BioHealth News Archive
CIT to Host MACH37™ Cyber Accelerator Launch Event – Thursday, September 12, 2013
The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced today it will host an event with Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell launching the MACH37™ Cyber Accelerator on…
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UMD Kicks Off Semester with Expanded Innovation Fridays – UMD Right Now
Kicking off the fall semester, the University of Maryland is giving the thousands of innovative minds across campus new ways to share and explore…
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Driving Innovation in Breast Cancer – Breast Cancer Start-up Challenge
High Level Overview - Recapped The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a significant portfolio of inventions available for licensing. The Center for Advancing…
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Stanford University Is Going To Invest In Student Startups Like A VC Firm – TechCrunch
Stanford University is going to start directly investing in students’ companies. Stanford is also giving a $3.6 million grant to StartX, a non-profit startup…
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National Venture Capital Funding of Life Sciences Increases 26% in Q2 – San Diego Business Journal
There has been a sharp increase in venture capital funding of life sciences companies in the second quarter of 2013, according to a new…
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Making cancer drugs more effective – The Washington Post
Dr. Michael M. Gottesman has spent nearly four decades as a highly respected scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducting important studies…
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Governor Martin O’Malley kicks off 2nd annual InvestMaryland Challenge – MDBIZNews
Governor Martin O’Malley today via video kicked off the 2nd annual InvestMaryland Challenge, a national business competition that supports Maryland startups and strengthens a…
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Startup Maryland Announces Venue for Pitch Across Maryland Last Stop…Innovation Celebration
Startup Maryland (www.startupmaryland.org), an initiative driven By Entrepreneurs ... For Entrepreneurs, today announced that UNDER ARMOUR® (NYSE: UA) has agreed to be the host…
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Emergent BioSolutions Celebrates 15th Anniversary
September 5, 2013 marks Emergent BioSolutions’ 15th year of operations. Emergent BioSolutions is a global specialty pharmaceutical company seeking to protect and enhance life…
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New fund from Stanford & Stanford Hospital will invest in entrepreneurial graduates – MedCity News
Stanford University produces more alumni entrepreneurs than any other university, and now it’s created its first fund to invest directly in those early-stage companies…
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5 Things Biotechs Should Do to Take Advantage of The Boom – Xconomy
We are currently enjoying a much needed resurgence in the biotechnology industry. The industry has been the best performing sector in the stock market…
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Gov. Malloy Signs Bill Creating the Bioscience Innovation Fund
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today signed new legislation creating a $200 million Bioscience Innovation Fund during a ceremonial event at the University of Connecticut…
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NovoBioPharma and UPstart at the University of Pennsylvania to Collaborate to Commercialize Early Stage Life Science Technologies
NovoBioPharma, a global biopharmaceutical firm with locations in Cambridge, MA, Delaware, and Philadelphia, and UPstart at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that they…
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Summer Slide — Myth or Reality? – Steve Nelson
The education establishment is in a twit over the phenomenon called "summer slide." "Summer slide" is the loss of knowledge/competence in the summer months,…
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NFL, Under Armour, GE launch Head Health Challenge II – NFL.com
The NFL, Under Armour and GE on Wednesday launched Head Health Challenge II, an open innovation challenge to award up to $10 million for…
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