BioHealth News Archive

These 2 Baltimore med school students turned an idea into a startup with $770,000 in funding – Baltimore Business Journal

These 2 Baltimore med school students turned an idea into a startup with $770,000 in funding – Baltimore Business Journal

A year ago Robert Lord and Nick Culbertson were medical students with an idea for a company. Now their startup Protenus Inc. is doing…

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Early stage digital health companies get some love from Maryland fund

Early stage digital health companies get some love from Maryland fund

Vheda Health, a digital health company that seeks to help people with chronic conditions, is one of a handful of healthcare startups that have…

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AstraZeneca’s MedImmune To Acquire Definiens – NASDAQ.com

AstraZeneca’s MedImmune To Acquire Definiens – NASDAQ.com

Tuesday said its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, has agreed to buy privately-held Definiens, which would strengthen MedImmune's focus on the discovery…

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Health IT accelerator to set up permanent office at Inner Harbor – Baltimore Business Journal

Health IT accelerator to set up permanent office at Inner Harbor – Baltimore Business Journal

Business accelerator DreamIt Health Baltimore plans to lay roots in the Inner Harbor. DreamIt Health Baltimore is negotiating a lease as it prepares to…

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2015 FLC Laboratory Director of the Year Awards – Call for Nominations

2015 FLC Laboratory Director of the Year Awards – Call for Nominations

Nominations are being accepted for the 2015 FLC Laboratory Director of the Year Awards. Sponsored by the FLC National Advisory Council, this award honors…

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Rock Health raises a third fund, led by Kaiser Permanente and Bessemer – VentureBeat

Rock Health raises a third fund, led by Kaiser Permanente and Bessemer – VentureBeat

The San Francisco-based digital health accelerator Rock Health has raised a large third round of funding and says it will boost its investments in…

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2014 Showcase of Maryland Israel Business – Maryland/Israel Development Center

2014 Showcase of Maryland Israel Business – Maryland/Israel Development Center

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 | 6:00-8:30 p.m. Silver Spring Civic Center-One Veterans PlazaGPS Address: 8525 Fenton Street, Silver Spring Meet Israeli entrepreneurs working in…

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When Lives Depend on Tech Transfer – IPWatchdog.com

When Lives Depend on Tech Transfer – IPWatchdog.com

Every once and a while you get a reminder that lives are literally at stake in some R&D partnerships. Last Wednesday was one of…

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BioBuzz MoCo November 19th

BioBuzz MoCo November 19th

American Tap Room - 36 Maryland Ave Rockville, MD 20850 Join BioBuzz and our sponsor CRB for another great BioBuzz networking event on November 19th from…

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Device invented at Johns Hopkins provides up-close look at cancer on the move | Hub

Device invented at Johns Hopkins provides up-close look at cancer on the move | Hub

Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a lab device to give cancer researchers an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis, the complex way that tumor cells…

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Startup Maryland Announces Great Eight Finalists and Fan Favorites for 2014 Pitch Across Maryland Tour

Startup Maryland Announces Great Eight Finalists and Fan Favorites for 2014 Pitch Across Maryland Tour

Startup Maryland (www.startupmd.org) today announced the Great Eight (8) Finalists and three (3) Fan Favorites from the 2014 Pitch Across Maryland celebration.   After…

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Profectus BioSciences gets another $9.5 million for Ebola vaccine work – Baltimore Business Journal

Profectus BioSciences gets another $9.5 million for Ebola vaccine work – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore pharmaceutical firm Profectus BioSciences Inc. has received a $9.5 million grant from the Department of Defense for a phase 1 clinical trial of…

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Regional Top Performing Incubators to be announced every Tuesday, starting November 4th – University Business Incubator

Regional Top Performing Incubators to be announced every Tuesday, starting November 4th – University Business Incubator

UBI Index recognizes top performing business incubators from all over the world. This time we take a deeper look in 5 regional areas starting…

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Replacing Kirwan: HBCUs, STEM, And Everything Else You Need To Be A Good Chancellor – WYPR

Replacing Kirwan: HBCUs, STEM, And Everything Else You Need To Be A Good Chancellor – WYPR

The chancellor is stepping down. After 50 years in education, and 12 years as Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, William English “Brit”…

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Inspiring the scientists of the future – Cambridge News

Inspiring the scientists of the future – Cambridge News

Inspiring the scientists of the future is something that MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, takes very seriously. Therefore the…

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