BioHealth News Archive
TEDCO Invests $1.7 Million in 17 Maryland Startups – Tedco
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) announced today that 17 companies have received over $1.7 million in funding from the organization’s Technology Commercialization Fund…
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Relevant Health Holds Demo Day for Its Inaugural Cohort of Health Tech Startups
Announces New Investors in Accelerator ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, March 24, 2016 – At its first Demo Day on March 23, Relevant Health, a health technology…
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Roche Looks Outside Its Labs to Expand Cancer Drug’s Potential – Bloomberg Business
Roche Holding AG, the world’s largest producer of cancer drugs, is opening the door to more external partnerships as its latest and most promising…
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Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) Takes Center Stage as County’s New Lead Business Development Organization
The Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) was officially designated as the County’s Economic Development Organization by the County Council, marking a big and…
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Report: $50M seed fund will target health IT startups – MedCity News
An investment firm targeting seed stage investment in health IT and other software startups is raising a $50 million fund, according to a report…
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Dear Colleague Letter: Directorate for Engineering (ENG), Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP), Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) – Employment Opportunity for Program Director Positions (
The Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP), within the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation, announces a nationwide search to fill…
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Intralytix Receives USDA, NIFA Phase II SBIR Grant To Develop A Phage-Based Application To Protect Hatchery-Raised Oysters From The Bacterial Pathogens Vibrio tubiashii and Vibrio coralliilyticus
Intralytix, Inc., announced today that the company has received a SBIR Phase II grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of…
Read MoreControlling Diabetes with a Skin Patch
Attempting to free people with diabetes from frequent finger-pricks and drug injections, researchers have created an electronic skin patch that senses excess glucose in…
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Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Will Be Led By Leukemia Survivor Greg Simon – Fast Company
The White House on Friday appointed an executive director of its Cancer Moonshot Task Force: Gregory C. Simon, a leukemia survivor with experience in…
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Why venture capital firms are pouring money into health insurance – Modern Healthcare Modern Healthcare business news, research, data and events
Entrepreneur Vivek Garipalli has a dim view of the way health insurance companies treat providers and patients. Patients develop trust with doctors and hospitals,…
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Diabetes tech firm Senseonics raises $45 million in Greater Washington’s first IPO of the year – Washington Business Journal
Medical device company Senseonics Holdings Inc. raised about $45 million last week in the first Greater Washington IPO of the year. Senseonics (NYSE: SENS)…
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HHS Idea Labs program awards $400,000 to ‘shark-tank’ survivors – FederalNewsRadio.com
While most agencies try to imitate advances in the private sector, the Department of Health and Human Services instead is emulating the process that…
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Insight Venture Partners LLC, TPG Growth among highest-investing venture capital firms – Baltimore Business Journal
Venture capitalists had a big year in Maryland in 2015. In the fourth quarter of last year, they invested more than $451 million in…
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Bacteria-powered Bio-Bots Avoid Obstacles on Way to Target – Medgadget
Microscopic robots, powered by bacterial flagellation, are a curious branch of robotics research, potentially leading to devices that can deliver drugs, perform surgical tasks,…
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ARCH Venture Partners raising $400M for ninth fund – MedCity News
Looks like ARCH Venture Partners is gearing up for its ninth fund, with aims to raise $400 million, according to a regulatory filing. The…
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