BioHealth News Archive

NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) to Study New and Rare Disorders – Medgadget Medgadget

NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) to Study New and Rare Disorders – Medgadget Medgadget

There are a lot of rare diseases that strike a small number of people and some of them are actually novel maladies that have…

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BioBuzz MoCo October 2015

BioBuzz MoCo October 2015

When: Thursday October 15, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT Where: Growlers, 227 E Diamond Ave Gaithersburg, MD 20877 We are excited…

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Here’s a sweet map of 70 tech firms in Baltimore city – Technical.ly Baltimore

Here’s a sweet map of 70 tech firms in Baltimore city – Technical.ly Baltimore

Let’s stop the worrying right now. Baltimore city has its own network of growing innovation clusters. That doesn’t take anything away from the county…

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Frederick County Council votes to contribute $3.8M to support MedImmune expansion

Frederick County Council votes to contribute $3.8M to support MedImmune expansion

The Frederick County Council has voted to financially support the expansion of MedImmune's Frederick manufacturing plant, a project the company says will bring 300…

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HHS enters into strategic alliance to accelerate new antibiotic development

HHS enters into strategic alliance to accelerate new antibiotic development

Multiple drugs to combat bioterrorism threats and other life-threatening bacterial infections will be developed under a public-private partnership agreement between the U.S. Department of…

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Inovalon and the University of Maryland Collaborate to Launch Two Major Healthcare Industry Research Studies – MarketWatch

Inovalon and the University of Maryland Collaborate to Launch Two Major Healthcare Industry Research Studies – MarketWatch

Inovalon INOV, +4.11% a leading technology company providing advanced, cloud-based data analytics and data-driven intervention platforms to the healthcare industry, today announced it will…

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BioMedical Innovation Roundtable Forum – Formstack

BioMedical Innovation Roundtable Forum – Formstack

Driving BioMedical Innovation and Advancing Regulatory Science through Public-Private Partnerships with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Featuring Remarks from U.S. FDA Acting Commissioner…

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Johns Hopkins’ Ebola Protective Suit Honored in Fast Company ‘Innovation by Design Awards’

Johns Hopkins’ Ebola Protective Suit Honored in Fast Company ‘Innovation by Design Awards’

The Johns Hopkins University's new personal protective suit for frontline health care workers in Ebola outbreaks was honored Monday as one of 10 finalists…

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MedImmune expansion to continue with county financial support – The Frederick News-Post : Science And Technology

MedImmune expansion to continue with county financial support – The Frederick News-Post : Science And Technology

Plans to expand MedImmune’s Frederick manufacturing plant will move forward with financial support from Frederick County after the County Council approved an agreement with…

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Rare Genomics Institute Launches Ten Crowdfunding Campaigns to Help Rare Diseases Patients Find Causes of Their Illnesses – Crowdfund Insider

Rare Genomics Institute Launches Ten Crowdfunding Campaigns to Help Rare Diseases Patients Find Causes of Their Illnesses – Crowdfund Insider

On Tuesday, Rare Genomics Institute (RG), announced that it is launching ten separate crowdfunding campaigns to help patients with rare diseases pinpoint the causes…

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Google invests $32 million in Oscar healthcare startup – Business Insider

Google invests $32 million in Oscar healthcare startup – Business Insider

Google Capital has invested $32.5 million in Oscar, a health insurance startup, The Wall Street Journal reports. The new funding values Oscar, which had in April…

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Startup Maryland in Montgomery County on September 30

Startup Maryland in Montgomery County on September 30

Are you an entrepreneur with or know someone who is? Apply today for the opportunity to make your pitch! Application deadline September 21. Apply…

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BD Named 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Winner by Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) – MarketWatch

BD Named 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Winner by Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) – MarketWatch

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the…

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Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore’s Annual Meeting Tickets, Baltimore – Eventbrite

Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore’s Annual Meeting Tickets, Baltimore – Eventbrite

Join more than 400 of the region’s business and government leaders for the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore’s Annual Meeting, November 4, 2015 at…

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Harpoon Medical Enrolls Ten Patients in Early Feasibility Study with 100% Procedural Success

Harpoon Medical Enrolls Ten Patients in Early Feasibility Study with 100% Procedural Success

Harpoon Medical, a medical device company focused on minimally-invasive, beating-heart, mitral valve repair, announced today that ten patients with severe degenerative mitral valve disease…

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