BioHealth News Archive
Neutropenic Mouse Thigh Model Now Offered by Noble Life Sciences
Noble Life Sciences (Gaithersburg, MD), in collaboration with ImQuest BioSciences (Frederick, MD), has successfully developed a neutropenic mouse thigh model of infection and demonstrated…
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Darpa Courts Biotech Researchers – Government – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Donald E. Ingber, a professor at Harvard University, has combined advanced electronics and biology to create a "lung on a chip," a breakthrough device…
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Glycomimetics Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering – GlycoMimetics
GlycoMimetics, Inc. announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the…
Read MoreHigh Blood Sugar Linked with Cancer – TeleManagement
Even people without diabetes could be at higher risk of dying from disease High blood sugar has been linked to a greater risk of…
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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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