BioHealth News Archive
Weber Named Chamber’s Economic Development Vice Chair – News – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus
Leslie Ford Weber, interim executive director of Johns Hopkins University’s Montgomery County Campus, has been appointed to a board of directors executive committee position…
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Adults can undo heart disease risk – ScienceBlog.comScienceBlog.com
The heart is more forgiving than you may think — especially to adults who try to take charge of their health, a new Northwestern…
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Brookings: D.C. has plethora of STEM positions – Washington Business Journal
Educational experts have been telling us the future of employment opportunity will be in jobs requiring science, technology, engineering or mathematics training. At least…
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Johns Hopkins joins NSF’s National Innovation Network – Johns Hopkins FastForward
The Johns Hopkins University has joined the National Science Foundation‘s National Innovation Network and becomes the fourth member university in the NSF Innovation Corps…
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GSK Offers $1 Million Award for Healthcare Innovations – Pharmaceutical Technology
GSK and Save the Children have announced the second annual $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award, which was established to identify and reward innovations in…
Read MoreIn Maryland’s ‘innovation economy,’ a contrarian view of acquisitions – Baltimore Sun
Whenever Baltimore-area companies sell themselves to out-of-state firms, economists and local leaders alike bemoan the loss. Another headquarters gone. Fewer corporate decision-makers here. Possible…
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New Atlantic Ventures bets on pharmacy-tech startup Truveris – Washington Business Journal
Reston-based New Atlantic Ventures joined a handful of other venture investors in backing Truveris, a New York startup whose cloud-based platform helps drive down…
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Maryland wants to boost biotech with international companies – Baltimore Business Journal
Maryland has a new strategy for growing biotechnology business: Roll out the welcome mat for international companies. International bio companies looking to break into…
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RiverVest finds success in blowing the dust off old compounds
Niall O’Donnell fancies himself an archaeologist of the pharmaceutical persuasion. His firm, RiverVest Ventures, is scoping out the failed and forgotten drugs of big…
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Under Armour Launches the 2014 Future Show: The Connected Fitness Innovation Challenge – BWWFitnessWorld
Today, Under Armour (NYSE:UA), the global leader in sports performance and innovation, announced plans for the 2014 Under Armour Future Show: The Connected Fitness…
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EY Report: Biotechs Increased R&D Spending in 2013 – GEN
After stepping up their R&D spending last year, biotechnology companies worldwide must deploy that capital to create more value from their research, EY concluded…
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Latest Innovation Sandbox will connect startups to health care sector – Baltimore Business Journal
Cyber entrepreneur Mike Binko is launching a second Innovation Sandbox to give exposure to small startup companies. The program will connect health care, medical…
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A Liberating Education – Asian Fortune
May 18 was a glorious Sunday in the Boston area. Tens of thousands of families and friends descended on one of the nation’s best-known…
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MedImmune, Committed to Scientific Excellence – Cambridge News
Scientific excellence is an integral part of any pharmaceutical company’s success. By paying attention to staff training and development at all levels, it is…
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Universities to cooperate on cybersecurity – The Japan News
Kyushu University and the University System of Maryland exchanged memorandums of understanding on Tuesday to work together on cybersecurity education and research. It will…
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