BioHealth News Archive
The big pharma gamble: GlycoMimetics’ Rachel King on signing with Pfizer – Washington Business Journal
When GlycoMimetics Inc. announced a license agreement with Pfizer three years ago, the decision seemed like a no-brainer. This deal, which surrounded the sickle…
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Seeking All Entrepreneurs!
September 2014 is bringing 5 NEW CLASSES to our schedule that will help you BE THE ENTREPRENEUR THAT YOU WANT TO BE! Aspiring Entrepreneurs:…
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Johns Hopkins Announces Winners of Francis S. Collins Scholar Award
Two early career physician-scientists, Peter de Blank and Matthew R. Steensma, have been named inaugural winners of the Francis S. Collins Scholars Program in…
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Personalized Medicine Meets Cancer Immunotherapy – MIT Technology Review
A highly personalized medical technique is allowing patients with advanced kidney cancer to live nearly three times as long as they normally do. In…
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Funding Deadlines & New SBIR Application Forms – Are you ready?
Upcoming Funding Opportunity Deadlines -NEW FORMS-C Required for SBIR/STTR applications The next NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)…
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The Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America – Brookings Institution
As the United States slowly emerges from the Great Recession, led by our cities and metropolitan areas, a remarkable shift is occurring in the…
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Senseonics Raises $20 Million; Brings in New VP of Sales and Marketing – Senseonics
Senseonics, a privately held medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of the first fully implantable, long-term continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system,…
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The Myth of the Medical Diagnosis – The Experts – WSJ
PETER PRONOVOST: The biggest misperception is certainty. When you receive a diagnosis from a doctor, we don’t always know for 100% sure if it…
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Biomanufacturing Technology Summit – Friday, June 13, 2014
DATE: June 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. LOCATION: Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, in Rockville, MD Emerging Strategies for the…
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Why we need entrepreneurship + translational medicine – Entrepreneurship.org
In the translational medicine space -- where medical research is "translated" into health tools and solutions for patients -- the majority of engaged physicians…
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The Latest Buzz in Pain Medicine (INTERVIEW)
At Medgadget we speak with quite a few physicians-turned-entrepreneurs, and one of the most enthusiastic and impressive we’ve known is Dr. Amy Baxter. We first met…
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Robotic sperm is here, and it’s not just for fertilization — it might help treat cancer, too
Meet the humble “Magnetosperm,” a tiny, sperm-like robot with incredible potential in the medical world. It’s approximately six times longer than a human sperm,…
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How US healthcare companies can thrive amid disruption – McKinsey & Company
Disruptive change is now a fact of life for many industries. Healthcare is no exception. Although healthcare has been changing for decades—think about the…
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In Search of STEM Diversity – from MdBio Foundation CEO Brian Gaines
MdBio Foundation is looking for solutions to build a diverse and highly qualified STEM workforce. Read the latest from CEO Brian Gaines published in the Washington…
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NIH gives J. Craig Venter Institute $25M to uncover genetic secrets of infectious diseases
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded $25 million to the J. Craig Venter Institute to back an initiative to study infectious diseases…
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