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VAXIN STRENGTHENS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO

VAXIN STRENGTHENS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO

Vaxin Inc. today announced that it has added key patents to its expanding Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio. The clinical stage vaccine and immunotherapeutics company…

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College Incubators: UMd Startup Shell Director Chris Szeluga – DC Inno

College Incubators: UMd Startup Shell Director Chris Szeluga – DC Inno

The University of Maryland students who join the Startup Shell incubator are all working hard to turn their ideas into successful businesses. As the new executive…

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Exploring the Future of Medicaid on Its 50th Anniversary

Exploring the Future of Medicaid on Its 50th Anniversary

Since Medicaid's creation in 1965, it's become the largest health insurer in the country, covering more than 70 million Americans. Initially covering only poor, single parents and…

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How a Coney Island sideshow advanced medicine for premature babies

How a Coney Island sideshow advanced medicine for premature babies

It was Coney Island in the early 1900’s. Beyond the Four-Legged Woman, the sword swallowers, and “Lionel the Lion-Faced Man,” was an entirely different…

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OSTP needs speakers to talk future of challenge prizes

OSTP needs speakers to talk future of challenge prizes

The White House is getting ready to honor five years since the creation of Challenge.gov — the central web portal for government competitions intended…

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Synthetic Biologics Announces Public Offering of Common Stock – MarketWatch

Synthetic Biologics Announces Public Offering of Common Stock – MarketWatch

Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (nyse mkt:SYN), a clinical-stage company focused on developing therapeutics to protect the microbiome while targeting pathogen-specific diseases, today announced that it…

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The Best Cities for Diversity in STEM – SmartAsset.com

The Best Cities for Diversity in STEM – SmartAsset.com

Jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) represent some of the best opportunities for workers in today’s economy. The work can be rewarding as well…

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Top 20 Biopharma IPOs of January-June 2015 – GEN

Top 20 Biopharma IPOs of January-June 2015 – GEN

The truism about biopharma being a global industry has never been truer than when it comes to the top 20 IPOs for the first…

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Where Should Pharma Hunt For Academic Innovation?

Where Should Pharma Hunt For Academic Innovation?

I’m a huge fan of R&D collaborations between pharma and academia, so I should be thrilled by Sanofi’s latest tie-up with seven top-tier centers…

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NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for July 21, 2015

NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for July 21, 2015

Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…

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Emergent Bio snags $20M BARDA contract for Ebola mAbs – Seeking Alpha

Emergent Bio snags $20M BARDA contract for Ebola mAbs – Seeking Alpha

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)…

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U.S. companies raise record-breaking venture capital. Again. – The Washington Post

U.S. companies raise record-breaking venture capital. Again. – The Washington Post

American companies continued to attract eye-watering sums of money from venture capitalists in the last quarter, according to a report released Friday. U.S. firms…

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JHU’s new Technology Ventures helps brings ideas to the marketplace – Hub

JHU’s new Technology Ventures helps brings ideas to the marketplace – Hub

Last fall, David Narrow and his colleagues reached a critical juncture in the development of their fledgling medical technology company, Sonavex. As Narrow puts…

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Johns Hopkins Student Developed Noninvasive Brain Stimulator May Ease Parkinson’s Symptoms – Parkinson’s News Today Parkinson’s News Today

Johns Hopkins Student Developed Noninvasive Brain Stimulator May Ease Parkinson’s Symptoms – Parkinson’s News Today Parkinson’s News Today

Symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease include tremor, muscle stiffness, and slowed movement that make it difficult to execute such simple tasks as holding an…

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FastForward East to Quadruple in Size, Fuel Baltimore Tech Boom – JHTV

FastForward East to Quadruple in Size, Fuel Baltimore Tech Boom – JHTV

The May 15 groundbreaking ceremony for Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures’ new FastForward East location at 1812 Ashland Ave. was about more than just the…

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