BioHealth News Archive
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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HIMSS, HHS join forces for patient ID | Healthcare IT News
HIMSS is working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through HHS' Innovator in Residence program, to develop a strategy for nationwide…
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Microsoft exec takes on HealthCare.gov – Healthcare IT News
Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene will take over day-to-day responsibility for the smooth running of HealthCare.gov. The government’s insurance marketplace is just recovering from…
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Did One Of The Top 10 Upside Surprises In The History Of The Biotech Sector Just Happen? – Forbes
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a pill called Orenitram, to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is an oral version of an…
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4 healthcare startups that deserve a spot on Shark Tank
We have the sharks for an all healthcare Shark Tank, now we need the startups. Although someone pointed out on Twitter that Vinod Khosla…
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Sanaria Wins Verl Zanders Award
Montgomery County’s own Sanaria, a emerging biotech company dedicated to the creation of a Malaria vaccine, was named the Verl Zanders Emerging Business of…
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Funding: NIH grants fund technology development – The Lancet
Many medical scientists feel most comfortable at the laboratory bench, developing hypotheses, testing ideas, and running experiments. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH),…
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A look at health IT startups that formed Blueprint Health’s first class
It’s hard to believe that nearly two years after it picked its inaugural class of entrepreneurs to respond to trends in healthcare. Now the…
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GSK announces $1 mn innovation prize for bioelectronics research
GSK announced a $1 million dollar prize for innovation in the emerging area of bioelectronics research. This prize will be awarded to the scientists…
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Best of 2013: 7 Ways Imagination Ruled the World – Best Of on GOOD
This year, conversations about creativity and innovation have been happening all over the world. And while there's still a long way to go, we're…
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AstraZeneca to buy Bristol-Myers’ entire global diabetes alliance assets for $4.1 billion
AstraZeneca, a global and innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business, has signed an agreement to acquire the entirety of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s interests in the companies’ diabetes alliance…
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