BioHealth News Archive
Celgene collaborates with VC-backed biotech incubator in search of life science innovations
Several pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Merck (NYSE: MRK) , and Bayer (NYSE: have been taking steps to infuse their…
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Look Who’s Hiring in Biotech: Companies That Are Built to Last – Xconomy
Many of today’s biotech companies don’t aspire to be companies at all. They’re more like temporary “virtual” projects, with skeleton crews of contractors who…
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Conscious Venture Lab launches crowdfunding campaign – Baltimore Business Journal
A new business accelerator in Howard County has launched a crowdfunding campaign to get off the ground. Conscious Venture Lab in Columbia is looking…
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Universities See Promise in ‘Disruptive’ Online Courses – Wall Street Journal – WSJ.com
The head of Maryland’s university system on Wednesday said higher education needs to embrace disruptive technologies such as massive online courses in an effort…
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Life science innovations: How are computers and robots helping pharma R&D?
With the cost of drug development hitting the $5 billion mark and 94 percent of drugs failing at some point in clinical development, pharmaceutical…
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The Right Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees
The equity culture among young technology companies is almost universal. When implemented properly, broad employee ownership within a company can: Align the risk and…
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6th Annual Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium – December 3, 2013
The Symposium is the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund premier event that delivers comprehensive scientific talks, poster presentations, Ethics discussions and networking time, enabling…
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Futuristic “Human-on-Chip” Models Will Help Drug Development – Xconomy
The pharmaceutical industry needs better scientific models for testing drugs before they get to the proving ground of human clinical trials. Current lab dish…
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15 Maryland tech companies among fastest growing in North America – MDBIZNews
Millennial Media, WeddingWire and RainKing Solutions led the list of Maryland companies making the 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a prestigious technology awards program in United States and Canada.…
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QIAGEN Announces Third Co-Development Program for Companion Diagnostics Paired With Lilly’s Investigational Cancer Compounds – WSJ.com
QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced an agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) to develop and commercialize a molecular…
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Maryland entrepreneurs share crowdfunding success stories – Baltimore Business Journal
For budding startups, accumulating funding is necessary — but difficult. Crowdfunding can be a viable alternative for entrepreneurs. That was one key takeaway for…
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No luck landing VC? Try ‘credit cards, duct tape and shoestrings’ – Baltimore Business Journal
Paul Silber had some unexpected advice from a venture capitalist for the entrepreneurs who crowded a conference room at the BWI Airport Marriott Monday…
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Why Can’t You Take Your Medical Data on Holiday?: Scientific American
We’ve all done it. You throw your clothes in a bag and head to the airport. Sixteen hours later, you’re in a country where…
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What’s driving the surge in new-drug approvals? | McKinsey & Company
Much has been written about the pharmaceutical industry’s R&D-productivity challenge during the past decade: the decline in new-drug approvals has raised discovery and development…
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GlaxoSmithKline’s $15 million new asthma drug approved
GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance's new inhaled lung drug Relvar has been approved in Europe to treat both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), confirming…
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