BioHealth News Archive

DC Startups: What’s Working Now in the City’s Ecosystem – DC Inno

DC Startups: What’s Working Now in the City’s Ecosystem – DC Inno

Metro areas with strong startup ecosystems depend on success stories and market conditions that converge over time. In the best of circumstances, a regional…

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NEA invests $3M in health IT startup connecting Chinese MDs, patients with US specialists

NEA invests $3M in health IT startup connecting Chinese MDs, patients with US specialists

Fresh from unveiling a $3.1B fund, New Enterprise Associates is the sole investor in a $3 million Series A round by MORE Health. The…

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Job Opportunity: Director Account Development – Noble Life Sciences

Job Opportunity: Director Account Development – Noble Life Sciences

The Company: Noble Life Sciences (Gaithersburg, MD) is a rapidly growing contract research organization (CRO) that provides a continuum of preclinical drug, vaccine and…

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Top Virtual Reality Tech Startups in D.C., Virginia, Maryland – DC Inno

Top Virtual Reality Tech Startups in D.C., Virginia, Maryland – DC Inno

At DC Inno we are constantly on the look out for the next innovative local company. Over the past several months, one of the…

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How Science-Literate Are You? – Curriculum – The Chronicle of Higher Education

How Science-Literate Are You? – Curriculum – The Chronicle of Higher Education

How well do you understand science? Jon D. Miller, director of the International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy at the University of…

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American Telemedicine Association Delivers New State Report Cards on Telemedicine

American Telemedicine Association Delivers New State Report Cards on Telemedicine

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) today released an update to two critical state policy reports which identified gaps in coverage and reimbursement, and physician practice…

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Top 20 Up-and-Coming Molecular Diagnostics Companies | Insight & Intelligence™ | GEN

Top 20 Up-and-Coming Molecular Diagnostics Companies | Insight & Intelligence™ | GEN

With molecular diagnostics projected to grow to a $7.6 billion industry by 2017 (Kalorama) and surpass $8 billion by 2020 (Grand View Research), the…

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GSK wins FDA approval for Breo inhaler – News & Observer News & Observer

GSK wins FDA approval for Breo inhaler – News & Observer News & Observer

U.S approval of GlaxoSmithKline’s newest respiratory inhaler continues the global drugmaker’s shift from the blockbuster drug Advair to a suite of drugs that will…

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Emergent BioSolutions Expands Commercial Product Portfolio With FDA Approval of IXINITY, a Recombinant Factor IX Treatment for Hemophilia B | Proteins and Peptides | News Channels

Emergent BioSolutions Expands Commercial Product Portfolio With FDA Approval of IXINITY, a Recombinant Factor IX Treatment for Hemophilia B | Proteins and Peptides | News Channels

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved IXINITY(R) [coagulation factor IX (recombinant)], an intravenous recombinant…

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NEA Seeks to Overturn Obamacare’s ‘Excise Tax’ Penalty – Politics K-12 – Education Week

NEA Seeks to Overturn Obamacare’s ‘Excise Tax’ Penalty – Politics K-12 – Education Week

Teachers' unions provided a lot of the muscle to get the Affordable Care Act passed, but now they're working to overturn one portion of…

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House Democrats want more FDA funding in medical innovation bill – Modern Healthcare

House Democrats want more FDA funding in medical innovation bill – Modern Healthcare

Having secured a funding boost for the National Institutes of Health in the 21st Century Cures legislation, House Democrats now say the Food and…

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21st Century Cures Bill Proposes Breakthrough Medical Device Program Expanded HDEs

21st Century Cures Bill Proposes Breakthrough Medical Device Program Expanded HDEs

U.S. legislators recently released a discussion draft of the medical innovation bill known as the 21st Century Cures Initiative. The legislation aims to hasten…

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NextGen Angels expands to two new cities with funding, plans for 10 cities – Washington Business Journal

NextGen Angels expands to two new cities with funding, plans for 10 cities – Washington Business Journal

District investor group NextGen Angels has raised $1 million from 24 of its members to finance expanding to two more cities. The local angel…

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Quality Biological Receives Grant from Montgomery County to Expand Operations

Quality Biological Receives Grant from Montgomery County to Expand Operations

Gaithersburg company to use funds to add staff and upgrade equipment to meet demand Angela Graham, President and CEO, accepts check from DED's Valerie…

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Bungalow Insurance Wins Wharton Business Plan Competition Perlman Grand Prize | Entrepreneurship Blog

Bungalow Insurance Wins Wharton Business Plan Competition Perlman Grand Prize | Entrepreneurship Blog

Bungalow Insurance won the $30,000 Perlman Grand Prize of the 2015 Wharton Business Plan Competition. The prize was awarded at the Wharton School’s annual…

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