BioHealth News Archive
World class drug discovery team launches new company to tackle chronic respiratory disease
Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, a drug discovery company focused on new therapeutics for respiratory diseases, today announced that it has secured £1.6m ($2.4m) in initial…
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Science Talent Competition Highlights Student Innovation – University of Maryland, Baltimore
In today’s world, the average adult between the ages of 65 and 69 takes almost 14 prescriptions per year, and those aged 80-84 take…
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RFP: GMP Facility – Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
This is a Request for Proposal to lease the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) facility located at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR),…
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See these photos of Johns Hopkins’ new East Baltimore incubator – Technical.ly Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels has seen plenty of innovation at the world-renowned research institution he leads. In opening a second incubator in East…
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Sucampo inks licence agreement with Par Pharmaceutical for generic Rescula
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, a global biopharmaceutical company, announced that Sucampo and R-Tech Ueno, Ltd. (RTU), have entered into a stipulation and licence agreement with Par…
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Here’s how an angel investor tax credit program would work in Maryland – Baltimore Business Journal
Maryland could establish a $5 million fund to put toward tax credits for individuals and firms who invest in startup companies. Startup and investor…
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These Maryland public colleges are among the top 100 in the U.S. – Baltimore Business Journal
Four University System of Maryland schools rank among the top 100 public universities in the country, according to a new statistical analysis by The…
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World Medical Innovation Forum- Eventbrite
April 27-29, 2015 - Boston, MA Partners HealthCare is proud to announce the 2015 World Medical Innovation Forum, an annual gathering in Boston of…
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The Road to Personalized Medicine: FDA’s Proposed Guidelines on Companion Diagnostics
While regulation of diagnostic tests by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not directly impact the biobanking industry, it does have an impact on…
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NIH Opens Discussion: How to Build a U.S. Health Research Database? – Xconomy
National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins kicked off a two-day meeting in Bethesda, MD, this morning to discuss how to turn President Obama’s…
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ViaCyte Starts Stem-Cell Trial of Bioartificial Pancreas – MIT Technology Review
Fourteen years ago, during the darkest moments of the “stem-cell wars” pitting American scientists against the White House of George W. Bush, one group…
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GSK buys vaccine specialist GlycoVaxyn for $190m – PMLiVE
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has taken control of Swiss company GlycoVaxyn in a $190m deal that bolsters its early vaccines pipeline. GSK already owned a stake…
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Report: How are venture dollars distributed among disease and clinical trial phase?
How are venture capital dollars are actually disseminated? Into early stage companies? Late? What fields get the most investment – cancer? Bruce Booth of…
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Why has hardly anyone applied for equity crowdfunding in D.C.? – The Washington Post
District regulators approved the city’s first equity crowdfunding campaign last week. It was also the only application they’ve received to date. The Department of…
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Roche acquires Germany’s Signature Diagnostics
Swiss cancer drugs giant Roche (ROG: SIX) has acquired Signature Diagnostics, a privately-held company based in Potsdam, Germany. Financial terms of the transaction, which…
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