BioHealth News Archive
Venable’s Mike Baader Joining Greenspring Associates – Baltimore Citybizlist
Mike Baader, the head of Venable’s Baltimore office, will be joining the law firm’s longtime client, Greenspring Associates, as a partner and general counsel,…
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NIH contracting arm launches $20B governmentwide acquisition program – Washington Business Journal
The National Institutes of Health contracting arm has launched a $20 billion governmentwide acquisition program, Nextgov reports based on solicitation documents. {iframe}http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2014/05/nih-contracting-arm-launches-20b-governmentwide.html{/iframe}
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Enter 2014 MedTech Innovator Competition for $100k Prize
RCT Ventures has just announced a new opportunity for early-stage medical device companies: the 2014 MedTech Innovator competition. Companies and university-stage teams are encouraged to…
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Overcoming Barriers to Early Translation in Therapeutics Development – SMARTT Webinar
Join members from NHLBI's SMARTT team on May 28, 2014 (1:00-2:30 pm EST) for a free webinar to hear how three investigators utilized SMARTT…
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This DreamIt Health grad failed (and learned from it): Krzysztof Sitko – Technical.ly Baltimore
“Hi, my name is Krzysztof Sitko, cofounder of Aegle, and I’m going to tell you today about how we failed throughout all of DreamIt…
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Augmented reality mhealth platform for phobias – Mobile Commerce Press
THIS MOBILE HEALTH TOOL HELPS PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CONFRONT THEIR ANXIETIES AND THEIR FEARS. A new self-help tool has now been developed…
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Maryland lawmakers ask Pfizer to guarantee future of MedImmune jobs in letter – The Washington Post
Maryland lawmakers have penned a letter to Pfizer asking the New York-based pharmaceutical giant to ensure that it will not shed jobs at Gaithersburg-based…
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Lumena Pharmaceuticals Acquired By Shire – socalTECH.com
San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Lumena Pharmaceuticals has been acquired by UK-based Shire plc, in a deal worth $260M plus earn out, the companies said…
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A Map for the New World: The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media – Illya Szilak
The recently published "Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media", weighing in at over five hundred pages, claims to be the first "systematic and comprehensive"…
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DC Tech: 1776 Files for $25 Million Startup Fund – InTheCapital
D.C. startup incubator and co-working campus 1776 filed paperwork with the SEC to create a $25 million seed investment fund according to a report…
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In Pursuit of Hot Autoimmune Target, GSK and Academics Team Up – Xconomy
Drug targets are like fashion items. When a trendsetter proves one is worth spending money on, a lot of followers pile in. That’s no…
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Biotech Company Sanaria Launches $250k Crowdfunding Campaign on Indiegogo to End Malaria – Crowdfund Insider
Ready to put an end to a devastating disease, Maryland-based biotechnology company Sanaria launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to eliminate the threat of…
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Ignoring these fundamentals could make it hard to scale a digital health startup
Digital health is a popular business these days, but it’s also a tricky one. In theory, remote monitoring and engagement products have the potential…
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Funding: Biotechnology Investor Incentive Tax Credit (BIITC)
During the Spring 2014 Maryland legislative session, the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credits were increased by $2M to $12M. The electronic queue for these credits…
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BioBuzz MoCo is back! Join us on May 21st
Join us at another BioBuzz event with Sponsor The UMD Biotechnology Research and Education Program (BREP) on May 21st from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.…
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