BioHealth News Archive

Jonathan Aberman: It’s time to overcome our self-esteem problem – The Washington Post

Jonathan Aberman: It’s time to overcome our self-esteem problem – The Washington Post

Our region’s business community has a self-esteem problem. We nod shamefully when we are told we depend on government dollars for success. Wrong. {iframe}https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-business/wp/2016/01/11/jonathan-aberman-its-time-to-overcome-our-self-esteem-problem/{/iframe}

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Illumina Jumps into Cancer Screening with $100 Million Spin-off Grail | MIT Technology Review

Illumina Jumps into Cancer Screening with $100 Million Spin-off Grail | MIT Technology Review

The world’s largest DNA sequencing company says it will form a new company to develop blood tests that cost $1,000 or less and can…

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Deloitte and AT&T Partner to Accelerate Adoption of Smart City Technology

Deloitte and AT&T Partner to Accelerate Adoption of Smart City Technology

Deloitte today announced a strategic alliance agreement with AT&T aimed at accelerating the adoption of smart city technology across U.S. cities. The telco and…

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ETC names new AccelerateBaltimore class, adds an additional investment – Baltimore Business Journal

ETC names new AccelerateBaltimore class, adds an additional investment – Baltimore Business Journal

Six startups have been selected for the Emerging Technology Centers’ AccelerateBaltimore program and one will receive an extra investment of $100,000. Now in its…

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OriGene Technologies Awarded Phase II SBIR Contract to Develop High-Affinity, Anti-Peptide Monoclonal Antibodies for SISCAPA Assays

OriGene Technologies Awarded Phase II SBIR Contract to Develop High-Affinity, Anti-Peptide Monoclonal Antibodies for SISCAPA Assays

OriGene Technologies, Inc. (OriGene), a leading manufacturer of high quality antibodies and gene-centric tools, announced today that they have been awarded a Phase II…

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Hopkins grad student named to Forbes’ ’30 Under 30′ list – Baltimore Sun

Hopkins grad student named to Forbes’ ’30 Under 30′ list – Baltimore Sun

Guy Marcus, a 24-year-old Ph.D. candidate in physics at the Johns Hopkins University, is one of 30 young scientists named to Forbes magazine's annual…

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Here are the top venture capital recipients in Maryland through the first 9 months of 2015 – Baltimore Business Journal

Here are the top venture capital recipients in Maryland through the first 9 months of 2015 – Baltimore Business Journal

As usual, we bring you the top five entries from our most recent list. This week, it's the top venture capital recipients in Maryland,…

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Vtesse, Inc. Announces FDA’s Granting of Breakthrough Therapy Designation for VTS-270 in Niemann-Pick… — GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

Vtesse, Inc. Announces FDA’s Granting of Breakthrough Therapy Designation for VTS-270 in Niemann-Pick… — GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

Vtesse, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its drug candidate, VTS-270 for treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C1…

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Health care entrepreneur, Johns Hopkins graduate earns ‘Forbes’ distinction | Hub

Health care entrepreneur, Johns Hopkins graduate earns ‘Forbes’ distinction | Hub

David Narrow, who graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2013 with a master's degree in biomedical engineering, has been named one of Forbes magazine's…

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Accelerator Corporation Launches First Startup in New York City Portfolio – FierceBiotech

Accelerator Corporation Launches First Startup in New York City Portfolio – FierceBiotech

Accelerator Corporation, a leading life science investment and management firm, today announced the Series A financing of Petra Pharma Corporation to develop small molecule inhibitors for…

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Under Armour’s collaboration with IBM Watson provide big data insights to advance connected fitness approach – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Under Armour’s collaboration with IBM Watson provide big data insights to advance connected fitness approach – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Under Armour’s partnership with IBM Watson is the latest in a series of announcements from the consumer health and fitness business that illustrate how…

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Flatiron health raises $175 million from Roche – Business Insider

Flatiron health raises $175 million from Roche – Business Insider

Nat Turner and Zach Weinberg are young, successful and ambitious. The pair formerly started an ad tech company that Google acquired for $81 million,…

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Roche’s investment in tech companies – Business Insider

Roche’s investment in tech companies – Business Insider

A cancer startup just raised millions in a funding round led by a pharmaceutical giant. That could be the sign of bigger things to…

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Dana-Farber Spinout Grabs $73M, Plus Big Roche Deal, To Craft New Class Of Cancer Drugs – Forbes

Dana-Farber Spinout Grabs $73M, Plus Big Roche Deal, To Craft New Class Of Cancer Drugs – Forbes

Billions of dollars have been made from cancer drugs that inhibit the ubiquitin-proteasome system, otherwise known as the cellular garbage dump. By turning off…

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Medigene AG announces key Management Changes | Medigene AG

Medigene AG announces key Management Changes | Medigene AG

Medigene AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MDG1) announced today that the Supervisory Board has resolved important changes and additions to the senior management team to…

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