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Medtronic tech leader offers 4 metrics for measuring an innovation department

Medtronic tech leader offers 4 metrics for measuring an innovation department

Paul Thompson, director of IT innovation at Medtronic, explained how he held on for four years to bring the “hospital of the future” to…

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Mikulski tours MedImmune labs, meets with employees – The Frederick News-Post

Mikulski tours MedImmune labs, meets with employees – The Frederick News-Post

Sen. Barbara Mikulski toured the MedImmune laboratories in Frederick on Monday morning and talked with employees. Mikulski told the workers she was proud of…

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J&J Innovation shows off its new summer lineup of biotech deals – FierceBiotech

J&J Innovation shows off its new summer lineup of biotech deals – FierceBiotech

When Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) Innovation debuted about a year ago, R&D chief Paul Stoffels promised to build an interconnected, global operation that would…

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JobWatch: Layoff Pace Slows in First Half of 2014 – GEN

JobWatch: Layoff Pace Slows in First Half of 2014 – GEN

The first half of 2014 has seen less job-cutting by biopharma companies than a year earlier, at least according to one recent report. The…

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Business Rx: When is it okay for start-up founder to give himself a salary? – The Washington Post

Business Rx: When is it okay for start-up founder to give himself a salary? – The Washington Post

Founder salaries Q.: Is it okay to pay yourself (and other founders) a salary when you’ve only raised money from friends and family? If…

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Stealth Mode is the New Sweet Spot for Some Biotechs – Xconomy

Stealth Mode is the New Sweet Spot for Some Biotechs – Xconomy

In biotech’s early days, telling a story to a wide audience used to be part of the path to success. Founders would share a…

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NHLBI Regional Innovation Conference – NHLBI, NIH

NHLBI Regional Innovation Conference – NHLBI, NIH

Date:  Monday, September 22, 2014 Location: North Carolina Biotechnology Center 15 TW Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3547 http://www.ncbiotech.org/ Background: NHLBI’s Office of…

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Merck opens office in technology innovation hub

Merck opens office in technology innovation hub

On a recent tour of the latest addition to University City Science Center’s campus in Philadelphia – an innovation hub in an established building…

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NEA busiest VC firm in hottest market since 2001; Here’s the rest of Top 20 – Silicon Valley Business Journal

NEA busiest VC firm in hottest market since 2001; Here’s the rest of Top 20 – Silicon Valley Business Journal

New Enterprise Associates averaged a U.S. funding deal every three days in the first half of this year, the hottest six months for the…

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Tech Council of Maryland looks to play bigger role in Baltimore – Baltimore Business Journal

Tech Council of Maryland looks to play bigger role in Baltimore – Baltimore Business Journal

The Tech Council of Maryland hopes a new office at the University of Maryland BioPark will help the organization play a bigger role in…

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Seeking All Entrepreneurs!

Seeking All Entrepreneurs!

Register TODAY for one or more of the 5 NEW FastTrac Entrepreneurship classes being offered this fall at Montgomery College. FastTrac is a nationally…

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Join the County’s Business Mission to India; apply for help with costs by 8/1

Join the County’s Business Mission to India; apply for help with costs by 8/1

Take advantage of an incredible international business opportunity and explore the India market with Montgomery County Executive Leggett during a business mission to India…

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Most STEM grads don’t work in related careers – Baltimore Business Journal

Most STEM grads don’t work in related careers – Baltimore Business Journal

More than 70 percent of college graduates with a bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are not employed in those industries. About…

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Orphan Drugs Summit – Commercially Focused

Orphan Drugs Summit – Commercially Focused

The 4th edition of the Orphan Drugs Summit, Northern Europe’s premier orphan drugs conference, will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark this September. As the…

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Supernus sells drug rights for $30 million – Gazette.Net

Supernus sells drug rights for $30 million – Gazette.Net

Supernus Pharmaceuticals of Rockville has sold certain royalty and milestone rights to a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension for $30 million to HealthCare Royalty…

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