BioHealth News Archive
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Punches Back Against The Wall Street Journal
When Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes agreed to be interviewed at the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ.D Live conference here in Laguna Beach, California, she didn’t…
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Here’s how MedImmune is using precision medicine to restock AstraZeneca’s product pipeline – Washington Business Journal
MedImmune, a Greater Washington biotechnology cornerstone, is racing to fill the pipeline for parent AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) with drug candidates that harness the power…
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Gaithersburg’s MedImmune, London-based AstraZeneca PLC impacted by FluMist shortage – Washington Business Journal
A production delay of the FluMist flu vaccine has U.K. pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca scrambling to alleviate shortages at doctors offices this flu season. Only…
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Why Biomedical Superstars Are Signing On with Google – Scientific American
Free tasty food, brightly coloured bicycles and high salaries are well-known hallmarks of the Googleplex—Google’s famed headquarters in Mountain View, California. But it was…
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UCSF and GSK Launch New Collaborative Research Model – UC San Francisco
UC San Francisco (UCSF) has launched a collaboration with international pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) to promote early-stage research with the potential to translate…
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$100m UK fund launches to finance cures for dementia – The Guardian
GlaxoSmithKline and five other major drugmakers have teamed up with the UK government to launch the world’s first venture capital fund dedicated to finding…
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Microsoft Ventures Accelerator is holding a DC open house Nov. 4 – Technical.ly DC
The Seattle-based Microsoft Ventures Accelerator is a four-month program that connects startup founders with mentors and gives them the tools to help grow their…
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Rockville health care IT provider DrFirst lands $25M in equity financing from Goldman Sachs – Washington Business Journal
Rockville-based health care IT provider DrFirst has secured $25 million in equity financing from Goldman Sachs, elevating its raise in the last year to…
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Roche receives FDA approval for viral load tests and cobas 6800/8800 Systems – FierceMedicalDevices
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it has received FDA approval for the cobas® HBV and cobas® HCV viral load tests,…
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What can you learn from a patient entrepreneur? – MedCity NewsMedCity News
On October 8, 2011, I said goodbye to my loved ones and didn’t know if I would ever see them again. 15 hours later…
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MedImmune joins Human Vaccines Project
MedImmune, the biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, recently joined the Human Vaccines Project to develop vaccines and immunotherapies for infectious diseases and…
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Mtech: Entrepreneur Office Hours – October 20, 2015
Entrepreneur Office Hours: Get Answers Now! Two Locations: College Park and Baltimore Free, Open Entrepreneur Office Hours for University of Maryland Students, Faculty…
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California Life Sciences Institute (CLSI) Combines with Bay Area BioEconomy Initiative (BAB) to Strengthen Life Sciences Innovation
The California Life Sciences Institute (CLSI), the non-profit partner of the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), today formally joined forces with the Bay Area…
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Fragmentation Frustrates Digital Healthcare Innovation – Forbes
Even more than usual, fragmented and redundant digital healthcare innovation threatens to frustrate the innovation ecosystem. Dave Francis of RBC Securities put it well: “There…
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JUICE Money: How to prepare a Winning NIH SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal – Oct. 20th
PURPOSE: 65% of registration proceeds will go towards the ROAR campaign to renovate vacant & abandon Baltimore homes for families, in need. WHEN: Tuesday,…
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