BioHealth News Archive
BD and Guidepoint Team to Connect Healthcare Start-up Companies With Business and Scientific Experts – Virtual-Strategy Magazine
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Guidepoint today announced BD & Guidepoint Mentor, a new program providing selected start-up healthcare companies with free access…
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Personal Genome Diagnostics raises $4.3M in ongoing Series A – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore gene analysis firm Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. has raised $4.32 million in a larger financing round underway. The new funding is a convertible…
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Southern Research Awarded New $22 Million NIAID-DAIDS Contract to Support Ground-Breaking HIV Cure Research – Southern Research
Southern Research has been awarded a seven-year contract of up to $22 million to support research that could contribute to the cure of HIV…
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GOVERNMENT OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA AND OIL COMPANIES AGREE TO $48.5 MILLION FUNDING OF MALARIA VACCINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WITH SANARIA INC.
The Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea announced an agreement with industry partners, Marathon Oil Corporation, Noble Energy Inc. and AMPCO, to sponsor…
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Trophogen, Inc. Awarded $756,000 for Second Year of Phase 2 NIH/NCI Fast Track SBIR Grant for Development of Novel Human VEGF Analogs for Targeted Imaging of Undifferentiated Thyroid Cancer | Business Wire
Trophogen, Inc., a U.S.-based emerging biotechnology company founded in 2001, today announced that it was awarded the second year of its Phase 2 Fast…
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Calling all medical device innovators: Children’s National pediatric device competition now accepting proposals — WASHINGTON, July 7, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —
The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System is now accepting proposals for its "Make Your Medical Device Pitch…
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Proteus Swallowable Smart Pills FDA Approved to Measure Medication Adherence
Proteus Digital Health won FDA approval for what the company calls “the only device with an FDA-sanctioned claim for measuring medication adherence.” Proteus technology,…
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Innovator of the Year Nomination – Nominations close July 10, 2015!
Innovator of the Year was created in 2002 to honor Maryland businesses and/or individuals who have had a positive effect and tremendous impact in…
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2015 FLC Call for Nominations – Don’t Delay – Submit Your Lab’s State & Local Govt. Success Stories By July 17!
Has your lab had a successful technology partnership or program experience with its state or local government office? If so, we want to hear…
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Hopkins, UMD to open $30M data analytics center in Baltimore – Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland, College Park, will this month open a shared $30 million high-power data center. The 3,786-square-foot facility, called…
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Big Ideas Coming out of UMD’s Startup Shell Incubator
The University of Maryland is part of the reason that Maryland, as a state, is producing some really innovative entrepreneurial talent. Their student-run incubator…
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A T-Cell Immunotherapy Cure for Cancer – MIT Technology Review
When Milton Wright III got his third cancer diagnosis, he cried until he laughed. He was 20 and had survived leukemia twice before, first…
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Job Opportunity: State of Maryland – Director of BioHealth
Secretary of Commerce Mike Gill is looking for an energetic and focused individual to lead the State's activities in the life sciences arena. This…
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A vision for patient engagement solutions: The speakers at MedCity ENGAGE – BHI Sponsoring
MedCity ENGAGE has quickly become a destination for fresh thinking and the latest solutions for patient engagement and healthcare delivery. That’s due in large…
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State of Entrepreneurship
The State Entrepreneurship Index tracks core trends and reflects states’ entrepreneurship environments, growth in business formation and technological innovation. Each state index is calculated…
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