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Opticul Diagnostics Wins BioMaryland Center Grant for International Project – News – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus

Opticul Diagnostics Wins BioMaryland Center Grant for International Project – News – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus

Opticul Diagnostics has won a BioMaryland Center grant to work on a medical device with a France-based company that would immediately identify microorganisms in…

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T2 Speakers Series – 8-13-14 “Creating a Win-Win… Registration, Germantown – Eventbrite

T2 Speakers Series – 8-13-14 “Creating a Win-Win… Registration, Germantown – Eventbrite

Montgomery County, MD DED Tech Transfer Programs Monthly Event - Second Wednesday of every month: 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT) Germantown, MD  …

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Gov. Martin O’Malley Advises Innovators on Doing Business with the Government | StateTech Magazine

Gov. Martin O’Malley Advises Innovators on Doing Business with the Government | StateTech Magazine

Innovators and startups pride themselves on being creators of disruptive technologies. We expect them to introduce game-changing solutions that improve our quality of life…

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Qiagen to develop diagnostic test for AstraZeneca

Qiagen to develop diagnostic test for AstraZeneca

Qiagen has agreed to partner with AstraZeneca to develop a liquid biopsy-based companion diagnostic test to accompany one of the pharmaceutical company's lung cancer…

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Who will have the next digital health IPO? These 5 companies are likely contenders

Who will have the next digital health IPO? These 5 companies are likely contenders

The healthcare system in the U.S. is a slow-moving, slow-changing beast, but it’s also riddled with inefficient parts that beg for data-driven reinvention. That’s…

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Suicide Risk Predicted by New Blood Test

According to the latest research out of Johns Hopkins, a new blood test could predict a person’s risk for suicide through their DNA. The…

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Johns Hopkins spinout AsclepiX Therapeutics looks to improve eye disease treatment – Baltimore Business Journal

Johns Hopkins spinout AsclepiX Therapeutics looks to improve eye disease treatment – Baltimore Business Journal

Johns Hopkins researchers Aleksander Popel and Jordan Green knew their research could serve a greater purpose outside their laboratory. But without any business experience,…

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Universities Are Pushed to Improve Lab Safety – The Ticker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Universities Are Pushed to Improve Lab Safety – The Ticker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Report: “Safe Science: Promoting a Culture of Safety in Academic Chemical Research” Author: Committee on Establishing and Promoting a Culture of Safety in Academic…

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Baltimore Business Journal Health Care Innovators 2014 nominations – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore Business Journal Health Care Innovators 2014 nominations – Baltimore Business Journal

Regardless of your stance on Obamacare and Maryland’s Medicare waiver, you can’t ignore that health reform and technology are creating many opportunities for innovation.…

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Business model update: How medical device firms can attract more innovators

Business model update: How medical device firms can attract more innovators

For years the standard operating procedure for the medical device world has been: Bring good tech to patients and be rewarded by the market.…

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Three Questions for J. Craig Venter | MIT Technology Review

Three Questions for J. Craig Venter | MIT Technology Review

Genome scientist and entrepreneur J. Craig Venter is best known for being the first person to sequence his own genome, back in 2001. This…

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Veteran Institute for Procurement to conduct Boots to Business: Federal Procurement

Veteran Institute for Procurement to conduct Boots to Business: Federal Procurement

SBA Awards Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation grant to conduct veteran small business training course ROCKVILLE, MD - The Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation…

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3 things Maryland must do to be a leader in ed-tech – Baltimore Business Journal

3 things Maryland must do to be a leader in ed-tech – Baltimore Business Journal

Education technology, or ed-tech, is getting big in Baltimore and local experts think Maryland has a shot at being a leader in this technology…

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The Country’s Best-Kept Secret for Startup Seed Funding

The Country’s Best-Kept Secret for Startup Seed Funding

When it comes to raising capital for a tech startup, savvy entrepreneurs know how important it is to hustle. From trying to attract the…

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Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Permanente announce new partnership – Baltimore Business Journal

Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Permanente announce new partnership – Baltimore Business Journal

With plans to couple Johns Hopkins Medicine’s research cachet and Kaiser Permanente’s population health prowess, the two health giants announced a new “strategic collaboration”…

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