BioHealth News Archive
Here are the most viewed healthcare stories of 2013 on MedCity News
10. Our broken healthcare system defeats even the most empowered patients Jess Jacobs and Donna Cryer are experts on the healthcare system — professionally…
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Roughed Up by an Orca? There’s a Code for That – NYTimes.com
Know someone who drowned from jumping off burning water skis? Well, there’s a new medical billing code for that. Michael Meistar Been injured in…
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$1 million innovation prize for bioelectronics res – TMD – Today’s Medical Developments
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) officials announced a $1 million dollar prize for innovation in the emerging area of bioelectronics research. The prize will be awarded to…
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Former Pfizer chief Kindler joins team to launch Baltimore biotech – Baltimore Business Journal
A group of heavyweight biotech industry executives, including the former CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., have formed a new Baltimore biotech company. Centrexion…
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5 biotech startups braving the new world of microbiome therapies
In the same way that great advances in our understanding of the human genome sparked new opportunities for biotech companies in the early 2000s,…
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Startup Ranks the Top 10 Universities With the Most Creative Students – InTheCapital
There's a reason why Johns Hopkins University has been named one of the top med schools worldwide and the number one hospital in the…
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Healthcare technology geeks: Prep for next year’s IT buzzwords
Every year, Silicon Valley creates new buzzwords to make its startup founders, corporate spokespeople, and “thought leaders” feel like they’re doing something important. According…
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My Top Picks in Bio-Venture Innovations, and Predictions for 2014 – Xconomy
I am a biotech VC, but not a techie. So I don’t follow stem cells, gene therapy, and other similar “blockbuster” technologies in the…
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MedImmune in Cambridge-Brazil research alliance
MedImmune’s Cambridge UK medical technology hothouse will be part of an historic tie-up between the business and the Brazilian government’s ‘Science Without Borders’ programme.…
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A bioprinting pen ‘draws’ living cells onto damaged bone
Borrowing concepts from 3D printing, scientists in Australia say they’ve come up with a device and a technique that could allow surgeons to precisely…
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United Therapeutics rises on new drug approval – Businessweek
Shares of United Therapeutics surged Monday after regulators approved the company's newest treatment for high blood pressure, Orenitram. A Cowen and Co. analyst called…
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Accelerate Baltimore offers $25K, free rent to lucky techpreneurs – Baltimore Business Journal
Listen up, tech entrepreneurs, Accelerate Baltimore is looking for you. Accelerate Baltimore is running a contest offering $25,000 in seed money and three months…
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10 Tips for Maximizing the JP Morgan Healthcare Experience – Xconomy
San Francisco, we’re coming. Of course, you are ready for the biotech onslaught. The cab drivers, hotel people, cops, security dudes, restaurant and bar…
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WellDoc to hit $50M funding mark with latest round – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore health care WellDoc plans to ring up $20 million in new funding. WellDoc, which develops tools to help patients manage their diabetes, expects…
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Biomedical Technology Stories in 2013 – MIT Technology Review
While the fights and fumbles over the Affordable Care Act dominated headlines in 2013, the year was also heady with advances in biomedicine. In…
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