BioHealth News Archive
GSK consortium with six renowned cancer centres
GlaxoSmithKline has announced the formation of a consortium comprised of "six internationally-renowned comprehensive cancer centres", three in North Americva and three in Europe. In…
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Job Opportunity: Life Sciences Projects Manager at Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS)
Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) promotes the development and commercialization of products and processes through industry/university research partnerships. MIPS provides matching funds to help Maryland…
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Strand Life Sciences to Partner with US Based El Camino Hospital to Set Up Strand Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
Strand Life Sciences Private Limited, a global life sciences company headquartered in Bangalore, is collaborating with the San Francisco Bay Area based El Camino…
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Cerner takes on genomics with Claritas – Healthcare IT News
Cerner Corp., one of the top EHR vendors in the country, is teaming up with Claritas Genomics to advance personalized medicine by building tools…
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Health IT gets new roadmap – Healthcare IT News
Part of moving forward and progressing with health IT initiatives involves proactively setting new goals and establishing a roadmap for the future. The Workgroup…
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5 ways RFID is being adopted in healthcare industry
Less than 10 percent of hospitals have warmed up to RFID technology. That’s the assessment of Mark Roberti, the founder and editor of RFID Journal,…
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Where are doctor wait times the shortest? Here’s the top patient trends of 2013
ZocDoc dug into America’s “largest database of patient behavior” to discover the top patient trends of 2013. ZocDoc makes it easy for people to book doctors…
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Medical Innovation Playbook – Cleveland Clinic
Each year, nearly $100 billion is spent in the United States on healthcare related research, with an increasing proportion of the breakthrough research being…
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Innovation Through Collaboration – INSEAD Knowledge
As aging populations put a strain on cash-strapped governments, chronic illness and rare disease prevention is taking centre stage in healthcare. To meet new…
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Johns Hopkins Students Win Top ‘Inventors’ Prize
A Johns Hopkins undergraduate biomedical engineering student team headed by Indian American Piyush Poddar that devised a two-part system to improve the way life-saving…
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OneStart Life Science Entrepreneurship Competition Comes to the Americas – Synapse
The OneStart Americas competition, a partnership between Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable and SR One, the venture capital arm of GlaxoSmithKline, officially launched on November 4…
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How Researchers Could Identify Signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Living NFL Players – MIT Technology Review
Eight former pro football players learned this year that they have signs of a degenerative brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition…
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NIH research is ailing from the budget squeeze – The Washington Post
FRANCIS S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has been distributing a chart that shows the success rate of grant applications…
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Emergent BioSolutions could invest up to $120M in Baltimore, CFO says – Baltimore Business Journal
Emergent BioSolutions Inc.’s U.S. Health and Human Services contract to help produce flu vaccines in the event of a pandemic are key to the…
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Christie Administration Approves $60 Million to Grow Tech/Bio Tech Industry in New Jersey
In support of the Christie Administration's commitment to nurturing the growth of emerging technology and biotechnology businesses, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA)…
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