BioHealth News Archive
2014 FLC National Meeting – April 21-23, 2014
We are finally hosting the FLC’s National Meeting (Federal Laboratory Consortium) here in Montgomery County! This program gives our local companies easy access to…
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Cotton Rat RSV Model Launched By Noble Life Sciences Inc. In Partnership With IBT Bioservices
Noble Life Sciences (Gaithersburg, MD), in collaboration with IBT Bioservices (Gaithersburg, MD), announces a newly optimized cotton rat model for preclinical studies of RSV…
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5 ways Washington DC is very different than Silicon Valley – GIGAOM
I was in Washington D.C. today at the State of the Net conference, listening to conversations about internet governance, Bitcoin, broadband metrics and privacy.…
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TCM Industry Awards Celebration – Nomination Form
The Mid-Atlantic area is full of outstanding leaders and innovative companies, but only a chosen few will receive a coveted TCM Industry Award. Our…
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Maryland entrepreneurship – baltimoresun.com
The effort to focus the post O'Malley era in Maryland on developing private sector businesses and jobs got a big boost Friday from the…
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KBA leader vows Kansas will become bioscience leader – LJWorld.com
The head of a state-funded business accelerator on Monday said Kansas will soon be recognized worldwide as a place to bring bioscience businesses. "Our…
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Johns Hopkins opens health care company in Saudia Arabia – baltimoresun.com
Johns Hopkins Medicine is joining with a company in Saudi Arabia to form a health care company. The Baltimore medical institution said it and…
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Cole Field House to host University of Maryland’s first Major League Hacking event – The Diamondback : Campus
In a little more than two months, about 1,000 people will flock to Cole Field House, but the occasion won’t have anything to do…
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AccelerateBaltimore picks 6 startups for 2014 program – Baltimore Business Journal
Six startup companies have been selected to participate in AccelerateBaltimore's 2014 program. The accelerator program is run by the Emerging Technology Centers (ETC) and…
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Are Ribosomal Readthrough Drugs the Next Biotech Magic Bullet? – BiotechBlog
On a recent press tour of New Jersey I was introduced to PTC Therapeutics, a fascinating company that is developing ribosomal readthrough drugs for…
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EHRs to redefine the role of doctor – Healthcare IT News
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Commonwealth Fund have concluded that electronic health record systems and other digital…
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Study: Majority of Physicians Use EHRs, but ‘Digital Divide’ Remains – iHealthBeat
Primary care physicians' adoption of electronic health records increased significantly between 2009 and 2012, but there continues to be a "digital divide" between large…
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A New Way to Prevent Long-Term Damage from a Heart Attack – MIT Technology Review
Using tiny biodegradable particles to disrupt the body’s normal immune response after a heart attack could help save patients from tissue damage and certain…
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Trends in Tech-based Economic Development: Local, State and Federal Action in 2013 – SSTI Report
Investing in activities that support the creation and expansion of high-growth companies and jobs is at the forefront of technology-based economic development (TBED). TBED…
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Millennial Media CEO Paul Palmieri steps down – Baltimore Business Journal
Millennial Media Inc. founder Paul Palmieri has stepped down as chairman and CEO of the publicly traded Baltimore mobile advertising firm, effective immediately. He…
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