BioHealth News Archive
BioMarker Strategies Appoints Jerry Parrott President and CEO – HispanicBusiness.com
BioMarker Strategies announced the appointment of Jerry Parrott as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, effective immediately. According to a release, Parrott will report…
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Fyodor Awarded SBIR Phase 2 Grant
Fyodor, a Baltimore-based biotechnology company, announced today that the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the company a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)…
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Epigenomics AG: Epigenomics signs joint commercialization agreement for Epi proColon® in North America with Polymedco
Berlin, Germany, and U.S.A. - Epigenomics AG (Frankfurt Prime Standard: ECX, OTC: EPGNY), the German-American cancer molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has…
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New Enterprise Associates joins $10M round for drug accelerator – Washington Business Journal
Chevy Chase-based New Enterprise Associates has joined in a $10 million financing for Cydan LLC, a Cambridge, Mass.-based orphan drug accelerator. The additional funding…
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Merck, J&J Back Stanford Student Incubator as Farm Team – Xconomy
A veteran biotechnology reporter once complained privately that covering the industry was like watching grass grow—companies seemed to inch by slow degrees toward products…
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BIO Announces National Science Foundation Track Featuring 10 Emerging Biotech Compa
BIO's announced agreement with National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring SBIR-funded, early-stage biotech companies to present at BIO Investor Forum 2013. Presenting companies in…
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Web presence index ranks hospitals’ online marketing prowess | Healthcare Finance News
As health systems and hospitals consolidate and battle for patients, they are starting to employ online consumer marketing efforts. A new Provider Web Presence…
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Medical Innovation: When Do the Costs Outweigh the Benefits? – Knowledge@Wharton
When Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Intuitive Surgical hit the market in 1999 with its surgical robot, da Vinci, the company and many of its early adopters…
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How can translational researchers face down funding and reproducible result challenges? – MedCity News
Two days into a government shutdown over resulting from the Congressional showdown over funding Obamacare, funding is at the front of mind for many…
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The STEM Workforce in the DC Area Ranks Second in the Nation. Use TCM’s Career Center, CORE, to Find Local Jobs.
The STEM workforce in the DC area is sizable and totals about 330,000 workers. Some of these employees are retiring, some are changing jobs,…
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University of Maryland receives renewed funding from NIH – Vaccine News Daily
The University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development announced on Thursday that it has received a renewed contract from the National…
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Want small business funding from DARPA? 5 application tips from the program’s director – MedCity News
The Department of Health and Human Services isn’t the only federal agency interested in funding medical research. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department…
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Elaine Amir Retires: Six Questions with Amir – Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus
After nearly 17 years, Elaine Amir, executive director of Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus, retired, effective Sept. 30. Elaine has been the face…
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Which of these 8 ideas to transform healthcare will Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fund? – MedCity News
Improving health literacy and patient engagement and developing alternative ways to appraise apps and physicians are among the ideas that have reached the finals…
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Cydan Expands Initial Financing to $26 Million; Lundbeckfond Ventures and Bay City Capital Join Diverse Investor Syndicate With Participation from NEA and Alexandria Venture Investments | Business Wire | Rock Hill Herald Online
Cydan, LLC, an orphan drug accelerator that identifies and de-risks programs with therapeutic and commercial potential, today announced that the company has expanded its…
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