BioHealth News Archive
Tech Council of Maryland Partners with Year Up National Capital Region for Workforce Development Initiative
The Tech Council of Maryland (TCM), Maryland’s largest trade association for technology and life science companies, today announced that it has partnered with Year…
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Revolution Growth invests $22M in organic salad chain Sweetgreen – Washington Business Journal
Revolution Growth is investing $22 million in Sweetgreen, an organic salad retail chain launched by three Georgetown grads in 2007 that has since expanded…
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BDC ups incentives for Emergent Biosolutions before it meets original terms – Baltimore Business Journal
The Baltimore Development Corp. is offering a second round of job creation incentives to Rockville-based Emergent Biosolutions as the company prepares to expand its…
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Baltimore hires Austin firm to create economic development plan – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore has hired an Austin, Texas-based firm to develop an economic development strategic plan for the city. The contract with AngelouEconomics which is not…
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No, Brace Pharma is not making a ‘$200 million investment in Maryland’ – Baltimore Business Journal
Brace Pharmaceuticals Inc., an arm of Brazilian pharma company EMS S/A, has established its U.S. headquarters in Rockville and will invest $200 million in…
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Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Presents Sixth Annual Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium in Baltimore – Digital Journal
Each year, the State of Maryland continues to lead advancements and best practices in U.S. stem cell research through the Maryland Stem Cell Research…
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Scientists inch closer to building a drug-delivering nanorobot – Cutting Edge – CNET News
Scientists have been toying for years with creating tiny implants and nanorobots that could carry drugs to certain diseased cells. It is about as…
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New York City to Start Venture Fund for Biotech – WSJ.com
New York has built gleaming new research facilities and lured at least one large drug company, but the city still trails places such as…
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Governor O’Malley Announces $200 Million Investment In Maryland By Top Brazilian Pharmaceutical… — ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —
On a trade mission to Brazil, Governor Martin O'Malley today announced that Brace Pharmaceuticals, an investment company created by EMS S/A, Brazil's largest domestic…
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Burrill VC Fund Splits into New Firm, Biomark, After Short Marriage – Xconomy
San Francisco-based Burrill & Company looked like it had beaten the odds a little more than a year ago during a tough time for…
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Lockheed Martin opens health innovation center in Baltimore County – Baltimore Business Journal
Lockheed Martin Corp. will formally open on Wednesday a Center for Health Innovation in Baltimore County to help the defense contractor delve deeper into…
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NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements, December 3, 2013
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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Silicon Valley is No Model for America – Newgeography.com
Its image further enhanced by the recent IPO of Twitter, Silicon Valley now stands in many minds as the cutting edge of the American…
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Fourth Edition of Building Biotechnology now Available – BiotechBlog
The fourth edition of Building Biotechnology, the premier biotechnology industry primer, is now available. Building Biotechnology has been adopted by dozens of educational programs, and is…
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Patenting University Research Has Been A Dismal Failure, Enabling Patent Trolling. It’s Time To Stop – Techdirt
For many years we've been incredibly critical of the famous Bayh-Dole Act, which was passed in 1980 with the idea that it would encourage…
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