BioHealth News Archive
GlycoMimetics collects $15M from Pfizer collaboration – Washington Business Journal
Also this week in Pfizer-related Maryland biotech news: Gaithersburg-based GlycoMimetics Inc. collected a $15 million payment from the pharma giant stemming from its license…
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InvestMaryland Challenge awards nearly $1M in grants, prizes – MDBIZNews
The second annual InvestMaryland Challenge, an early-stage business competition of the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development, came to an exciting close Monday evening at the National…
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Health IT startup with Johns Hopkins ties wins $100,000 in Md. competition – Hub
A health IT startup launched last year by four recent Johns Hopkins graduates and one soon-to-be JHU graduate was one of four firms to…
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Vinod Khosla is back with some more predictions about the future of healthcare
Vinod Khosla, sassy VC and legendary co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has predicted the future of health. In essence, he has said, our medical lives…
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Angel Capital Association Takes Action to Avoid Threat to Startup Funding
The Angel Capital Association (ACA) today launched a campaign to protect startups from a devastating loss of angel capital if the Securities and Exchange…
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Startup Professionals Musings: Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money
In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. A grant is…
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InvestMaryland Challenge winners unveiled – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore startups were not among the winners of this year’s InvestMaryland Challenge and its more than $1 million in cash and in-kind awards. Gov.…
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MedImmune parent AstraZeneca turns down a ‘final’ $119B bid from Pfizer – Washington Business Journal
AstraZeneca on Monday rejected a "final" $119 billion buyout offer from Pfizer, possibly sinking a pharmaceutical mega-merger that could have jeopardized jobs at AZ's…
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CyberMontgomery is THIS Thursday (May 22nd)!
Cybersecurity is a major growth engine in the region. Get on board by joining over 200 cyber leaders from the private, government and academic…
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MedImmune’s increasing importance to parent company may help if AstraZeneca is acquired – The Washington Post
Pharmaceutical behemoths New York-based Pfizer and London-based AstraZeneca are waging a trans-Atlantic battle over a potential multibillion-dollar buyout that has put both companies and…
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In Last-Ditch Bid, Pfizer Offers $119 Billion for AstraZeneca – NYTimes.com
Pfizer has again raised its offer for AstraZeneca, making what it said was a final effort to bring the giant British drug maker to…
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University of Maryland: UMD Gets a New Supercomputer – InTheCapital
University of Maryland is well-known across the nation and internationally as a forward-thinking research institution, which is why it wasn't too surprising to hear…
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Pfizer’s interest in AstraZeneca worries Maryland – baltimoresun.com
Research labs closed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer dot the country: Illinois. Michigan. New Jersey. New York. North Carolina. Maryland officials don't want this state…
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Johns Hopkins to Build Cancer Center in Baltimore with $65 Million Gift – Commercial Property Executive
Johns Hopkins announced on May 6 its plans to build a new cancer treatment building in Baltimore. The facility will be constructed with the…
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Entrepreneurs in Healthcare Innovation: Translating… Tickets, Rockville – Eventbrite
Translating Ideas from Bench to Bedside June 3rd, 2014, from 6 to 8:30 pm Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Academic Programs …
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