BioHealth News Archive
University of Maryland Medicine offers MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment to Parkinson’s patients
University of Maryland Medicine (the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine) and its Center for Metabolic Imaging…
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ADC Therapeutics Secures $80m Financing to Progress Its Pipeline of Antibody Drug Conjugate Therapeutics in Oncology – Business Wire
ADC Therapeutics (ADCT), an oncology drug discovery and development company that specializes in the development of proprietary Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) targeting major cancers,…
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1776 closes first seed fund at $12.5 million – Washington Business Journal
D.C.-based startup incubator 1776, which filed with regulators last year to raise its first seed fund, announced Tuesday it has closed the fund at…
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UMBC, Johns Hopkins among universities to share $20M for nanotechnology research – Baltimore Business Journal
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Johns Hopkins University are among 12 universities that will share a $20 million grant for groundbreaking nanotechnology research.…
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Synthetic Biologics Moves Offices to Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus – News – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus
Synthetic Biologics, a microbiome-focused clinical-stage biotechnology company, is moving its offices to the Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus. Synthetic Biologics previously had its…
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Run your own virtual pharmaceutical company with new video game – ethical decision-making optional – MedCity NewsMedCity News
A lot of time, effort and money goes into the creation of new drugs. A new game Big Pharma, which came out Thursday, is…
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U.S. investors with keen interest in digital health move into Israel’s incubator landscape – MedCity NewsMedCity News
A digital health fund to invest in Israeli digital health startups recently made its first investment — Intendu. The company provides a way for…
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UW-Madison nanotech center receives $20 million
A Madison-based research hub devoted to evaluating the environmental effect of nanotechnology has received $20 million in National Science Foundation funding over the next…
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Google Teams Up With Sanofi To Develop Diabetes Tech – Fast Company
Google is making another move into the profitable sphere of diabetes management: Its Life Sciences arm—which will soon fall under Google's new parent company,…
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VAXIN CHANGES COMPANY NAME TO ALTIMMUNE
Vaxin Inc., a clinical stage immunotherapy and vaccine company, today announced that it has changed its corporate name to Altimmune, Inc. Vaxin was founded…
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Roche Makes A Play To Benefit From 21st Century Cures Act – Seeking Alpha
Since Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act on July 10th, one Big Pharma company has already moved to capitalize on the legislation even…
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Transmedics’ Heart-in-a-Box Could Help with Organ Transplant List | MIT Technology Review
Transplant surgeons have started using a device that allows them to “reanimate” hearts from people who have recently died, and use the organs to…
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America’s Shrinking Cities Are Gaining Brains | Newgeography.com
If there’s one thing that’s a nearly universal anxiety among cities, it’s brain drain, or the loss of educated residents to other places. I’ve…
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Remedy Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2A Study of CIRARA™ in Spinal Cord Injury – UM Ventures
Remedy Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on the development and commercialization of CIRARA™, a breakthrough drug for treating acute central nervous system conditions, announced that…
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BBJ: Mark Lafferty, PhD, Joins UM Ventures as Venture Associate – UM Ventures
Mark Lafferty has joined UM Ventures Baltimore as a venture associate. In this role, he provides financing and business planning advice to new companies,…
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