BioHealth News Archive
Life Sciences Impact Grant – Montgomery County, MD – Economic Development
The Life Sciences Impact Grant Program was created in 2014 to provide financial assistance to life science employers who retain jobs and to stimulate the…
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Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund (CBIF) Awards $1.8 Million to Q2 Applicants – Connecticut Innovations
Connecticut Innovations (CI), the leading source of financing and ongoing support for Connecticut’s innovative, growing companies, today announced that the Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund…
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HHS Adds New Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Partners
The Department of Health and Human Services has expanded its entrepreneurs-in-residence program with new partners who will work with agency employees on various projects over a 12-month period. {iframe}http://www.executivegov.com/2014/11/hhs-adds-new-entrepreneurs-in-residence-partners/{/iframe}
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JHU undergraduate team takes second place in collegiate inventors contest – Hub
A Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering student team has placed second in the undergraduate division of the Collegiate Inventors Competition for its AccuSpine probe, marking…
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Maryland’s Distance-Education Giant Will Stay Public and Part of University System – Administration – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The president of the University of Maryland University College, rejecting a recommendation from an outside committee, has decided he won’t ask the state to…
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With Launch UMD, university gets into crowdfunding – Maryland Daily Record
What do beekeepers, marching band members, engineers and choir singers all have in common? They all raised money for various projects through Launch UMD,…
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Freudenberg ideaTrophy Device Technology Competition
Now through December 1st, 2014, Freudenberg will be hosting a contest in the area of smart surface technology for medical devices (preferably silicone based).…
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Payout From Drug Raises Questions for Cystic Fibrosis Group – NYTimes.com
About 15 years ago, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation made what was considered a risky foray for a nonprofit organization into the world of business.…
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Regeneron Builds a Database of Human Knockouts in Search for Drug Clues – MIT Technology Review
Ten years ago, scientists discovered that some people are naturally missing working copies of a gene known as PCSK9. The consequences of the mutation…
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Climbing the Regulatory Summit: Regulatory and Clinical Trial Quandaries – SoPE National Capital Chapter
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST), Rockville, Maryland Climbing the Regulatory Summit: Insights into developing the Best Regulatory Pathway…
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Unlocking the Mystery of Angel Investment – BiotechBlog
In the “Mystery of Capital,” Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto famously writes about the need to convert assets into capital for creation of social…
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Nominate your Company to be the Buzz of BIO at CEO – BIO
Are you an established public company looking to impress investors with your company's latest developments, or a late-stage private company hoping to make the…
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A digital prescription for pharma companies – McKinsey & Company
The US healthcare industry is undergoing a major transformation as healthcare reform encourages consumers to play a far more active decision-making role. Yet despite…
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The Angel Investor Market In Q1Q2 2014: Market Growth But Deal Size Decreases – Center for Venture Research UNH
The angel investor market in Q1,2 2014 showed signs that the five year moderate growth has continued in the first half of 2014. Total…
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Survey: Doctors feel more connected to their computers than their patients
More than half of all healthcare practitioners, or 57 percent, said that on “most days” they feel more attached to computers than their patients,…
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