BioHealth News Archive

UMD Research Park wins AURP’s Outstanding Research Park award – The Diamondback

UMD Research Park wins AURP’s Outstanding Research Park award – The Diamondback

M Square, the University of Maryland Research Park, won this year’s Association of University Research Parks’ Outstanding Research Park award. The award ceremony took…

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Md. biotech announces additional $500M share buyback – Maryland Daily Record

Md. biotech announces additional $500M share buyback – Maryland Daily Record

Silver Spring-based United Therapeutics Corp. on Thursday announced its board had authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $500 million worth of its…

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Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering doctoral student receives national life sciences award – Hub

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering doctoral student receives national life sciences award – Hub

An entrepreneur as well as a scientist, Kunal Parikh has spent years developing drug-delivery platforms to improve patient treatment. He plans to spend the…

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Why Rental Rates At Biotech Labs Are Skyrocketing – Investors.com

Why Rental Rates At Biotech Labs Are Skyrocketing – Investors.com

The kind of opportunity that technology and energy markets once offered is beckoning investors to property near biotech clusters. Emerging from the recession, technology…

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SCMP Stock | Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SCMP) Marked As A Dead Cat Bounce Stock – TheStreet

SCMP Stock | Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SCMP) Marked As A Dead Cat Bounce Stock – TheStreet

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Sucampo Pharmaceuticals ( SCMP) as a "dead cat bounce" (down big yesterday but up big today) candidate. In addition to specific…

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Bioscience Day 2015 Registration – Attendees – Poster Presenters Survey

Bioscience Day 2015 Registration – Attendees – Poster Presenters Survey

Join us Nov. 19 for the 16th annual Bioscience Day at the University of Maryland, where we'll explore "Systems Biology: Advancing Life Sciences and…

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Johns Hopkins epilepsy app could lead to better seizure prediction – Baltimore Business Journal

Johns Hopkins epilepsy app could lead to better seizure prediction – Baltimore Business Journal

Johns Hopkins researchers on Thursday unveiled a new medical research app that could help them better detect and manage epileptic seizures. The free app,…

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Galera Therapeutics pulls in $37 mln Series B – PE HUB

Galera Therapeutics pulls in $37 mln Series B – PE HUB

Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Galera Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on treating cancer patients, has closed $37 million in Series B funding. Novo Ventures led the…

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Third Rock, SR One Put $52M Into Decibel to Battle Hearing Loss – Xconomy

Third Rock, SR One Put $52M Into Decibel to Battle Hearing Loss – Xconomy

People can lose their hearing for a variety of reasons, from age to loud noises, but there’s one thing they all have in common.…

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JHU FastForward names new leaders – Technical.ly Baltimore

JHU FastForward names new leaders – Technical.ly Baltimore

Brian Stansky is the new director of Johns Hopkins’ incubator program for startups, according to a letter sent to colleagues from Christy Wyskiel, senior…

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REDI Commercial Broker Breakfast 2015

REDI Commercial Broker Breakfast 2015

Join REDI on October 22nd from 8:00-10:00am for the second edition of the Commercial Broker Breakfast (CBB). The CBB event combines networking and a…

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MedImmune joins GSK, Vanderbilt U in Human Vaccines Project – FierceVaccines

MedImmune joins GSK, Vanderbilt U in Human Vaccines Project – FierceVaccines

AstraZeneca's ($AZN) MedImmune is joining the likes of Vanderbilt University and GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) as a member of the Human Vaccines Project, the company announced…

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Here’s What Happens When You Drink Red Wine Every Night | TIME

Here’s What Happens When You Drink Red Wine Every Night | TIME

Resveratrol for the win: Red wine drinkers had better levels of HDL cholesterol, better sleep and lower cardiometabolic risk factors Why Two Minutes of…

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Roche (RHHBY) to Buy Adheron Therapeutics for $580M – NASDAQ.com

Roche (RHHBY) to Buy Adheron Therapeutics for $580M – NASDAQ.com

Large pharmaceutical companies are often on the lookout for small strategic acquisitions of companies that have a promising pipeline candidate in their portfolio. Sometimes,…

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23andMe raises $115M to grow its DNA health test technology globally – VentureBeat

23andMe raises $115M to grow its DNA health test technology globally – VentureBeat

23andMe has raised a substantial $115 million in a series E round led by Fidelity Management and Research Company, with participation from new investors…

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