
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Roche receives FDA Approval for novel PD-L1 biomarker assay
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced approval of the VENTANA PD-L1 (SP142) Assay1 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as…
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How HHS is spurring data innovation both inside and outside the agency
It will be obvious when the Department of Health and Human Services’ IDEA Lab is a success, because it will no longer be needed, according to Damon Davis,…
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J&J commits $740M for its second cancer R&D pact with MacroGenics – FierceBiotech
Whatever Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) learned about MacroGenics’ off-the-shelf approach to stirring a T cell attack against cancer since inking their first partnership deal…
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Novartis splits drugs business into two, pharma chief to leave – Reuters
Novartis is splitting its pharmaceuticals division into two business units, one focused on cancer and the second on other drugs, while switching out its…
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