BioHealth News Archive
AstraZeneca to buy Fort Worth startup ZS Pharma for $2.7 billion | The Star-Telegram
ZS Pharma, a biotech firm that was launched out of the Tech Fort Worth business incubator, has agreed to be acquired by AstraZeneca Plc…
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The Pros and Cons of the SEC’s New Crowdfunding Rules – InvestorPlace
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for equity investing in crowdfunding sites are chock full o’ good and bad news for you. In…
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AstraZeneca to buy ZS Pharma for $2.7 billion – Philadelphia Business Journal
AstraZeneca entered into a definitive agreement Friday to buy ZS Pharma, a California biotechnology company, for $2.7 billion. ZS Pharma (NASDAQ: ZSPH) of San…
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Globes English – Johns Hopkins to assist $30m Israeli digital healthcare fund
The new venture is expected to make its first investments in the first quarter of 2016. A new business entity will invest $30 million…
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QIAGEN Introduces GeneReader NGS System
QIAGEN N.V. has announced the start of commercialization activities for its GeneReader NGS System, the first complete Sample to Insight next-generation sequencing (NGS) solution…
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PE HUB | Greenspring racks up $430 mln for 7th VC fund of funds
Greenspring Associates has closed its seventh venture capital fund-of-funds at $430 million, the firm announced today. Greenspring Global Partners VII, L.P will focus on…
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Owings Mills venture firm Greenspring Associates raises $430M fund – Baltimore Business Journal
Owings Mills venture firm Greenspring Associates has raised $430 million to invest in promising information technology companies. Seventy percent of the fund, called Greenspring…
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TEDCO Announces New Business Plan Competition: 2016 InnovateHER
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) announced today that it is hosting a local competition in the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 2016 InnovateHER:…
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SMU and University of Maryland researchers awarded NIH grant to combat pediatric asthma
A pair of SMU psychology professors working with University of Maryland engineers have been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant in October that…
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Brainnovations to be Israel’s first braintech accelerator
Neurology research is one of those rare topics that immediately fascinates people outside the field. Any technology that makes healing brain ailments easier is…
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GSK plan to file up to 20 new drugs by 2020 underwhelms market – Reuters
GlaxoSmithKline could file up to 20 new drugs for regulatory approval before 2020 as it seeks to revitalize a portfolio hit by falling sales…
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TEDCO Invests in 6 New Maryland Cybersecurity Startups
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) announced today that six new Maryland companies received funding from its Cybersecurity Investment Fund (CIF). Jedvice, Point 3…
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TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo
PITCH. NETWORK. LEARN. BE INSPIRED. The 2015 Entrepreneur Expo will be held on Tuesday, November 17th at the BWI Marriott in Linthicum, MD. This…
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Baltimore Angels has now invested over $5 million in area startups – Technical.ly Baltimore
The Baltimore Angels recently surpassed $5 million in overall investment, according to numbers released by the six-year-old early-stage investment group The milestone comes as…
Read MoreWhat the New Equity Crowdfunding Rules Mean for Entrepreneurs
The SEC has finally released rules for Title III of the JOBS Act, the equity crowdfunding law. Nearly three years and seven months after…
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