BioHealth News Archive
DC Tech Healthcare IT Startup Lazy Makes Quality Measures Easy – DC Inno
Lazy is a small, Rockville, Md.-based startup that competes in the extremely lucrative healthcare IT market, which is poised to be valued in excess…
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Maryland Governor Hogan Visits United Therapeutics In Silver Spring (PHOTOS) – Montgomery Community Media
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan visited United Therapeutics headquarters in Silver Spring on Thursday afternoon. He was joined by Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen…
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QIAGEN Launches Streamlined Bioinformatics for RNA Sequencing of Liquid Biopsies
QIAGEN N.V. today announced introduction of its unique RNA-seq Explorer Solution, a bioinformatics-driven approach to analysis and interpretation of "omics" data from liquid biopsy-based…
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Tech Transfer Programs Connect Small Businesses to Federal and Academic Laboratories
Montgomery County Department of Economic Development has played an active role in the cultivation of new and innovative technologies developed in federal laboratories and…
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Cydan raises $31 mln in Series A funding – PE HUB
Cydan Development, Inc. raised $31 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates, Pfizer Venture Investments, Lundbeckfond Ventures, Bay City Capital and Alexandria…
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McAuliffe signs bill to protect student innovators at universities – The Cavalier Daily
The Tom Tom Founders Festival held a Youth Summit at the Paramount Theater Thursday to support and highlight local student innovation. The summit featured…
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Baltimore-area companies lead Maryland venture capital investment in 1Q – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore-area companies accounted for eight of the 10 biggest venture capital deals in the state during the first quarter of 2016. Maryland companies raised…
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MD Approves Budget, University Unification Plan to Boost Baltimore Innovation Economy – SSTI
Maryland legislators recently approved a $42.3 billion fiscal year 2017 spending bill that incorporates many of the funding levels included in Gov. Larry Hogan’s…
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The Rise of Innovation in China’s Life Science Sector – Forbes
Much has been made of China’s efforts to close the gap between western high technology sectors, and in the case of certain spaces, to…
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Epigenomics receives FDA approval for Epi proColon®
Epigenomics AG (Frankfurt Prime Standard: ECX, OTCQX: EPGNY), the German-American cancer molecular diagnostics company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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2016 National SBIR/STTR Conference
May 23-25, 2016 - Washington, DC SBIR/STTR programs are the nation's largest source of early stage / high risk R&D funding for small business.…
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Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments study finds information technology, financial clusters have biggest growth potential – Washington Business Journal
The fastest-growing sector in Greater Washington is business and financial services jobs, which grew by 39 percent between 2003 and 2014. And nearly 1…
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Looks like venture investors aren’t too bothered by the gyrating life sciences markets – MedCity News
A cadre of venture investors speaking on a panel at this week’s INVEST conference in Chicago aren’t particularly concerned about the gyrations in the life…
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Sean Parker’s $250 Million Bet on Hacking the Immune System to Beat Cancer
Cancer doctor Cassian Yee remembers how in 2010 he was called to Los Angeles to meet the Internet billionaire Sean Parker. Parker wanted Yee…
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One way the next generation of angel investors is acting more like VCs (and it’s actually a good thing) – MedCity NewsMedCity News
Angel investors are moving upstream. So where do they get their early-stage dealflow? Dan Kincaid, a member of Queen City Angels in Cincinnati, said…
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