BioHealth News Archive

Pfizer and Allergan Reach $150 Billion Merger Deal – The New York Times

Pfizer and Allergan Reach $150 Billion Merger Deal – The New York Times

Pfizer has clinched a blockbuster merger with a fellow drug maker, one worth more than $150 billion, that can best be described in superlatives.…

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AstraZeneca and Sanofi swap 210,000 compounds – The Chemical Engineer

AstraZeneca and Sanofi swap 210,000 compounds – The Chemical Engineer

PHARMACEUTICAL majors AstraZeneca and Sanofi have agreed to swap 210,000 compounds from their proprietary libraries as part of efforts to encourage open innovation in…

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Inauguration of USM’s Fourth Chancellor Robert L. Caret

Inauguration of USM’s Fourth Chancellor Robert L. Caret

Dr. Robert L. Caret was inaugurated as chancellor of the University System (USM) of Maryland on November 19, 2015 at the Christopher Columbus Center…

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Emergent BioSolutions wins Washington Business Journal’s 2015 Citizenship Award for partnership with MdBio Foundation – Washington Business Journal

Emergent BioSolutions wins Washington Business Journal’s 2015 Citizenship Award for partnership with MdBio Foundation – Washington Business Journal

Imagine you’re back in high school and you’re sent on a field trip to a local pharmaceutical company. You spend the day talking to…

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7 things about digital health from PwC’s report on primary care – MedCity News

7 things about digital health from PwC’s report on primary care – MedCity News

This week, PricewaterhouseCoopers came out with a report on remaking primary care for what the consulting form called “the New Health Economy.” We would…

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EAGB Annual Meeting Faces and Places

EAGB Annual Meeting Faces and Places

On November 4 more than 400 regional business and government leaders joined us for our Annual Meeting to celebrate the people and companies that…

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Welcome To Brain Science’s Next Frontier: Virtual Reality

Welcome To Brain Science’s Next Frontier: Virtual Reality

Virtual reality is here, and brands of all stripes are embracing the tech. The New York Times and Google newly partnered to send more…

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District of Columbia Hospital Association Chooses OpGen to Create Citywide Effort to Track Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

District of Columbia Hospital Association Chooses OpGen to Create Citywide Effort to Track Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

OpGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPGN) and the District of Columbia Hospital Association (DCHA) today announced that Washington DC’s public health departments will oversee a comprehensive citywide…

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Breaking New Ground – Universities at Shady Grove – YouTube

Breaking New Ground – Universities at Shady Grove – YouTube

In 2016, The University System of Maryland will break ground on a new Biomedical Science and Engineering Education Facility at the Universities at Shady…

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Evolution of Success: Lessons from Women Leading Science

Evolution of Success: Lessons from Women Leading Science

Thu, Dec 3, 2015 4:30 PM - 8:00 PM MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD It is an unprecedented time in science and healthcare filled with equal…

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The healthcare accelerator tour: An entrepreneur’s perspective – MedCity NewsMedCity News

The healthcare accelerator tour: An entrepreneur’s perspective – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Accelerators have been nurturing young companies since startups became as hip as garage bands. (This was 2005ish… about the same time I was in…

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University of Maryland Honored at 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Awards – UMD Right Now

University of Maryland Honored at 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Awards – UMD Right Now

The University of Maryland was honored at the 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Awards by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities…

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BioBuzz MoCo Winter 2015

BioBuzz MoCo Winter 2015

Join Us on Dec 2nd for BioBuzz MoCo We are excited to be returning to Growlers in Gaithersburg on December 2nd for BioBuzz MoCo…

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Brand new, move-in ready laboratory/ office lab available immediately – Alexandria Real Estate

Brand new, move-in ready laboratory/ office lab available immediately – Alexandria Real Estate

ONLY TWO BRAND NEW LABORATORY/OFFICE SUITES AVAILABLE 3,596 SF AND 3,796 SF Lab casework with epoxy tops, shelving, and sinks Fume hood(s) Open/closed office…

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GSK Has The Nerve To Innovate Medicine – Forbes

GSK Has The Nerve To Innovate Medicine – Forbes

GSK is quietly building a new treatment pipeline, in parallel to its established work on molecular medicines, that hopes to use peoples’ nerves to…

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