BioHealth News Archive
15-Year-Old Develops Early Detection Test for Pancreatic Cancer
Kids today ... are actually doing some amazing stuff. Take 15-year-old Jack Andraka, who recently won the grand prize of the Intel International Science…
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New Enterprise Associates owns 75 percent of GlycoMimetics – Washington Business Journal
Bicoastal venture firm New Enterprise Associates owns 75.2 percent of GlycoMimetics Inc., making NEA by far the biggest beneficiary of the Gaithersburg biotech's planned…
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MacroGenics slated to go public this week – Washington Business Journal
MacroGenics Inc. is slated to go public this week. The Rockville drug-maker plans to raise as much as $73.6 million to fund the development…
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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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