BioHealth News Archive
Life Sciences IPO Boom Leaves Out Medical Devices – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
Biotechnology startups have stampeded to the public markets this year, but their colleagues in the medical device field have sat quietly on the sidelines.…
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The Weekend Escape Plan – Baltimore – New York Magazine
Go Neighborhood-Hopping in Baltimore The city’s once-grungy northern districts have transformed into a thriving area with hip boutiques, destination restaurants, and a homegrown art…
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Diabetes app developer WellDoc attracts institutional-level investment from Super Angels – MedCity News
When WellDoc was founded in 2005, it was one of the first companies that sought 510(k) clearance for its patient and physician facing mobile…
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QIAGEN Announces Partnership With Clovis Oncology to Co-develop Companion Diagnostic Targeting Drug-Resistant EGFR Mutations – MarketWatch
QIAGEN N.V. today announced a partnership with Clovis Oncology CLVS +1.11% to co-develop and co-commercialize a companion diagnostic test to guide the use of…
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Governor O’Malley, Montgomery County Executive Leggett and City of Gaithersburg Mayor Katz Announce Expansion of Emergent BioSolutions |
Governor Martin O’Malley today joined with Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and City of Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz to announce that Emergent BioSolutions is…
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NIH ALERT: Guidance on Resumption of NIH Extramural Activities Following the Recent Lapse in Appropriations
This Notice is to provide NIH’s extramural community with information on how NIH is resuming operations after the government shutdown. eRA Systems Availability eRA…
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Cleveland Clinic’s innovation secrets – Healthcare IT News
Cleveland Clinic is in the midst of its annual Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit today at the new Global Center for Health Innovation. More…
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AstraZeneca CEO keeping promises – The News Journal
When Pascal Soriot took the reins of AstraZeneca last fall, he said he planned to corral firms with promising innovations in their pipeline to…
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Corporate venture capital is driving cutting edge medical innovation – CPI Financial
The research, by Gary Dushnitsky, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School and his co-author Dr Alvarez-Garrido, is featured in the British…
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If Everyone Hates the FDA Approval Process, Let’s Fix It – Dan Ollendorf – Harvard Business Review
There is one certainty about the current regulatory process for drug approval in the United States and Europe: No one likes it. Manufacturers are…
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21 Red Flags to Watch for in a Biotech Company – Xconomy
Nutty things are happening in biotech. Irrational exuberance has returned. Generalist investors with lots of money are suddenly buying these stocks first and asking…
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CareFirst looks to fund telemedicine projects – Baltimore Business Journal
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will offer up to $1.5 million in grants to help medical providers develop telemedicine-based behavioral health services, the Baltimore insurer announced…
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Johns Hopkins’ new tech transfer chief talks priorities, offers tips for startups – Baltimore Business Journal
Christy Wyskiel is the new senior adviser to the president for enterprise development at Johns Hopkins University. Wyskiel has previously worked as an investor in early…
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Report: Venture capital deals in the Washington region strong in third quarter – The Washington Post
Investors are pouring venture capital dollars into the Washington region at a pace not seen in more than a decade. Companies across the Washington…
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Graham had an idea for a biotech venture, and ran with it – Gazette.Net
As an African-American man entering a Caucasian-dominated industry, Solomon Graham wasn’t intimidated when he founded Quality Biological in 1983, investing $10,000 of his own…
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