BioHealth News Archive
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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This 17-Year-Old Has Discovered DNA Mutations That Could Combat HIV And Meningitis | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
Like plenty of science-oriented high school kids, Andrew Jin is interested in human evolution. But Jin, one of three $150,000 first-place winners in this…
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Infographic: Nanobot Surgery, Microchip Medical Records and 5 Other Medical Tech Breakthroughs – Nextgov
Did you know you could use your iPhone to monitor your pulse and oxygen levels? From nanobot surgery to microchip medical records, new medical…
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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
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
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
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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Hamburg to serve as IOM Foreign Secretary – Modern Healthcare
The Institute of Medicine has tapped Dr. Margaret Hamburg, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to serve as its next foreign…
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