BioHealth News Archive
Roche acquires exclusive rights to AbVitro’s extension-based target enrichment technology
Swiss drug major Roche (ROG: SIX) has acquired exclusive rights to a primer extension-based target enrichment technology and associated patent applications filled by therapeutic…
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NIH Awards $32-Million to Tackle Big Data in Medicine – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday awarded almost $32-million in grants to more than two dozen institutions to devise innovative ways of helping…
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BioBuzz MoCo October 22nd
Join the BioBuzz networking group at our next free event. Along with 100's of the region's bioscience workers, you too could be making new…
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InvestMaryland Challenge Prizes! – Startup Business Competition
In 2014, startups took home nearly $1M in cash and prizes from the InvestMaryland Challenge. For 2015 we have new categories and are racking…
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NICE/UKTI Scientific Advice Seminar – October 28th, Washington, D.C.
To attend a NICE/UKTI Scientific Advice Seminar for developers of devices and diagnostics. Learn how to prepare for an evaluation by NICE, the UK’s…
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Money flowing, businesses growing in Montgomery County, MD
It has been said that there is no money for start-ups here. NOT TRUE! Montgomery County is proud to shine the spotlight on local…
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University of Maryland, UMBC team on new cyber security research center – Baltimore Business Journal
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and University of Maryland, College Park will work with MITRE Corp. on a new cyber security research and development…
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IT Digest: U-Md. plans new computing network for life sciences – The Washington Post
The University of Maryland is building a new computing network intended to provide local scientists with high-speed access to data centers, the university announced…
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2014 Awards of Excellence Winners Selected – University Economic Development Association
The University Economic Development Association (UEDA) announced its 2014 Awards of Excellence winners during its Annual Summit held this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Awards…
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Biotech companies feel the need for speed: Cue big data analytics startups
Biotech companies are looking for ways to speed up drug discovery and pharmaceutical companies need an easier way to find accurate drug pricing information…
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Becton Dickinson to buy CareFusion for $12 billion in cash, stock | Reuters
Medical equipment supplier Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX.N) has agreed to buy CareFusion Corp (CFN.N), a maker of infusion pumps and other medical devices,…
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Baxter to establish new biopharma R&D center – spectroscopyNOW.com
The US pharmaceutical company Baxter International is to establish a new global innovation and R&D center for biopharmacetucals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. This follows…
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How Do Doctors Test for Ebola?
Health officials are now monitoring 50 people in Texas for signs of Ebola, via twice-daily temperature checks, and in recent days, there have been…
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Downtown Partnership of Baltimore to Launch Technology Company Incentive Program
DPOB's new program, TechConnect, provides up to $10,000 per tech company (with at least 4 employees) for locating for at least one year within…
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Roche Presents Data on Cancer Immunotherapy Candidate – October 3, 2014 – Zacks.com
Pipeline updates are highly awaited events in the pharma/biotech sector as they play an important role in deciding whether or not to invest in…
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