BioHealth News Archive

Drug development costs: Is $2.6B correct? Big pharma may profit from inflated estimates. – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Drug development costs: Is $2.6B correct? Big pharma may profit from inflated estimates. – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Drug costs are astronomical – this we know. But we don’t have a transparent, informed way of calculating – or understanding – the true costs of drug…

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Venture investors see opportunities to fix patient experience, but do seniors want it? – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Venture investors see opportunities to fix patient experience, but do seniors want it? – MedCity NewsMedCity News

Awful patient experience, poor communication, increasing out-of-pocket costs. Investors assembled for a panel discussion of the future of investing in aging technology at the…

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Johns Hopkins’ East Baltimore business accelerator to expand to new space | Hub

Johns Hopkins’ East Baltimore business accelerator to expand to new space | Hub

In just three months, demand for lab and office space at the Johns Hopkins innovation hub, FastForward East, has exceeded supply. The FastForward program,…

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Johns Hopkins to break ground on new ‘innovation hub’ [Startup Roundup] – Technical.ly Baltimore

Johns Hopkins to break ground on new ‘innovation hub’ [Startup Roundup] – Technical.ly Baltimore

WHO’S GETTING FUNDED Sickweather sold $95,000 in debt out of $250,000 offered, according to an SEC filing. The company makes an illness-tracking app, and…

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Emergent BioSolutions, Glaxo Initiate Ebola Vaccine Study – Zacks.com

Emergent BioSolutions, Glaxo Initiate Ebola Vaccine Study – Zacks.com

Emergent BioSolutions announced that a new phase I study has begun at the University of Oxford that will evaluate the use of its modified…

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New Mexico leads telemedicine; Connecticut, Rhode Island failMedCity News

New Mexico leads telemedicine; Connecticut, Rhode Island failMedCity News

What’s the difference between a “good” state for telemedicine and a “bad” one? The American Telemedicine Association released two reports at its annual conference…

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Circulomics Awarded $1.5M Phase II SBIR to Develop Multiplex microRNA Assay – Press Release – Digital Journal

Circulomics Awarded $1.5M Phase II SBIR to Develop Multiplex microRNA Assay – Press Release – Digital Journal

Circulomics Inc has been awarded a $1.5M Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National…

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Announcement from NCITechTransfer, the NCI Technology Transfer Network

Announcement from NCITechTransfer, the NCI Technology Transfer Network

The NIH is the premier biomedical research center for the world. Its 27 Institutes and Centers employ approximately 18,000 employees doing a vast array…

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Tech Council of Maryland Names Winners of 27th Annual Industry Awards | Business Wire

Tech Council of Maryland Names Winners of 27th Annual Industry Awards | Business Wire

The Tech Council of Maryland (TCM), Maryland’s largest technology trade association, last night announced the winners of its 27th Annual Industry Awards. The celebration…

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Soligenix Announces Development Agreement with Emergent BioSolutions

Soligenix Announces Development Agreement with Emergent BioSolutions

Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing products that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammation,…

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KeyGene USA expands its research and development facilities in Maryland to support its operations

KeyGene USA expands its research and development facilities in Maryland to support its operations

On April 30, 2015, KeyGene USA, celebrated the opening of its new R&D facilities co-located at the University of Maryland’s Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology…

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THE ANGEL INVESTOR MARKET IN 2014: A MARKET CORRECTION IN DEAL SIZE

THE ANGEL INVESTOR MARKET IN 2014: A MARKET CORRECTION IN DEAL SIZE

The angel investor market in 2014 had a slight correction in investment dollars and in the deal size. Total investments in 2014 were $24.1…

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D.C. mayor taps first director of technology innovation — Washington Technology

D.C. mayor taps first director of technology innovation — Washington Technology

Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser has named Matt Bailey the first director of technology innovation for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer. The…

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Why People Thrive in Coworking Spaces – HBR

Why People Thrive in Coworking Spaces – HBR

There seems to be something special about coworking spaces. As researchers who have, for years, studied how employees thrive, we were surprised to discover…

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Forest City to break ground on $65.6M hub for Johns Hopkins research – Baltimore Business Journal

Forest City to break ground on $65.6M hub for Johns Hopkins research – Baltimore Business Journal

Forest City Enterprises and its partners on Friday will break ground on a $65.6 million, 165,000-square-foot building at 1812 Ashland Ave. that will be…

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