BioHealth News Archive
Symbiomix Therapeutics Studies Show Drug Candidate for Women’s Health Infections is Safe and Well-Tolerated – kcentv.com – KCEN HD – Waco, Temple, and Killeen
Symbiomix Therapeutics, a late-stage, privately held biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines for serious women's health infections, today announced results from its Phase 1 clinical…
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AstraZeneca acquires rights to Actavis’ lung drugs – Pharmaceutical Business Review
AstraZeneca has completed the acquisition of Actavis’ branded respiratory business in the US and Canada for an initial consideration of $600m. The deal strengthens…
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OpGen Inc. of Gaithersburg files to raise up to $37 million in initial public offering – Washington Business Journal
Gaithersburg-based molecular diagnostics company OpGen Inc. filed Tuesday to go public in hopes of raising as much as $37.4 million. In its initial regulatory…
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InvestMaryland Challenge advances 46 companies – MDBIZNews
This spring, the InvestMaryland Challenge will award four $100,000 grand prizes to innovative young companies with the potential to flourish in Maryland. Now in its…
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Leidos Joins JHU Montgomery County Campus
The Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus welcomes Leidos to the campus community. Leidos has located some of its employees in Building III, putting…
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MIKULSKI ANNOUNCES 5th TERM WILL BE HER LAST, WILL FOCUS ON WORKING FOR HER CONSTITUENTS
Today at Henderson’s Wharf Inn in Fells Point, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) announced she has decided not to run for re-election. Senator…
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NEA leads $35 mln round for Mersana – PE HUB
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Mersana Therapeutics Inc, a provider of Fleximer antibody-drug conjugate technology, has secured $35 million in Series B-1 financing. New Enterprise Associates led…
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Mikulski, a role model for generations of women in politics, to retire in 2016 – The Washington Post
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, the Maryland Democrat who is the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will depart Capitol Hill the way she arrived —…
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Why we should all be thrilled about the FDA starting to embrace innovation – The Washington Post
On Feb. 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a huge step towards patient-centric medicine when it approved the marketing of genetics testing…
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These five health systems are making the best use of telemedicine
There’s been a flurry of news related to telemedicine this week, with several notable developments in Mississippi and Silicon Valley. One of the more…
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SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet: Baltimore reminds me of Detroit – Baltimore Business Journal
U.S. Small Business Administration leader Maria Contreras-Sweet drew parallels Friday between Baltimore and the rust-belt city of Detroit — but she actually meant it…
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A Recipe For Life Sciences Commercialization
As the landscape of the biopharmaceutical industry expands into growing regions, an exciting transformation is beginning to transfer commercialization “recipes” to emerging markets. All…
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Useful Stats: Share of U.S. Venture Capital Investment by State, 2009-2014 – SSTI
California-based companies received about 56 percent of all U.S. venture capital dollars in 2014, the state's highest share of venture activity since the dot…
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Angel investors want a state tax credit, even after tough questions – Baltimore Business Journal
Paul Palmieri thinks Maryland's entrepreneurs and innovators need a boost — especially after supporters of a state angel investor tax credit turned out in…
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QIAGEN Collaborates With Allele Frequency Community to Advance Translational Medicine and Clinical Diagnostics
A coalition of 13 leading life science and diagnostics organizations today announced the formation of the Allele Frequency Community, a landmark initiative that is…
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