BioHealth News Archive
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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Health IT deals help push software deals to 12-year high but life science struggles – MedCity News
Investments in electronic health records, tools to help hospitals absorb physician practices anda group working with hospital systems to help them set up their…
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Inside 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki’s $99 DNA Revolution – Fast Company
You can purchase 14 gallons of organic milk or 396 lollipops. You can give her 33 rides on the Ferris wheel at the state…
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Mtech News, Opportunities and Events: October 18, 2013 – Newsletter
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AstraZeneca, Taiwan’s Biopharma Program To Collaborate
AstraZeneca and Taiwan’s National Research Program for Biopharmaceuticals (NRPB) today announced a collaborative program to support academic research proposals using open innovation as a…
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T. Boone Pickens plans $20M gift to Hopkins’ Wilmer Eye Institute – Baltimore Business Journal
Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens plans to give Johns Hopkins University $20 million to help spur potentially vision-saving research at the school’s Wilmer Eye…
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Cleveland Clinic’s picks for top innovations in 2014: The bionic eye, gene tests for cancer – MedCity News
Each year, a committee of Cleveland Clinic doctors asks hundreds of their colleagues to weigh in on which emerging healthcare technologies they think will…
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Biocrossroads picks seven Indiana health IT, life science startups to compete for venture capital – MedCity News
Biocrossroads, which provides money and support to Indiana’s life sciences industry, announced the seven finalists who stand to gain startup funding in its annual…
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14 health startups get into 3-year incubator program – Modern Healthcare
StartUp Health, a New York-based incubator for health technology startups, admitted 14 new companies into its three-year development program this week. The program, which…
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Your Liver May Be “Eating” Your Brain: Scientific American
Your liver could be "eating" your brain, new research suggests. People with extra abdominal fat are three times more likely than lean individuals to…
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The Secret to Making Board Meetings Suck Less
“When I was a young entrepreneur, board meetings were by far the worst days of my life,” says Jeff Bonforte, the veteran company-builder who…
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Under Armour launches $25,000 innovation challenge for Armour39 device – Baltimore Business Journal
Under Armour Inc. is hunting for the techies that can help the company beef up its fitness tracking device known as Armour39. Armour39, a…
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