BioHealth News Archive
Let’s Set A National Standard For The JOBS Act Investment Pathway
Since its passage more than two years ago, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which was designed to decrease regulatory burdens for raising…
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Inside Wis: As health care evolves, so does need for smarter, cost-effective tools
Some of the trends in American health care are obvious: Managing costs in the age of Obamacare, patients using online information to take charge…
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TEDMED DC: The Companies We Met in The Hive
This editor attended TEDMED 2014 in DC and had a chance to speak with some of the innovative start ups in the Hive, a…
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Biotech Venture Capital Firm Aglaia Launches New $65 Million Oncology Fund
Dutch venture capitalist Aglaia has announced the launch of Aglaia Oncology Fund II. Investors contribute a total of $65 million to the fund, whose…
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AstraZeneca and Lilly Establish Development and Commercialization Partnership for Alzheimer’s Treatment
AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company have reached an agreement for the development and commercialization of the oral beta secretes cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor, AZD3293, which might become…
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The Daily Startup: Investors Flocking to Big Data Medical Startups – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
The intersection of health and big data is getting more crowded. San Mateo, Calif.-based Lumiata is the latest company to get venture backing for…
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Providence Health launches $150M venture capital fund to spur innovation
Washington state’s Providence Health & Services today said it is launching a $150 million venture capital fund to help spur innovation across the healthcare…
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American Academy Report on U.S. Research
On September 16, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences released a report entitled Restoring the Foundation: The Vital Role of Research in Preserving…
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InvestMaryland Challenge is Back
Accepting Applications for InvestMaryland Challenge! Could $100,000 help jumpstart your startup? Well, Maryland’s national business competition is back for the third year! Since 2013,…
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Lilly Joins AstraZeneca to Co-Develop BACE Inhibitor for Alzheimer’s – GEN
AstraZeneca will jointly develop and commercialize its high-risk, Phase II/III-bound Alzheimer’s disease drug candidate AZD3293 with Eli Lilly, in a deal that could net…
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ALS’s Ice Bucket Challenge millions could benefit Johns Hopkins University and other regional institutions and businesses – Washington Business Journal
The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and other research institutions closer to Greater Washington have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the ALS…
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Is Deloitte One of the Best Companies in America? – NASDAQ.com
As of 2014, Deloitte is the largest professional services firm in the world by revenue. What began in the 19th century as stand-alone accounting…
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Technology Transfer Programs At the NIH Research Festival
Please plan to attend and also help spread the word about some exciting technology transfer programs planned for the NIH Research Festival next week:…
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Medical Investors Take a Whole-Body Approach – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
Medical investors once spent a disproportionate amount of their money on diseases affecting the brain, heart and skeleton. Now market pressures and technological advances…
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Pharma Industry Sales To Hit 1 Trillion In 2014 Says CMR Report
A new upcoming report from Thomson Reuters unit CMR International declares that several positive trends are buoying the pharmaceutical industry to an all-time high…
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