BioHealth News Archive
More biotechnology manufacturing coming to Maryland as life science firms expand – The Washington Post
AstraZeneca became the latest biotechnology company to expand its manufacturing operations in Maryland when the British drugmaker announced plans last month to enlarge a…
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Pieris Achieves GLP Tox Milestone Payment in Daiichi Sankyo Collaboration to Develop Anticalin(R) Therapeutics
Pieris AG has achieved the fourth milestone payment for its lead Anticalin® program with Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereinafter Daiichi Sankyo; headquartered in Chuo…
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Takeda Announces Formalization of Takeda Oncology to Enhance Discovery, Development and Global Commercialization of Breakthrough Cancer Medicines | Business Wire
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) today announced its global oncology business unit, headquartered in Cambridge, MA, will be called Takeda Oncology. The creation of…
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Blueprint Health forms interdisciplinary group to help solve healthcare challenges
Blueprint Health has formed an interdisciplinary group inside and outside of healthcare to develop and assess new healthcare technologies earlier in an effort to…
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County’s Economic Development Director Resigns – Bethesda Beat
Steve Silverman resigned this week as the director of the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development. County spokesman Patrick Lacefield said Silverman, who has…
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News: Governor McAuliffe announces new Virginia Bioscience Initiative – Augusta Free Press
Governor Terry McAuliffe on Thursday announced a Virginia Bioscience Initiative, kicking off the effort with a public and private sector roundtable discussion on the commercialization…
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Fabrics that transmit biomedical data – KurzweilAI
Canadian researchers have developed “smart textiles” able to monitor and transmit wearers’ biomedical information via wireless or cellular network by superimposing multiple layers of…
Read MoreAer-O-Scope, a Self Powered Colonoscope with 360° View, FDA Cleared (VIDEO)
GI View out of Ramat Gan, Israel finally won FDA clearance to introduce to the U.S. market its self-propelled single-use Aer-O-Scope colonoscope. This device originally…
Read MoreMaking PEPFAR – Science & Diplomacy
I was asked by the U.S.-UK Fulbright Commission to give a series of lectures in the United Kingdom in 2013 on the topic of…
Read MoreCancer’s Super-Survivors: How Immunotherapy Is Transforming Oncology – WSJ
Tom Telford ’s stomach ached. The New York City teacher had been drinking cup after cup of coffee as he labored to finish year-end…
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Apply now: DreamIt Health deadline is tomorrow – Technical.ly Baltimore
Health startup founders have one more day to get their applications in to be a part of DreamIt Health’s second Baltimore cohort. The deadline is Friday…
Read MoreBioCity announces AstraZeneca Alderley Park Incubation Fund – PharmiWeb.com
BioCity, the Bioscience incubation specialist with locations in the East Midlands (BioCity and Medicity in Nottingham), the North West (BioHub at Alderley Park) and…
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Roche’s Expands Diagnostics Position With The Acquisition Of Ariosa – Trefis
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holdings (NASDAQ:RHHBY) recently announced the acquisition of Ariosa Diagnostics, which makes non-invasive prenatal testing equipment. The terms of the deal…
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Xfund Closes $100 Million Second Fund, Targets Student Entrepreneurs – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
Entrepreneurs on college campuses got another boost Thursday with Boston-area Xfund closing a $100 million fund to bankroll new ideas and support startups it’s…
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A new debate is needed for biopharmaceuticals – EurActiv
The recent bumpy landing of Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a ten year journey, and more than 1.4 billion euros in investment, is a…
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