BioHealth News Archive
Can crowdfunding help medical research? – Toronto Star
It’s frequently used to raise money for producing movies and recording CDs, but a Toronto hospital is hoping the crowdfunding craze can help get…
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Pharmaceuticals: Merck On the Make – Site Selection Online
It’s been a relatively quiet year for facility investment projects from Merck KGaA, the life sciences and chemical firm that employs more than 38,000…
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Which mHealth apps will Penn Medicine entrepreneurs try to commercialize?
Heart attacks, anaphylactic shock and clinical decision support for healthcare workers in rural clinics in developing countries. Those are the targets of a group…
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University of Maryland team places first in Affordable Care Act competition – The Diamondback : Nation
A university team took first place in a health competition earlier this month after implementing a method to improve health care access for Americans.…
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TCM clears big hurdle in US
A Chinese herbal medicine for liver ailments has cleared a big hurdle with regulators in the United States, but there's still a long way…
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InvestMaryland Challenge win transformative for Maryland entrepreneur – MDBIZNews
It wasn’t just another business competition for Scott Holland, it was the realization of a life-long dream. Holland’s startup i-Lighting, a novel easy-to-install indoor…
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5 ways to avoid HealthCare.gov mishap – Healthcare IT News
To say an IT project like HealthCare.gov was a large-scale, complex behemoth undertaking is an understatement, to say the least. All the myriad elements…
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Why are healthcare startups harder? Watch this video
“Domain specificity is important.” It is so refreshing to hear a tech entrepreneur like Steve Blank say this. Blank has been worked with researchers…
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Court victory for Johns Hopkins in Gaithersburg Belward Farm dispute – Washington Business Journal
Johns Hopkins University has won a key court judgement in its disputed plan to develop a 108-acre donated farm into a $4.7 million "science…
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State of Maryland, NASA Begin New Technology Transfer Partnership – NASA
The state of Maryland and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have embarked on a new partnership effort, the main goal of…
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Baltimore is among most attractive U.S. markets for college students – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore is a top destination for students looking to attend college. The Charm City has ranked eighth among major metro areas in the American…
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University Chancellor Says High-Quality Education at a Lower Cost Is in the Nation’s Interest – WSJ.com
'We need to provide high-quality education at a lower cost. If at the end of the day, this means there aren't as many universities…
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Impatient with NIH, cancer researcher turns to crowdfunding – Star Tribune
Dr. Daniel Saltzman says he can prove that bacteria that ordinarily cause food poisoning in people can be modified for use as guided missiles…
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A New Face Proposed for Baltimore County’s Economic Development Department – Conduit Street
As reported in the Baltimore News Journal, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Monday proposed a new department name and department head nominee for the County’s economic…
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