BioHealth News Archive
Trends In Terms Of U.S. Life Science Venture Financings – Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences
While the first half of 2013 saw a surge in initial public offerings (IPOs) by venture-backed biopharma companies, the overall financing environment for privately…
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Key Question For Innovators Isn’t Where Healthcare Is Going, But When It Will Get There – Forbes
In investing, comedy, and business, timing is a key component of success. It’s not enough to have a sense of where the future is…
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Cyber-Security Startup Accelerator Gains Home, Funding in Virginia
Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) has launched the first cyber-security technology startup accelerator program in the U.S. The Mach37 Cyber Accelerator is intended…
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BWTech reaches capacity for first time – Technology – The Retriever – University of Maryland Baltimore County
Cars entering UMBC’s campus from I-195 will pass by a collection of nice looking buildings and a Subway restaurant. When temporarily stopped to obey…
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Request for Information: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Vendor Capabilities – Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is interested in fostering communication between eligible small businesses and prime contractors. The event, held in Rockville MD, will…
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University of Maryland Receives NIH Grant for Age-Related Changes in Renal Morphology and Function in Chronic Kidney Disease -Optical Coherence Tomography News
University of Maryland Received a 2013 NIH Grant for $219,084 for Age-Related Changes in Renal Morphology and Function in Chronic Kidney Disease. The principal…
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How can the human genome map help you right now? Mayo Clinic lists 10 ways – MedCity News
I don’t think I’ve ever (in 20+ years of writing) reprinted a press release verbatim. Often I don’t even get to the end of them…
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United Therapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of Second Resubmission of Oral Treprostinil NDA – MarketWatch
United Therapeutics Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged the resubmission of the new drug application (NDA) for…
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Cells inside a body reprogrammed to become stem cells New Scientist
Normal adult cells have been reprogrammed to become stem cells inside live mice for the first time. As stem cells can be coaxed into…
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University of Maryland, Northrop Grumman Announce Launch of Nation’s First Cybersecurity Honors Program, Sept. 25
The University of Maryland and Northrop Grumman will jointly announce the launch of the Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES), the nation's first cybersecurity…
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Interested in starting your own technology company?…Start with INNoVATE
The INNo program trains research scientists in the entrepreneurial skills needed to bring technology inventions and services to the healthcare market. Participants in the…
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What’s attracting big pharma to pre-clinical deals? – MedCity News
Roche’s move to skip over Inovio’s (NYSE: INO) late stage drugs for cervical cancer and Hepatitis C and make a beeline for its preclinical…
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Big deals: The 10 biggest D.C. Tech investments of 2013 – Washington Business Journal
Two Washington region tech companies — Clarabridge Inc. and Virtustream Inc. — rolled out a combined $120 million in funding on Tuesday, another sign…
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Lessons from Boston – Abell Foundation’s Report Comparing Innovation Ecosystems – Baltimore Citybizlist
The Abell Foundation underwrote a comparison of Baltimore’s innovation ecosystem with that of Boston. Sean Pool and Matt Van Itallie, of Canterbury Road Partners,…
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UMD Startup Shell – Who Is in the Shell? on Vimeo
This video is the first in a series about Startup Shell, the first student-founded, student-run venture incubator at the University of Maryland. The Startup…
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