BioHealth News Archive
Spending Bill Holds Scant, if Any, Increases for Education and Research – Government – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Senate gave final passage on Saturday to an overdue spending bill for the 2015 fiscal year that provides modest increases for research,…
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United States of crowdfunding: Rules for crowdsourcing investment, state by state (maps) – OregonLive.com
As reported in a story earlier this morning, Oregon is preparing to join 15 states that have implemented rules to let businesses raise money through…
Read MoreWho Is An Accredited Investor? New Recommendations From The SEC
On October 9, 2014, the Investment Advisory Committee of the SEC issued its much awaited recommendations on the "Accredited Investor" definition of Regulation D…
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Johns Hopkins-Jhpiego Win US Award for Improved Protective Suit to Combat Ebola — BALTIMORE, Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —
An advanced protective suit for healthcare workers who treat Ebola patients, devised by a Johns Hopkins team, has been selected as a winning design…
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ATCC to Provide Proficiency Testing Programs through Partnership with LGC
ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, and LGC, a leading global producer and distributor of reference materials and proficiency testing…
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BioMed Realty sells HGS’s Rockville manufacturing plant for $322.5M – Washington Business Journal
San Diego-based BioMed Realty Trust Inc. has sold a 289,900-square-foot bio-manufacturing facility at 9911 Belward Campus Drive for $322.5 million to private equity firm…
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Norma Lee Todd: Johns Hopkins APL Records Tech Transfer Increase in 2014 | ExecutiveBiz
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory says it has experienced record growth for initiatives to move its scientific discoveries into the commercial sector in…
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McKesson makes aggressive move into health IT venture capital – Modern Healthcare
Healthcare giant McKesson Corp. plans an aggressive move into venture capital funding for healthcare technology, expecting to commit several hundred million dollars to the…
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USM Chancellor Kirwan to remain at least through February – Baltimore Sun
University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. Kirwan, who announced in the spring his plans to step down, said this week that he will…
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Where do biotechnology inventors live? – BiotechBlog
As an offshoot of PatentStat, I’ve assembled a set of graphs of patent inventor locations, focusing in 33 industry sectors. {iframe}http://www.biotechblog.com/2014/12/10/biotechnology-inventors-live/{/iframe}
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A Baltimore health-tech startup wants to upgrade doctors’ tools for wound care – Baltimore Business Journal
Bedsores, diabetic ulcers and other chronic wounds cost the U.S. health care system $30 billion a year. Why? At least in part because the…
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Run Deep: Pulsing Magnetic Fields Focus Nano-Particles to Deep Targets — COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —
Recent efforts between the University of Maryland (UMD) and Bethesda-based Weinberg Medical Physics LLC (WMP) have led to a new technique to magnetically deliver…
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Pieris Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial for Anticalin(R) to Treat Anemia – Yahoo Finance
Pieris AG announced today the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial with PRS-080, an anti-hepcidin Anticalin® therapeutic protein designed to treat anemia. The…
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Novartis and Roche leaders in R&D – European Biotechnology News
When it comes to the biggest investors in Research and Development (R&D) Swiss pharma top dogs Novartis and Roche have defended their positioning among…
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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland – Steve Blank
The University of Maryland is now integrating the Lean LaunchPad® into standard innovation and entrepreneurship courses across all 12 colleges within the University. Over 44…
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