BioHealth News Archive

Rock Health Honors “Top 50” Digital Health Entrepreneurs – Xconomy

Rock Health Honors “Top 50” Digital Health Entrepreneurs – Xconomy

Who are the entrepreneurs pushing hardest for technology advances that will connect patients with better healthcare? They’re people like Sean Duffy, who’s using the…

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Elephant Shark Genome May Hold Answers for Human Health Problems

Elephant Shark Genome May Hold Answers for Human Health Problems

Who knew elephant sharks held potential answers for health problems such as osteoporosis and poor immune systems? An international team of researchers at the Max…

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MIMETAS and Galapagos to develop human disease models on-a-chip

MIMETAS and Galapagos to develop human disease models on-a-chip

MIMETAS and Galapagos will collaborate to develop miniaturized 3D cell culture models that mimic specific aspects of human diseases. These models will be applied…

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DC Tech: Three DC-Area VCs Were in Top 60 Nationally For Seed Funding – InTheCapital

DC Tech: Three DC-Area VCs Were in Top 60 Nationally For Seed Funding – InTheCapital

Nationally, startups seeking venture capital at an early stage saw another great year in 2013 with an abundance of active seed investments being made.…

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Johnson and Johnson to open med-tech incubator in Israel – The Times of Israel

Johnson and Johnson to open med-tech incubator in Israel – The Times of Israel

One way pharma giant Johnson and Johnson stays ahead of the competition is via its network of Innovation Centers where researchers are working on…

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Free, Open Office Hours for Entrepreneurs – Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute

Free, Open Office Hours for Entrepreneurs – Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute

Entrepreneur Office Hours for University of Maryland Students, Faculty and Staff, and Regional Entrepreneurs with Tech-Based Startups or Ideas Get answers now from experienced…

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Montgomery County, MD – Economic Development

Montgomery County, MD – Economic Development

Happy New Year! Thanks to two recent, major life sciences announcements spotlighted in Site Selection magazine, Montgomery County shows that our biotech sector is…

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Maryland Tedco seeks funding increase amid application boom – Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland Tedco seeks funding increase amid application boom – Baltimore Business Journal

Six months into its fiscal year, the Maryland Technology Development Corp. has received almost as many applications from state startups looking for funding as…

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Brainy Watson Computer to Tackle Cancer and Other Medical Research – Observations, Scientific American Blog Network

Brainy Watson Computer to Tackle Cancer and Other Medical Research – Observations, Scientific American Blog Network

After vanquishing humans on Jeopardy!, IBM says its Watson computer is ready to help save human lives. The company on Thursday announced it has…

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Montgomery College offering Kauffman Fasttrac Classes for Spring 2014

Montgomery College offering Kauffman Fasttrac Classes for Spring 2014

Kauffman FastTrac® has just joined with Montgomery College to support future and current business owners before, during, and after the startup process. Entrepreneurs will…

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Kaiser eyes outcomes with new network – Healthcare IT News

Kaiser eyes outcomes with new network – Healthcare IT News

Kaiser Permanente will put its longtime IT expertise to work in building a clinical data network aimed at improving patient outcomes in cancer, heart…

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NHLBI funding opportunity announcements, Jan. 9, 2014

NHLBI funding opportunity announcements, Jan. 9, 2014

Funding and Research Opportunities The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of…

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National Innovation Summit & Showcase – June 15-19, 2014

National Innovation Summit & Showcase – June 15-19, 2014

The National SBIR Conference and the 3rd annual National Innovation Summit and Showcase will be held in parallel with the 17th annual TechConnect World…

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Maryland Startup CoFoundersLab Claims a Crowdfunding First – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ

Maryland Startup CoFoundersLab Claims a Crowdfunding First – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ

Last Sept. 22, the chief executive of a startup called CoFoundersLab Inc., Shahab Kaviani, sat up at the moment the clock chimed midnight, ready…

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Patently Biotech’s Top Articles of 2013 – BIOtechNow

Patently Biotech’s Top Articles of 2013 – BIOtechNow

Intellectual property featured prominently in 2013’s public discourse. Gene patents, patent trolls, India’s anti-patent actions, and other developments around the world captured headlines. Here…

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