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Human genome drugs: Where are the miracle cures from genomics? Did the genome map make us healthier?

Human genome drugs: Where are the miracle cures from genomics? Did the genome map make us healthier?

Sequencing the human genome seemed like a discovery so important that it couldn’t be overhyped—we had, after all, transcribed the blueprint for human life—but…

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Capital Buzz: Revolution begins new fund with $50M to spare – The Washington Post

Capital Buzz: Revolution begins new fund with $50M to spare – The Washington Post

An early-stage investment fund founded by Revolution has raised $200 million in commitments, blowing past its $150 million goal. The new fund, Revolution Ventures,…

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Is your school underrated for tech entrepreneurship? – PandoDaily

Is your school underrated for tech entrepreneurship? – PandoDaily

At a time when many states are looking to their research universities as sources of innovation and entrepreneurship, it is great to see that…

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Emergent to Buy Gaithersburg Office from COPT – Daily News Article – GlobeSt.com

Emergent to Buy Gaithersburg Office from COPT – Daily News Article – GlobeSt.com

Emergent Biosolutions, the maker of the only FDA-licensed anthrax vaccine, is expanding its footprint in Montgomery County, with a little bit of financial help…

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Here’s a look at healthcare’s top 10 corporate investors and acquirers – MedCity News

Here’s a look at healthcare’s top 10 corporate investors and acquirers – MedCity News

These days, having a strategic investor or partner has become almost a matter of survival for healthcare startups. Corporate investing and partnering has really…

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University of Maryland entrepreneurship program extends eligibility to all majors – The Diamondback : Campus

University of Maryland entrepreneurship program extends eligibility to all majors – The Diamondback : Campus

Anyone can have a great business idea, and now students don’t have to be enrolled in the business school to get help making their…

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Getting Big Results from a Small Business Unit – Steven J. Thompson – Harvard Business Review

Getting Big Results from a Small Business Unit – Steven J. Thompson – Harvard Business Review

Earlier this year Sun Yat-sen University, a well-regarded institution in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of China, announced that the university and affiliated hospitals…

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The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww? – Xconomy

The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww? – Xconomy

Bureaucracy is one of the dirty words in business. Nobody wants to publicly admit their company is bogged down with too many layers of…

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Gliknik Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Pfizer for Drug Candidate Targeting Autoimmune Diseases

Gliknik Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Pfizer for Drug Candidate Targeting Autoimmune Diseases

GL-2045 is Gliknik’s Lead Recombinant Stradomer™ Designed to Improve on Pooled Human Intravenous Immunoglobulin Gliknik Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that…

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The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww?

The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww?

Bureaucracy is one of the dirty words in business. Nobody wants to publicly admit their company is bogged down with too many layers of…

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Here’s a look at healthcare’s top 10 corporate investors and acquirers

Here’s a look at healthcare’s top 10 corporate investors and acquirers

These days, having a strategic investor or partner has become almost a matter of survival for healthcare startups. Corporate investing and partnering has really…

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Northrop Grumman, bwtech@UMBC Graduate First Three Companies From Cyber Cync Program NYSE:NOC

Northrop Grumman, bwtech@UMBC Graduate First Three Companies From Cyber Cync Program NYSE:NOC

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Research Park Corporation - also known as bwtech@UMBC - hosted a ceremony today…

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Baltimore-based Gliknik enters into licensing agreement with Pfizer

Baltimore-based Gliknik enters into licensing agreement with Pfizer

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, September 30, 2013 – Gliknik Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing…

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New Investment Fund Will Advance Late-Stage Vaccines and other Global Health Technologies

New Investment Fund Will Advance Late-Stage Vaccines and other Global Health Technologies

A new investment fund structured by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will, for the first time, allow…

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Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act: Impact on the Biotechnology Industry | BIO

Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act: Impact on the Biotechnology Industry | BIO

President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law on April 5, 2012.  BIO advocated strongly for this new law, which…

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