BioHealth News Archive
New Va. economic development program easily advances – The Washington Post
A Virginia House panel on Wednesday advanced bills that would allocate about $40 million for grants that some of the state’s most powerful business,…
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What’s it like running a biotech startup outside the megaclusters?MedCity News
Dictionary.com defines “outlier” as: (1) something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, (2) someone who stands…
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Merck’s digital health accelerator expands into Africa – PMLiVE
Merck has expanded its digital health accelerator programme, opening it up in the first country outside its home territory of Germany. The company has…
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Gene editing: the next generation of personalised cancer treatment – International Innovation
The complex nature of cancer and its manifestation strikes fear in the heart of many who receive the diagnosis. Scientists are making incredible strides,…
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GSK, Adaptimmune expand cancer immunotherapy alliance
GlaxoSmithKline has expanded its alliance with Adaptimmune Therapeutics to accelerate its lead clinical cancer programme toward pivotal trials in synovial sarcoma. The companies…
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Mission Therapeutics raises $85.8 mln – PE HUB
Mission Therapeutics said Tuesday it raised a 60 million pound ($85.8 million) financing round led by Imperial Innovations Businesses LLP. New investor Woodford Patient Capital…
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Spero Therapeutics nets $30 mln Series B – PE HUB
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Spero Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company targeting drug resistant bacterial infections, raised $30 million in Series B preferred financing, matching the $30 million…
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Hercules Pinkney Life Sciences Park Renamed to Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at Montgomery College (PIC MC) – Inside MC Online
The Hercules Pinkney Life Sciences Park has been renamed to Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at Montgomery College (PIC MC). The new…
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How You Can Commercialize Your Technology with ARL’s Sponsored Incubator – T2 Speakers Series
DATE: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 LOCATION: Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 800, Rockville, MD 20850 Southern Maryland's Energetics Technology…
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World Medical Innovation Forum – CANCER – Boston, MA Apr. 25–27, 2016
The World Medical Innovation Forum is shaping up as a fantastic showcase of cancer innovation, breakthrough science and thought leadership from across the oncology…
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Only two spots left – Join our other companies at the new Alexandria Launchlabs wetlab incubator!
Alexandria LaunchLabs™ has opened its doors to local, cutting-edge life science startups at 708 Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg, MD. Alexandria LaunchLabs was created…
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A Md. biotech firm claims it can track Zika virus by testing mosquitoes – The Washington Post
Since the World Health Organization started raising alarms about the mosquito-born Zika virus spreading throughout the Americas, deep-pocketed pharmaceutical companies have been racing to…
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Scheer Partners: Active 2015 leads to low vacancy for biotechs in thriving I-270 corridor – Washington Business Journal
Available lab space in Montgomery County's I-270 corridor has dropped to levels not seen since before the Great Recession struck in 2008, according to…
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TEDCO’s Rod Rosenbaum steps down – Baltimore Business Journal
The president and executive director of Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO) has resigned and the agency’s chief operating officer has been promoted to president.…
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Biotech Venture Investors Expect Slowdown Despite Record 2015 – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
While fourth-quarter venture capital funding slid in most industries amid fears of an economic slowdown, biotechnology investment sprinted ahead. The question is how long…
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