BioHealth News Archive

WellDoc to make national and international push with $22M in new funding – Baltimore Business Journal

WellDoc to make national and international push with $22M in new funding – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore digital health company WellDoc plans to push its flagship diabetes management tool nationally and globally following a $22 million financing round. The Series…

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MedImmune expands its footprint in China with new deal – The Washington Post

MedImmune expands its footprint in China with new deal – The Washington Post

MedImmune, the Gaithersburg research arm of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, is making aggressive moves to expand its footprint in China. The company said Wednesday it…

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AstraZeneca to strengthen therapy area franchise through acquisition of Takeda’s respiratory business – FiercePharma

AstraZeneca to strengthen therapy area franchise through acquisition of Takeda’s respiratory business – FiercePharma

AstraZeneca today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the core respiratory business of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda"). The…

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Sucampo CEO Peter Greenleaf Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors

Sucampo CEO Peter Greenleaf Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Sucampo) (Nasdaq:SCMP), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Peter Greenleaf, Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed Chairman of the Board…

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Amgen reacquires rights to three drugs from Glaxo in 48 countries – Reuters

Amgen reacquires rights to three drugs from Glaxo in 48 countries – Reuters

Amgen Inc on Monday said it had reached a deal with British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to reacquire the sales rights to three of its products…

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Rock Health says digital health investment was steady in 2015 – MedCity News

Rock Health says digital health investment was steady in 2015 – MedCity News

The year isn’t even over yet, but venture fund Rock Health is reporting that venture investment in digital health has equaled 2014’s record of $4.3 billion.…

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New Funding for the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator Announced

New Funding for the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator Announced

The MACH37 Cyber Accelerator program lasts for 90 days and is composed of startups that are cultivated from the area’s best and brightest and…

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AstraZeneca talking to Acerta about ‘strategic options’ – Philadelphia Business Journal

AstraZeneca talking to Acerta about ‘strategic options’ – Philadelphia Business Journal

AstraZeneca confirmed Monday morning that it is "exploring potential strategic options" with Acerta Pharma BV. Acerta is a privately held biopharmaceutical company with offices…

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2016 healthcare predictions: What will change – MedCity News

2016 healthcare predictions: What will change – MedCity News

Amidst the rhetoric of Campaign 2016, the reality of escalating health costs, and the acceleration of consolidation across the industry, healthcare headlines in 2016…

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WellStat Therapeutics receives Food and Drug Administration approval for drug to treat chemo overdose – Washington Business Journal

WellStat Therapeutics receives Food and Drug Administration approval for drug to treat chemo overdose – Washington Business Journal

Gaithersburg-based biotech WellStat Therapeutics Corp. received Food and Drug Administration approval for Vistogard, an emergency treatment for an overdose of certain chemotherapy drugs, it…

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Can Prince William County Become The Next Bioscience Hub? – Tech

Can Prince William County Become The Next Bioscience Hub? – Tech

Prince William County is in a race to establish itself as the center of bioscience research and commercialization and it's making progress.  The county’s science accelerator,…

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Billie Jean King praises the leadership of Cyndi Lauper and Martine Rothblatt – Gay Star News

Billie Jean King praises the leadership of Cyndi Lauper and Martine Rothblatt – Gay Star News

Dr Martine Rothblatt and Cyndi Lauper were the recipients of this year’s Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative (BJKLI) awards on Wednesday night. The tennis…

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AstraZeneca to harness power of the Secretome and develop next-generation biologics in collaboration with new Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research | More News | News Channels

AstraZeneca to harness power of the Secretome and develop next-generation biologics in collaboration with new Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research | More News | News Channels

AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, today announced a three-year collaboration with the newly established Wallenberg Centre for Protein Research…

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University System of Maryland chancellor lays out business case for why state must invest in its public universities – Washington Business Journal

University System of Maryland chancellor lays out business case for why state must invest in its public universities – Washington Business Journal

Although the University System of Maryland, at its core, is a collection of 12 colleges, new Chancellor Bob Caret says he sees it as…

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Roche gets accelerated U.S. approval for lung cancer drug – Reuters

Roche gets accelerated U.S. approval for lung cancer drug – Reuters

U.S. health regulators on Friday said they have granted accelerated approval to Roche Holding's drug for advanced lung cancer in patients with a specific…

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