BioHealth News Archive
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, 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
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
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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Baltimore needs to shed old-fashioned ways to spark innovation – Baltimore Business Journal
Newt Fowler looked across Baltimore’s Renaissance Hotel ballroom and noted who was missing from the tables. Sure, there are plenty of leaders in today’s…
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Maryland’s innovation economy has a lot in its favor — but more needs to be done – Baltimore Business Journal
What we’ve got in our corner: Everything from good schools to a really funky music scene. What we need to do: Everything from reform…
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Sage Growth Partners sees business boom from electronic health record push – Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore’s Sage Growth Partners sees opportunity where others see a headache. Over the past few years Sage, a health care technology consulting firm, has…
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NCSES Business R&D Performance in the United States Increased in 2011 – US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Companies spent $294 billion on research and development performed in the United States during 2011, compared with $279 billion during 2010 (table 1). Funding…
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The National Institutes of Health is making available approximately $3.7 million for awards to enhance training opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to…
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University of Maryland entrepreneurship program extends eligibility to all majors
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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MedImmune, University of Maryland, Baltimore team on research – Baltimore Business Journal
University of Maryland, Baltimore and MedImmune are pairing up for a five-year, $6 million collaboration on bioscience research. The Gaithersburg-based drug company and the…
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GSK, Merck and Pfizer join JP Morgan vaccine investment fund – FierceVaccines
The success of MenAfriVac shows vaccines can be developed outside Big Pharma's walls, but, in most cases, the cost of late-phase trials is too…
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NIH launches new centers to accelerate lab innovations to improve public health
The National Institutes of Health has launched a major initiative to improve how basic science advances and discoveries are translated into commercially viable products…
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Three big mistakes medical device companies make when pitching VCs – MedCity News
Venture capital for early-stage medical device companies is drying up. At Advamed 2013, I was able to sit down and talk to Paul Grand,…
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These HIT startups are using the cloud to help providers and business associates comply with HIPAA – MedCity News
With the enforcement of the HIPAA Omnibus final rule starting this week, health IT companies face liability for breaches of patients’ protected health information…
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