BioHealth News Archive
Deals of the day: Botox maker gets $50 billion buyout offer – The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blogTerm Sheet
Principia Biopharma Inc., a South San Francisco-based developer of small molecule drugs within the fields of autoimmune disease and oncology, has raised $50 million…
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Maryland Invests in Cybersecurity Startup Luminal | CivSource
Maryland’s efforts to build out the local cybersecurity economy seem to be working. Cybersecurity startup Luminal recently announced a move to Maryland from West…
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Three ways to increase your startup’s chances of getting acquired by GE Healthcare
Cultural fit, bundling potential and a focus on work force optimization. If your healthcare startup meets all or even two of these criteria, you’ll…
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Johns Hopkins makes list of wealthiest universities – Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins University is among the 50 wealthiest universities across the globe. The university’s endowment value in 2013 was $2.987 billion — good for…
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Seeking the Right Chemistry, Drug Makers Hunt for Mergers – NYTimes.com – NYTimes.com
The pharmaceutical industry is regaining its swagger, as companies turn to big and sometimes daring deals to expand and reshape their operations. On Tuesday…
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Cotton Rat Influenza Model Launched by Noble Life Sciences in Partnership with IBT Bioservices – Noble Life Sciences
Noble Life Sciences (Gaithersburg, MD) and IBT Bioservices (Gaithersburg, MD) announce a newly optimized cotton rat model for preclinical studies of influenza therapies and…
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SBIR/STTR Resubmission Frequently Asked Questions
Before April 16, 2014, NIH permitted one resubmission (A1) of an unfunded application (see NOT-OD-09-016). The extension on the NIH grant number could follow…
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GSK plc announces major three-part transaction with Novartis to drive sustainable sales growth, improve long-term earnings and deliver increasing returns to shareholders | 2014 | Press releases | Media | GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline plc today announces a major 3-part inter-conditional transaction with Novartis AG involving its Consumer Healthcare, Vaccines and Oncology businesses (the “Transaction”). In summary:…
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Emergent BioSolutions and FDA Finalize Comparability Protocols Enabling Manufacturing of BioThrax Consistency Lots in Building 55 – MarketWatch
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. today announced that it has initiated manufacturing of BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) consistency lots in Building 55, following review by the…
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APX Labs raises $10M from New Enterprise Associates to push Google Glass, other wearables into the enterprise – Washington Business Journal
Herndon-based APX Labs has raised $10 million from New Enterprise Associates to bring its software platform for Google Glass and other wearables to manufacturing,…
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Crowdfunding for biotechnology: Microfinancing to personal cancer fight
The impact of federal budget cuts compounded by the challenges of securing funding for biotechnology companies has led to a growing trend of drug…
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As Health IT Stays Hot, Healthbox Boosts Accelerators Program – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
Healthbox, which helps medical startups grow through accelerators in the U.S. and U.K., is expanding its business through a $7 million fundraising. Healthbox CEO…
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Pfizer to buy AstraZeneca? – Philadelphia Business Journal
Two Big Pharma companies with strong ties to the Philadelphia region are the subject of the latest mega-merger rumor in the drug manufacturing industry.…
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Vendor Night 2014 – ISPE Chesapeake Bay Chapter
April 30, 2014 Don’t miss this unique opportunity to showcase your products and services to the mid-Atlantic region. The Universities at Shady Grove is…
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Emergent BioSolutions Receives Orphan Drug Designation for BioThrax for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis of Anthrax Disease – MarketWatch
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) for…
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