BioHealth News Archive

Kansas Bioscience Authority Inches Toward Privatization – KCUR

Kansas Bioscience Authority Inches Toward Privatization – KCUR

The Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee heard testimony this week on a bill that would essentially sever financial ties between the state and the Kansas Bioscience…

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Johns Hopkins researchers find link between Zika virus and microcephaly – WBAL Home

Johns Hopkins researchers find link between Zika virus and microcephaly – WBAL Home

No cases of the Zika virus have originated in the U.S., but the possibility of it spreading north exists so doctors hope to get…

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Biotech Mogul: Cancer Treatments Could Work on Zika Virus – Fast Company

Biotech Mogul: Cancer Treatments Could Work on Zika Virus – Fast Company

What do breast cancer, lung cancer, and Zika virus have in common? They can all be treated with the same medications, claimed biotech billionaire…

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ide Group Announces $25,000 Prize for Best Health Innovation Product Idea

ide Group Announces $25,000 Prize for Best Health Innovation Product Idea

ide Group announced today that it will be awarding $25,000 worth of ide Group product design and development support for the best health innovation…

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CMS finally funds health IT for LTC, behavioral health – MedCity News

CMS finally funds health IT for LTC, behavioral health – MedCity News

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finally is offering Meaningful Use-type incentives to long-term care, behavioral health and substance abuse care providers. It’s…

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Coming soon: ‘Dynamic’ healthcare pricing – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Coming soon: ‘Dynamic’ healthcare pricing – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Coming soon to a hospital or clinic near you: dynamic healthcare pricing. It’s not here yet, but Jay Deady, CEO of Recondo Technology, believes it’s on…

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Johns Hopkins, MedImmune launch joint training program for PhD students – JHU Hub

Johns Hopkins, MedImmune launch joint training program for PhD students – JHU Hub

Johns Hopkins University and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, today announced a first-of-its-kind PhD training program between a major…

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United Therapeutics responds to competition as it addresses year-end results – Washington Business Journal

United Therapeutics responds to competition as it addresses year-end results – Washington Business Journal

The very reason United Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ: UTHR) exists is because there wasn't an effective treatment for Martine Rothblatt's daughter when she was diagnosed…

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Partnership Pays: Building a Relationship with ARS to Enhance Your USDA SBIR Proposal – Webinar

Partnership Pays: Building a Relationship with ARS to Enhance Your USDA SBIR Proposal – Webinar

March 29, 2016 2:30pm EST Are you a small business, entrepreneur or scientist interested in technology-based agriculture innovations? Are you interested in collaborating with…

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What do healthcare investors and entrepreneurs like and loathe? – MedCity NewsMedCity News

What do healthcare investors and entrepreneurs like and loathe? – MedCity NewsMedCity News

The Venture+ Forum at HIMSS offered some insights from investors and entrepreneurs ranging from the predictable — patient engagement is oversaturated — to some…

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What’s Hot and What’s Not in Healthcare Venture Capital? – MedCity News Survey

What’s Hot and What’s Not in Healthcare Venture Capital? – MedCity News Survey

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Four Baltimore-area companies share $800K in loans from Anne Arundel casino fund – Baltimore Business Journal

Four Baltimore-area companies share $800K in loans from Anne Arundel casino fund – Baltimore Business Journal

Four Baltimore-area technology startups have received a total of $800,000 in loans from Anne Arundel County. The county’s VOLT Fund, managed by the Anne…

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Join BHI & TEDCO at Relvant Health for BioBuzz

Join BHI & TEDCO at Relvant Health for BioBuzz

When March 30th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Where: Relevant Health 155 Gibbs St. #529 Rockville, MD 20850 Join us for an evening…

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WellDoc® Announces Strategic Collaboration with LifeScan to Deliver Best-in-Class Digital Health Solution for Patients Living with Type 2 Diabetes

WellDoc® Announces Strategic Collaboration with LifeScan to Deliver Best-in-Class Digital Health Solution for Patients Living with Type 2 Diabetes

WellDoc, a digital health technology leader, today announced a collaboration with LifeScan, Inc., a business within the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care Companies and…

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President Jay A. Perman, MD, Wins National Diversity Award – University of Maryland, Baltimore

President Jay A. Perman, MD, Wins National Diversity Award – University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay A. Perman, MD, has been awarded the 2016 Giving Back Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest…

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