BioHealth News Archive
Roche buys Bina Technologies
The pharmaceutical giant Roche has paid an undisclosed price to acquire Bina Technologies, a bioinformatics company. The move sees Roche expand further into the…
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Elevator buttons at hospitals have more bacteria than the toilets
For obvious reasons, hospitals are a hotspot for germ exposure, which can increase the risk of infection for those making a visit by up…
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Handheld device could detect concussion with a single drop of blood
Imagine, a quick pinprick on the sidelines of a football game that could tell athletes whether they’ve concussed. Arizona startup BioDirection is developing a point-of-care device…
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Most Cancers Caused Mainly By ‘Bad Luck’ Mutations: Johns Hopkins Study
Two-thirds of a wide variety of cancer kinds are largely rooted in undesirable genetic luck and not simply the benefits of traits passed down…
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Open House for Technology Transfer Courses at NIH – Office of Technology Transfer, NIH
On Thursday, January 15, 2015 from 4-6:30 pm there will be an open house for the spring courses in the "Advanced Studies in Technology…
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Pharma and biotech on a roll as drug approvals hit 18-year high – Reuters
U.S. drug approvals in 2014 hit their highest level in 18 years and recommendations in Europe also came at a rapid rate, driven by…
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United Therapeutics Announces Signing Of Agreement For New Remodulin Delivery System (NASDAQ:UTHR)
United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) announced today the signing of an agreement with DEKA Research & Development Corp. for the development of a potential…
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2014: U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame – US News
U.S. News & World Report is pleased to announce the 2014 STEM Leadership Hall of Fame, honored during the U.S. News STEM Solutions conference.…
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Adam Zuckerman, Valerie Gaydos on the D.C. capital gains tax cut for tech investments – Washington Business Journal
Outgoing D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray gave the city's tech scene some love as one of his final acts, signing a somewhat controversial tax cut…
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Government agencies face big hurdles in mHealth app innovation – FierceMobileHealthcare
Governmental agencies face a wide spectrum of challenges in creating mHealth apps, ranging from a changing development culture to potential litigious issues, revealed a…
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Chesapeake Innovation Center’s top job will pay you 6 figures – Baltimore Business Journal
Anne Arundel County's economic development chief took to LinkedIn in search of a new executive director of the Chesapeake Innovation Center — and he's…
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What Rare Disorder Is Hiding in Your DNA? – Scientific American
Last spring Laura Murphy, then 28 years old, went to a doctor to find out if a harmless flap of skin she had always…
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CMS Innovation Center has few concrete results to report – Modern Healthcare
The CMS Innovation Center paid $2.6 billion through September to hospitals, doctors and others through nearly two dozen programs that tested new ways to…
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Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Awarded NIH Contract to Investigate a Novel Radiation Sensitizer in GI Cancers – Beckley, Bluefield & Lewisburg News, Weather, Sports
SHUTTLE Pharmaceuticals, a privately held company, today announced it has been awarded a fast-track Phase I/II contract #HHSN261201400013C by the National Institutes of Health…
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Your Elevator Pitch Needs an Elevator Pitch – HBR
Ah, the elevator pitch. A favorite tool of the networking masses. A rite of passage of sorts. You’ve heard the scenario: you step into…
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