BioHealth News Archive
NHLBI Funding & Research Opportunities and Announcements for November 25, 2014
Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…
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Top 10 health IT predictions for 2015 – Healthcare IT News
In 2015, hospitals will – and should – make more advanced use of "third platform" technologies based on mobile tools, social channels, data analytics…
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Forget mood rings – check out the color of your pee to see what’s going on
The color of your urine could be telling you something about your health condition. Yes, your standard yellow is where you want to be, but…
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Infographic: The Angels of Entrepreneurship – Business Opportunities Weblog
Angel investors are often rich individuals who provide startups with capital for their start-up costs. The term comes from Broadway, where it was originally…
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New SBIR Opportunities: Why Phase III Contractors And Venture Capital Companies Should Consider Possible Changes To The SBIR And STTR Programs – Government, Public Sector – United States
Any small business or venture capital company interested in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding opportunities should pay…
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Maryland’s finding a future in 3-D (Video) – Baltimore Business Journal
Lacrosse sticks, construction models and surgical tools — these are all things Baltimore companies are making with the help of 3-D printing. Three-dimensional printing…
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Drugmaker AstraZeneca expands footprint in Maryland, plans to hire 300 workers – The Washington Post
British drugmaker AstraZeneca plans to spend $200 million over the next three years, expanding its manufacturing facility in Frederick, Md., and hiring an additional…
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American Biotech Start-Ups Head To China For Capital Partners
Nestled in a quiet industrial park in Redmond, Washington, not too far from the Microsoft headquarters, is a small biotech start-up with both an…
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FLC Launches Business Resource Tool, FLCBusiness: Boosting Our Economy by Leveraging Federal Laboratory Resources – PR.com
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC), a nationwide network of federal laboratories that cultivates best-practice strategies for advancing technology transfer (T2) from…
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Univ. of Maryland officials break ground for bioengineering building – The Diamondback : News
As the sound of pile driver at the Edward St. John’s Learning and Teaching Center construction site boomed across Campus Drive, officials broke ground…
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GSK shareholders to vote on Novartis deal on Dec. 18 – Reuters
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) has asked its shareholders to vote at a meeting on Dec. 18 on its proposed major deal with Switzerland's Novartis (NOVN.VX),…
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Teaching Hospitals Are the Best Place to Test Health Innovation
Digital technologies such as electronic medical records, mobile devices, and analytics offer the potential to transform health care. Whether it’s a patient using her…
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University of Maryland School of Medicine Conducts Human Trial of Experimental Ebola Virus Vaccine
Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH, director of the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), and Dean E. Albert Reece,…
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AstraZeneca adding 300 jobs in Frederick in $200M expansion – Baltimore Sun
British drugmaker AstraZeneca is doubling down on Maryland, spending $200 million to expand its Frederick manufacturing facility a year after shifting hundreds of out-of-state…
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7 Trends Driving Global Health And Life Sciences In 2015
There are presently massive shifts occurring in the competitive global landscape of health, and particularly in the life sciences. As we approach 2015, it…
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