BioHealth News Archive

HHS announces challenge to redesign the medical bill for patients – HHS.gov

HHS announces challenge to redesign the medical bill for patients – HHS.gov

Speaking at the annual Health Datapalooza conference today, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a challenge to encourage…

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Jonathan Aberman: The dirty little secret about venture capitalists – The Washington Post

Jonathan Aberman: The dirty little secret about venture capitalists – The Washington Post

As I take part in panel discussions on the investor’s perspective on startup financing and growth, it strikes me how formulaic these events tend…

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Emergent files paperwork for new immuno-oncology spin-off – BioPrepWatch

Emergent files paperwork for new immuno-oncology spin-off – BioPrepWatch

Emergent BioSolutions announced April 15 that it has begun the formal process of separating some of its assets to form a separate entity, which…

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Harbor Designs and Manufacturing to open 45,000 sq. ft. facility in Baltimore

Harbor Designs and Manufacturing to open 45,000 sq. ft. facility in Baltimore

Harbor Designs and Manufacturing (HDM) will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at Tuesday, May 17th to mark the opening of its new 45,000 sq. ft. engineering…

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24 best universities for teaching, research – JHU Ranked #11-  Business Insider

24 best universities for teaching, research – JHU Ranked #11- Business Insider

English-speaking universities continue to dominate the world, according to a new ranking from the Times Higher Education supplement released Thursday. Of the top 24,…

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AgTech Accelerator launches in RTP with $11.5M in funding – News & Observer

AgTech Accelerator launches in RTP with $11.5M in funding – News & Observer

A new accelerator devoted to agricultural technology startups is launching in Research Triangle Park with $11.5 million in initial funding. The AgTech Accelerator, which…

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Universities at Shady Grove to Move Forward with Biomed Building – Bethesda Beat – Bethesda, MD

Universities at Shady Grove to Move Forward with Biomed Building – Bethesda Beat – Bethesda, MD

Construction on the Universities at Shady Grove’s new biomedical sciences and engineering building is scheduled to begin this fall after local leaders persuaded Gov.…

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Trending Science: US biotech companies will attempt to regenerate the brains of dead people

Trending Science: US biotech companies will attempt to regenerate the brains of dead people

Two biotech companies in the United States have been given the green light to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of…

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Mobile lab gets Maryland students interested in STEM professions – WJLA

Mobile lab gets Maryland students interested in STEM professions – WJLA

This week, MdBioLab was featured on ABC7 (WJLA) and Montgomery Community Media (MCM). In the ABC7 piece, MdBioLab was on location at Dr. Henry…

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TEDCO 2016 ICE Awards Winners

TEDCO 2016 ICE Awards Winners

And the Winners are… Innovation Cobrain MFFire Sisu Global Health Corporate Excellence Immunomic Entrepreneur Jess Gartner CEO and Founder, Allovue Please join TEDCO at…

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Healthcare groups pool funds to find digital health innovators

Healthcare groups pool funds to find digital health innovators

Investment firm Heritage Group has closed its second innovation fund and now counts 15 healthcare organizations as limited partners. The $220 million fund is…

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Why Indian Pharma Sector Should Move From Generic To Innovation – Swarajya

Why Indian Pharma Sector Should Move From Generic To Innovation – Swarajya

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian government has shown that it understands the need to develop innovation in the country’s…

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Top vaccine researcher sets sights on Zika – Technical.ly Baltimore

Top vaccine researcher sets sights on Zika – Technical.ly Baltimore

Baltimore was a major site in the effort to develop an Ebola vaccine. Two years later, a leading Johns Hopkins researcher is looking to apply…

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GSK CEO: Big pharma should keep investing in R&D

GSK CEO: Big pharma should keep investing in R&D

GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty attributes the company's success to sticking to the tried-and-true business model of investing in research and development and not transitioning…

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This MIT employee redefined how universities launch startups

This MIT employee redefined how universities launch startups

Lita Nelsen is one of the most influential power brokers in the drug industry — and yet there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of…

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