BioHealth News Archive

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Gaithersburg prepare to open wet lab incubator – Washington Business Journal

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Gaithersburg prepare to open wet lab incubator – Washington Business Journal

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. is opening a Gaithersburg wet lab space in a project that may help fill a gap left when Montgomery…

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Roche aims for 11 late-stage trials in cancer immunotherapy drug this year – Yahoo News

Roche aims for 11 late-stage trials in cancer immunotherapy drug this year – Yahoo News

Roche aims to have an immunotherapy cancer drug in 11 late-stage trials by the end of the year, the Swiss drugmaker's head of medical…

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A real estate empire grows in Kendall Square – Business – The Boston Globe

A real estate empire grows in Kendall Square – Business – The Boston Globe

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. made its first modest investment in Kendall Square about 14 years ago, developing a blocky five-story building it named…

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New Enterprise Associates closes more than $3B in capital for new funds – Washington Business Journal

New Enterprise Associates closes more than $3B in capital for new funds – Washington Business Journal

New Enterprise Associates has closed more than $3.1 billion in new capital for its 15th fund and a joint "opportunity fund," the Chevy Chase…

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HHS announces $1 million in new grant programs to help improve sharing of health information

HHS announces $1 million in new grant programs to help improve sharing of health information

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen B. DeSalvo, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., announced today the availability of $1 million in grant funds to support…

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NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for April 14,  2015

NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for April 14, 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 interest:…

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PatientsLikeMe’s multiyear deal with AstraZeneca will impact global R&D

PatientsLikeMe’s multiyear deal with AstraZeneca will impact global R&D

In an effort to tap patient communities for insights on drug development, AstraZeneca has inked a five-year deal with PatientsLikeMe, according to a company…

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A UMB startup is developing a portable artificial lung – Baltimore Business Journal

A UMB startup is developing a portable artificial lung – Baltimore Business Journal

Lung disease lands thousands of patients in the hospital every year. And that’s where many of them stay, unable to breathe without a cumbersome…

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Breethe Aims To Bring First Wearable ‘Out-Of-Hospital’ Artificial Lung System To Market – kcentv.com – KCEN HD – Waco, Temple, and Killeen

Breethe Aims To Bring First Wearable ‘Out-Of-Hospital’ Artificial Lung System To Market – kcentv.com – KCEN HD – Waco, Temple, and Killeen

University of Maryland (UM) Ventures and Breethe, Inc. announced today that Breethe, an early-stage, Baltimore-based medical device company, has obtained exclusive rights to University…

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How tech commercialization could pay off big for Johns Hopkins – Baltimore Business Journal

How tech commercialization could pay off big for Johns Hopkins – Baltimore Business Journal

All it takes is one hit. And Christy Wyskiel likes her chances. Johns Hopkins University, where Wyskiel heads up technology commercialization, is among the…

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MedImmune gets FDA fast track status for MEDI8897 to prevent LRTI caused by RSV in infants – Pharmaceutical Business Review

MedImmune gets FDA fast track status for MEDI8897 to prevent LRTI caused by RSV in infants – Pharmaceutical Business Review

AstraZeneca's global biologics R&D arm MedImmune has received fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop MEDI8897, an investigational…

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BREP Brings BioBuzz Back to Baltimore

BREP Brings BioBuzz Back to Baltimore

We're back in Baltimore thanks to The University of Maryland's Biotech Research and Education Program (BREP) who is sponsoring this BioBuzz networking event on…

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Mikulski Continues Jobs Tour At NIH Calling For Major Increase In Federal Investments In Physical And Human Infrastructure Of Nih Health Science – Mikulski Senate

Mikulski Continues Jobs Tour At NIH Calling For Major Increase In Federal Investments In Physical And Human Infrastructure Of Nih Health Science – Mikulski Senate

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, this week continued her Maryland Jobs Tour at the…

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10 Largest Companies by Market Cap in Pharmaceuticals – The Motley Fool

10 Largest Companies by Market Cap in Pharmaceuticals – The Motley Fool

When it comes to dividend income, there are few industries more sought after than pharmaceutical stocks. More specifically, investors tend to focus on the…

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StartUp Health’s Assessment of Digital Health Investing relevant to Seniors Short on Context – MedCityNews

StartUp Health’s Assessment of Digital Health Investing relevant to Seniors Short on Context – MedCityNews

The decline in first quarter digital health investment was a notable shift from the steadily rising levels since 2010. That’s probably the most striking…

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