BioHealth News Archive
Why this cybersecurity startup is moving from Virginia to Maryland – Technical.ly Baltimore
When this year’s winners of the InvestMaryland Challenge were announced, Bricata stood out. Amid the Maryland companies who finished atop the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development competition, the cybersecurity…
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Half of Osage University Partners’ new $215M fund aimed at life sciencesMedCity News
Osage University Partners, a Philadelphia-area venture firm that only invests in tech transfer spinouts, just closed its second fund – valued at $215 million. About half of that…
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NIH gets on the tech transfer startup wagon; announces winners of Neuro Startup Challenge – MedCity NewsMedCity News
The NIH has jumped onto the whole startup challenge-meets-accelerator trend – using it as a way to galvanize the private sector into licensing the government’s…
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Baltimore companies take top honors at TEDCO awards – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore entrepreneurs cleaned up at the Maryland Technology Development Corp.’s annual ICE Awards, which recognize some of TEDCO’s most successful portfolio companies. Analytical Informatics,…
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8 Truths You Need to Know About Cancer – Robyn Stoller
The statistics are staggering: 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. This means that…
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Maryland biotech firm lands region’s biggest financing round of 2015 – Baltimore Business Journal
The region's biggest venture capital raise of the year belongs to RegenxBio. The Rockville-based biotech company has closed a $70.5 million Series D round…
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Baltimore chosen for City Accelerator – Technical.ly Baltimore
Baltimore City was among five urban locales to be selected for the first-ever City Accelerator initiative. Run by Citigroup’s Citi Foundation and Living Cities,…
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QIAGEN opens new office in Kuala Lumpur as business expands in Malaysia – The Jakarta Post
QIAGEN today announced the opening of its new principal office in Malaysia to serve its growing base of customers for Sample to Insight solutions,…
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RELEVANT HEALTH ACCELERATOR NOW RECRUITING INAUGURAL CLASS OF HEALTH TECH STARTUPS FOR FALL 2015
Relevant Health, a newly launched innovative health technology startup accelerator focused on bringing products to market, announced that it is now accepting applications from…
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Emergent BioSolutions (EBS), ProMetic Life Sciences Enter Agreement Covering cGMP Facility
Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS) announced that it has signed a strategic long-term manufacturing agreement with ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. This agreement provides ProMetic access…
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GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (NYSE:GSK) Unit Invests In PsiOxus Therapeutics $39 Million Fund Raising
The SR One VC unit of GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (NYSE:GSK) has contributed in the Series C $39 million funding round of PsiOxus Therapeutics. The…
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Johns Hopkins researchers identify new therapy to treat lung cancer
A multidisciplinary team led by Johns Hopkins researcher Venu Raman, Ph.D., with notable contributions from Guus Bol, Farhad Vesuna and Phuoc Tran of Johns…
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Roadmap to reward pharma for creating new antibiotics unveiled – Chemistry World
Pharma firms need better incentives to create novel antibiotics to head off an ‘apocalyptic scenario’ where commonplace infections become deadly once more. And the…
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CyberMaryland Conference Opens 2015 Call for Speakers
Annapolis, Maryland - Speaking proposals are now being accepted for the 2015 CyberMaryland Conference, held October 28-29 in Baltimore, Maryland. This year's theme, "Leading…
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ACSM American Fitness Index® Data Report
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