BioHealth News Archive
Osiris will sell transplant therapy Prochymal and other assets in deal that could top $100M – Washington Post
Osiris Therapeutics shares rose Friday morning after the company said it is selling some of its stem cell therapy technology, including its transplant treatment…
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Biotechnology Boom is Here to Stay, Investors Say – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
There have been more than 30 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies so far this year, and there’s a line around the block of…
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Intelligent Redesign of Health Care – Robert S. Kaplan, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary L. Witkowski , and Heidi W. Albright – Harvard Business Review
The health care industry has survived economically by cross-subsidizing margin shortfalls in one activity with the revenues generated from others. But the very existence…
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MedImmune acquires biotech company Spirogen for $440 million
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, has acquired Spirogen, a privately-held biotech company focused on antibody-drug conjugate technology for use…
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MacroGenics shares climb following $80M IPO
Shares of MacroGenics are surging in Thursday midday trading after the biotechnology company raised $80 million in its initial public offering. MacroGenics sold 5…
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The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are – Xconomy
People love to rank U.S. biotech clusters. Most of these reports are full of data on venture financing, patents, jobs, and NIH funding. But…
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How Obamacare could boost entrepreneurship – VentureBeat
Here’s what we know about the Affordable Care Act: 32 million Americans who would otherwise be uninsured will now have coverage. What you might…
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UMD Researchers Are Developing a Robot That Crawls into Brains and Zaps Tumors – InTheCapital
If UMD researchers are well on their way to creating a robot that can wiggle through the brain to root out the tumors deep…
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Mind the Gap Registration, Washington – Eventbrite
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EST) Join business, government and technology leaders for a high-level conversation on the transformation…
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The Health IT Explosion: What Big Providers Want: Value Proposition, Pricing & Closing the Deal! – BHI Sponsored
October 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Johns Hopkins - Montgomery County Campus The National Capitol Area Local Chapter of SoPE in…
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Bioscience Networking Reception with Christopher P. Austin, M.D.
October 29th, 6:00pm National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD Please join us for an enhanced networking reception with leaders from the Mid-Atlantic…
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BioMaryland Biotechnology Development Awards
Are you a Maryland biotechnology company or research organization working to commercialize a technology/product? Apply by October 17th for the 2013-2014 BioMaryland Biotechnology…
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Top 10 cities for healthcare venture capital deals in Q3 – MedCity News
Wondering where the venture capital funding has gone in the healthcare industry? According to CB Insights, it’s the following 10 cities–for Q3 ’13 at…
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Digital Health Conference | The Digital Health Conference is an exclusive gathering of health IT leaders to network, innovate and discuss new technologies.
The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC, pronounced “Nice”) is a not-for-profit organization, working to improve healthcare for all New Yorkers through health information technology…
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Johns Hopkins ranks 15th out of 400 schools in new World University Rankings – Hub
Johns Hopkins University ranks 15th globally out of 400 research universities in the recently released 2013-2014 World University Rankings compiled by London's Times Higher…
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