BioHealth News Archive
NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for March 9, 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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Lockheed to represent defense industry in DARPA robotics contest – Washington Business Journal
The total potential payout for the winner will be $2 million — pocket change for the biggest defense company on the globe. And yet,…
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MorphoSys and Emergent BioSolutions Initiate Phase 1 Clinical Study to Evaluate the Novel Oncology Immunotherapeutic MOR209/ES414 for Prostate Cancer Frankfurt Exchange:MOR
MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX, OTC: MPSYY) and Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) today announced the initiation of a Phase 1…
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to announce $1M fund for innovative small businesses – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's State of the City Address will take on economic issues Monday, touting job creation and introducing initiatives like a $1…
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We Need Your Input: BIO Survey on Effective FDA-Sponsor Communication – BIOtechNow
BIO is surveying members and non-members on their interactions with the FDA during the various stages of drug development prior to submitting an NDA/BLA.…
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NHLBI Phase IIB Bridge Award Program Renewed RFA-HL-16-009
Next Due Date June 19, 2015; Submit Your Letter of Intent by May 19, 2015 Informational Webinar Coming Soon – Stay Tuned! NHLBI’s Phase…
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Health-tech startup Emocha lands deal with 3rd-largest county in U.S. – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore health IT startup Emocha Mobile Health Inc. is taking its medication-tracking mobile app to one of the largest counties in the country —…
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Medication adherence smartphone and web system deployed for Tuberculosis patients – emocha
emocha Mobile Health launched its video-based directly observed therapy application, miDOT, in Harris County, Texas. miDOT will be used to bridge the distance between…
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Johns Hopkins higher-ups say they need these 3 things to create an ‘innovation ecosystem’ – Technical.ly Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University officials have been talking about putting more energy into fostering more entrepreneurship among the Baltimore institution’s vast research megalith. This week,…
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Stanford Health Care and GE Ventures form new company to validate and optimize digital health technology
The interest in adopting digital health tools such as clinical wearables and smartphone diagnostics has been hindered in some ways by the rapid growth…
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Aura Biosciences Closes $21M Series B Financing – Rock Hill Herald Online
Aura Biosciences, a biotech company developing highly tumor-targeted breakthrough therapies for rare cancers, has secured a $21M Series B round of funding. The financing…
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Alfa Wasserman, Sigma-Tau agree to merge Italian businesses – Reuters
Italian drugmakers Alfa Wasserman and Sigma-Tau said on Thursday they had agreed to merge pharmaceutical activities to create a domestic champion with sales of…
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Health Information Technology Companies Participate in DreamIt Health Baltimore, Co-Sponsored by Johns Hopkins – 03/04/2015
For the second year, The Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine are co-sponsoring an opportunity that prepares health information technology startups to present…
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Google’s plans to redefine healthcare (infographic)
Google has been making major waves in healthcare lately, with a significant change in how it displays health search results in a collaboration with the…
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Connecting Maryland’s Innovation Highways
Maryland’s road to a stronger high-tech economy lies at the intersection of its I-95 and I-270 corridors. Better integration of education, research and development…
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