BioHealth News Archive

‘EdTech Maryland’ as Ecosystem Exemplar

‘EdTech Maryland’ as Ecosystem Exemplar

In the U.S., North America, and around the Globe, education innovation clusters are popping up across the landscape to solve the 21st century’s toughest…

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University of Maryland School of Medicine identifies new heart disease pathway

University of Maryland School of Medicine identifies new heart disease pathway

New research by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) and the Ottawa Heart Institute has uncovered a new pathway…

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FDA Invents: How Technology Transfer Gets FDA Inventions from Lab to Marketplace – FDA Voice

FDA Invents: How Technology Transfer Gets FDA Inventions from Lab to Marketplace – FDA Voice

If you think the term “government invention” is an oxymoron—well, think again. You may be surprised to learn that many of the breakthrough technologies…

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Digital health funding hits $3 billion

Digital health funding hits $3 billion

The cash keeps flowing in digital health. Venture funding invested into the digital health realm has surpassed $3 billion through the first three quarters…

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Five Steps for Managing Cyberthreats in the Health Care Industry – Deloitte Risk & Compliance – WSJ

Five Steps for Managing Cyberthreats in the Health Care Industry – Deloitte Risk & Compliance – WSJ

New information technologies and innovative business models are transforming the health care industry in several ways. The industry is beginning to focus on creating…

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Doctor Cloud Is Ready To See You Now – FastCo.Labs

Doctor Cloud Is Ready To See You Now – FastCo.Labs

Odds are good you’ve seen your doctors using computers a lot more in the past three years. During appointments or while at the hospital,…

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Mexican Biotech Students Find Home at JHU Montgomery County Campus, TruBios

Mexican Biotech Students Find Home at JHU Montgomery County Campus, TruBios

Juan Montesinos is a doctor who has a passion for mobile and web applications. Daniel Gil Castillejo is an electronics engineer proficient in the…

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Emergent BioSolutions to manufacture new anthrax vaccine

Emergent BioSolutions to manufacture new anthrax vaccine

The next generation of the nation's only anthrax vaccine will be made in Lansing, an executive for Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said Tuesday. There won't…

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TCM Announces Recipients of the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award

TCM Announces Recipients of the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award

The Tech Council of Maryland presents a Lifetime Achievement Award each year to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the success of…

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GSK commits $5M to startups, academics that develop bioelectronics

GSK commits $5M to startups, academics that develop bioelectronics

GlaxoSmithKline has just launched a $5 million Innovation Challenge Fund to advance open-access technology in the bioelectronics space. The funding’s aimed toward biz-savvy academics and startups that…

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Sucampo goes all-in on Amitiza with new DTC effort – Medical Marketing and Media

Sucampo goes all-in on Amitiza with new DTC effort – Medical Marketing and Media

For the majority of drugs, end-of-lifecycle planning usually involves a reining-in of marketing costs. But Sucampo CEO Peter Greenleaf is doing the exact opposite.…

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UCF incubator’s impact: $2.5B on regional economy – Orlando Business Journal

UCF incubator’s impact: $2.5B on regional economy – Orlando Business Journal

The University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program has pumped nearly $2.5 billion into the economy over the last 15 years. The program —…

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NIH Funds Neurotechnology as Part of Obama’s BRAIN Initiative – MIT Technology Review

NIH Funds Neurotechnology as Part of Obama’s BRAIN Initiative – MIT Technology Review

The White House said that President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative is generating interest from companies and philanthropies in a sign of what it calls a…

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Baxter to Form New Global Innovation and R&D Center near Boston for Its Biopharmaceuticals Business – Business Wire

Baxter to Form New Global Innovation and R&D Center near Boston for Its Biopharmaceuticals Business – Business Wire

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) today announced plans to form a new global innovation and research and development (R&D) center in Cambridge, Mass., for Baxter's…

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The Daily Startup: Small VC Funds Gaining Support of Limited Partners – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ

The Daily Startup: Small VC Funds Gaining Support of Limited Partners – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ

Limited partners are actively returning to venture capital and many are looking beyond the industry’s giants. “I think this is the first year that LPs…

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