BioHealth News Archive
ORTHOMETRIX ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE RIGHTS FROM ENCORE PATH TO MARKET THE TAILWIND™ ARM REHABILITATION DEVICE DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
ORTHOMETRIX, INC. announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with ENCORE PATH, INC. to market, sell and service worldwide the Tailwind™ arm…
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Type 2 insulin pump maker Valeritas raising large equity round
It looks like Valeritas, which is developing insulin pumps for Type 2 diabetes, is in the midst of raising another big round of cash. The New…
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A Diagnosis for Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine (PMx), medical treatment tailored to specific patient populations based on their genetic or molecular biology profiles, has long been heralded as the…
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Scott Storrer to Join Strand Life Sciences as President of North America – Strand Life Sciences
Storrer will oversee strategy, expansion and operation of Strand Genomics Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary of Strand Life Sciences in North America. Strand is…
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emocha, a Mobile Health Platform for Remote Patient Monitoring (INTERVIEW)
Originating as a solution to educate health workers in developing countries, emocha is now a powerful platform that allows researchers and clinicians to use mobile data capture,…
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Healthcare’s digital future – McKinsey & Company
The adoption of IT in healthcare systems has, in general, followed the same pattern as other industries. In the 1950s, when institutions began using…
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US venture capital investors continue to back biotech
Biopharma firms continued to attract US venture capital investment in Q1 according to new analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which says the number of firms…
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In Maryland, Smoking Could Cost You Job – InsuranceNewsNet.com
Anyone who wants a job next year at Anne Arundel Medical Center -- whether as a surgeon or security guard -- will have to…
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Peter Thiel gets another to drop out of college for Thiel Fellowship – newjerseynewsroom.com
Former Johns Hopkins University college student Alex Koren wants to make a difference. Koren feels he has a better opportunity of doing that by…
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Local life science & IT companies win 2014 InvestMaryland Challenge
Two Montgomery County companies each took home the top prize of $100,000 in their category as part of the 2014 InvestMaryland Challenge. Bethesda-based life sciences…
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Rockville-based Cellphire gets $1 million from InvestMaryland program
Rockville biotechnology company Cellphire is the latest receipient of funding via the State’s InvestMaryland program, receiving $1 million last month! Cellphire is developing stabilized…
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UBI Index – Benchmarking Incubation Globally Rankings 2014 – University Business Incubator
On June 24, UBI Index announced the Global Top 25 University Business Incubators of 2014. We would like to thank all participants of this…
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Venture’s Q2 surge: Dollars, deals and dominant players – San Francisco Business Times
Valuations on venture-backed companies jumped again in the second quarter as the number of IPOs and the amount VCs invested in startups both hit…
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University of Maryland Unveils Global Online Master’s Degree in… — COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 2, 2014 /PR Newswire India/ —
University of Maryland, a national leader in entrepreneurship education and venture creation, announces it will offer a new master's degree program in technology entrepreneurship…
Read MoreHere are 6 trends that will increase healthcare M&A deals in 2014
A survey of healthcare and life science professionals and investors suggests healthcare M&A activity will surge past 2013 levels when there were 394 deals…
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